Chris Führich

Chris Führich

Führich playing for VfB Stuttgart in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Chris Jan Führich[1]
Date of birth	(1998-01-09) 9 January 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	Castrop-Rauxel, Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder, left winger
Team information
Current team	VfB Stuttgart
Number	27
Youth career
2005–2006	SG Suderwich[2]
2006–2013	Schalke 04
2013–2015	Borussia Dortmund
2015	VfL Bochum
2015–2017	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2019	1. FC Köln II	64	(7)
2017–2019	1. FC Köln	2	(0)
2019–2021	Borussia Dortmund II	24	(8)
2020–2021	→ SC Paderborn (loan)	34	(13)
2021–	VfB Stuttgart	109	(17)
International career^‡
2023–	Germany	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:25, 18 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:43, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Chris Jan Führich (born 9 January 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder or left winger for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart and the Germany national team.[3]

Club career

Führich started his career at 1. FC Köln, before joining Borussia Dortmund II in 2019.[4] He signed a four-year contract with VfB Stuttgart on 19 July 2021.[5]

On 31 October 2021, he scored his first Bundesliga goal for Stuttgart in a 4–1 defeat against Augsburg.[6] On 3 September 2022, he scored his first goal of the 2022–23 season in a 1–1 draw against his former youth club Schalke 04,[7] followed by Stuttgart's first goal in a 2–2 draw with Bayern Munich on 10 September.[8]

On 1 February 2024, Führich extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2028.[9]

International career

In October 2023, Führich received his first call-up to the German senior national team for two friendly matches against the United States and Mexico.[10] He made his national team debut against the United States in a friendly that ended 3–1.[11]

Führich was named in Germany's squad for UEFA Euro 2024.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 January 2025[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1. FC Köln II	2017–18	Regionalliga West	31	2	—		—		—		31	2
	2018–19	Regionalliga West	33	5	—		—		—		33	5
	Total		64	7	—		—		—		64	7
1. FC Köln	2017–18	Bundesliga	2	0	1	0	—		—		3	0
Borussia Dortmund II	2019–20	Regionalliga West	24	8	—		—		—		24	8
Borussia Dortmund	2019–20	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SC Paderborn (loan)	2020–21	2. Bundesliga	34	13	3	1	—		—		37	14
VfB Stuttgart	2021–22	Bundesliga	25	3	1	0	—		—		26	3
	2022–23	Bundesliga	33	5	5	0	—		2[a]	0	40	5
	2023–24	Bundesliga	34	8	4	1	—		—		38	9
	2024–25	Bundesliga	17	1	3	1	6[b]	1	1[c]	0	27	3
	Total		109	17	12	2	6	1	3	0	131	20
Career total			233	45	17	3	6	1	3	0	259	49

1. Appearances in Bundesliga relegation play-offs
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
3. Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

As of match played 19 November 2024[14]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany
	2023	1	0
	2024	7	0
Total		8	0

References

1. "player profile". bundesliga.com.
2. Profile at FC Brett, fc-brett.de
3. "Chris Führich". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
4. "BVB II holt Leistungsträger der Kölner U21" (in German). RevierSport. 19 June 2019.
5. "VfB sign Chris Führich". VfB Stuttgart. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
6. "VfB Stuttgart verliert deutlich mit 1:4" (in German). Stuttgarter Zeitung. 31 October 2021.
7. "Zerfahrenes 1:1 gegen Schalke: Der VfB Stuttgart wartet weiter auf den ersten Sieg" (in German). Zeitungsverlag Waiblingen. 4 September 2022.
8. "Bayern Munich 2-2 Stuttgart: Serhou Guirassy salvages late point". bbc.com/sport. bbc.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
9. "Chris Führich extends contract to 2028". VfB Stuttgart. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
10. "USA-Reise: Nagelsmann beruft drei Neue und vier Rückkehrer" (in German). DFB. 6 October 2023.
11. "Germany beats US 3-1 in soccer exhibition as Reyna plays under Berhalter for first time since feud". USAToday. USAToday. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
12. "UEFA Euro 2024: All squads and players full list". Olympics.com. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
13. "Chris Führich » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
14. "Chris Führich". dfb.de (in German). Retrieved 15 October 2023.

External links

• Chris Führich at WorldFootball.net
• Chris Führich at Soccerway