Keven Schlotterbeck

Keven Schlotterbeck

Personal information
Full name	Keven Matteo Schlotterbeck[1]
Date of birth	(1997-04-28) 28 April 1997 (age 27)[2]
Place of birth	Weinstadt, Germany
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	FC Augsburg
Number	31
Youth career
0000–2012	Stuttgarter Kickers
2012–2014	TSG Backnang
2014–2015	VfL Kirchheim/Teck
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	TSG Backnang	57	(11)
2016	TSG Backnang II	3	(1)
2017–2021	SC Freiburg II	49	(4)
2018–2024	SC Freiburg	47	(0)
2019–2020	→ Union Berlin (loan)	23	(0)
2023	→ VfL Bochum (loan)	13	(2)
2023–2024	→ VfL Bochum (loan)	27	(5)
2024–	FC Augsburg	14	(3)
International career
2021	Germany Olympic	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 January 2025

Keven Matteo Schlotterbeck (born 28 April 1997) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club FC Augsburg.[3]

Career

Schlotterbeck made his professional debut for SC Freiburg in the Bundesliga on 3 February 2019, coming on as a substitute in the 38th minute for Manuel Gulde in the 2–2 away draw against VfB Stuttgart.[4]

At the end of the 2019–20 season, Schlotterbeck returned to SC Freiburg after his season-long loan with Union Berlin ended.[5]

Keven Schlotterbeck was part of the 2021–22 DFB–Pokal campaign, in which his team SC Freiburg reached the final. He would be substituted in extra time, playing alongside his brother Nico. His team lost 4–2 against RB Leipzig on penalties after a 1–1 draw in regular time. He scored his penalty as his team's third penalty taker in the shootout.

On 2 January 2023, he joined VfL Bochum on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[6]

Upon returning from loan, Schlotterbeck remained on the Freiburg bench in the opening game of the season, and on 22 August 2023 he returned to VfL Bochum on a new season-long loan.[7]

On 28 June 2024, Schlotterbeck signed a three-year contract with FC Augsburg.[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 January 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
TSG Backnang	2015–16	Verbandsliga Württemberg	29	3	—		—		—		29	3
	2016–17	Verbandsliga Württemberg	28	8	2	0	—		—		30	8
	Total		57	11	2	0	—		—		59	11
TSG Backnang II	2016–17	??	3	1	—		—		—		3	1
SC Freiburg II	2017–18	Regionalliga Südwest	35	3	—		—		—		35	3
	2018–19	Regionalliga Südwest	11	0	—		—		—		11	0
	2020–21	Regionalliga Südwest	2	1	—		—		—		2	1
	2021–22	3. Liga	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		49	4	—		—		—		49	4
SC Freiburg	2018–19	Bundesliga	9	0	0	0	—		—		9	0
	2020–21	Bundesliga	24	0	1	0	—		—		25	0
	2021–22	Bundesliga	12	0	2	1	—		—		14	1
	2022–23	Bundesliga	2	0	1	0	2[a]	0	—		5	0
	2023–24	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		47	0	3	1	—		—		50	1
Union Berlin (loan)	2019–20	Bundesliga	23	0	4	1	—		—		27	1
Bochum (loan)	2022–23	Bundesliga	13	2	0	0	—		—		13	2
Bochum (loan)	2023–24	Bundesliga	27	5	0	0	—		—		27	5
Augsburg	2024–25	Bundesliga	14	3	3	0	—		—		17	3
Career total			233	26	13	2	2	0	0	0	248	28

Personal life

Schlotterbeck is the nephew of former professional footballer Niels Schlotterbeck, who also played for Freiburg.[9] His younger brother, Nico, is also a professional footballer, playing for Borussia Dortmund.[10]

Honours

SC Freiburg

• DFB-Pokal runner-up: 2021–22

Notes

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References

1. "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Germany (GER)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 July 2021. p. 7. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
2. "Keven Schlotterbeck | Player profile". Bundesliga. DFL. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
3. Keven Schlotterbeck at WorldFootball.net
4. "VfB Stuttgart – SC Freiburg 2:2 (Bundesliga 2018/2019, 20. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
5. "Robin Knoche close to joining Union Berlin". Bundesliga News. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
6. "Keven Schlotterbeck wird ausgeliehen". www.vfl-bochum.de (in German). 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
7. "Keven Schlotterbeck erneut ausgeliehen" [Keven Schlotterbeck on loan again] (in German). VfL Bochum. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
8. "FCA sign Keven Schlotterbeck". FC Augsburg. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
9. "Keven Schlotterbeck". scfreiburg.com (in German). SC Freiburg. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
10. Frahm, Daniela (14 March 2019). "SC mit einem Schlotterbeck – oder auch mit zwei" [SC with a Schlotterbeck – or with two]. Kicker (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

External links

• Keven Schlotterbeck at DFB (also available in German)
• Keven Schlotterbeck at kicker (in German)
• TSG Backnang statistics at Fussball.de (in German)
• TSG Backnang II statistics at Fussball.de (in German)