Christoph Kramer
German footballer (born 1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Christoph Kramer (born 19 February 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach.[3][4]
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Full name | Christoph Kramer[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1991-02-19) 19 February 1991 (age 33) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Solingen, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1995–1999 | BV Gräfrath | ||||||||||||||||
1999–2006 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Bayer Leverkusen II | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2016 | Bayer Leverkusen | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | → VfL Bochum (loan) | 61 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2012 | → VfL Bochum II (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | → Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan) | 63 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2016– | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 180 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Germany U19 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Germany U20 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Germany | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:46, 24 February 2024 (UTC) |
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After a season in their reserve team, Kramer was promoted to Bayer Leverkusen's first team in 2011. He then spent two seasons on loan at second-tier VfL Bochum, and a further two at Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Kramer made his full international debut for the Germany national team on 13 May 2014, and later that year was part of the German squad which won the 2014 FIFA World Cup.