Yannick Gerhardt

Yannick Gerhardt
Gerhardt in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Würselen, Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 31
Youth career
SC Kreuzau
1. FC Köln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 1. FC Köln II 13 (0)
2013–2016 1. FC Köln 74 (6)
2016– VfL Wolfsburg 214 (17)
International career‡
2012 Germany U18 2 (1)
2012–2013 Germany U19 13 (1)
2013–2014 Germany U20 15 (1)
2015–2017 Germany U21 17 (0)
2016 Germany 1 (0)
Medal record
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2017
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:35, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Yannick Gerhardt (born 13 March 1994) is a German footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg. He has also represented the Germany national team.

Club career

He made his professional debut on 20 July 2013 in a 2. Bundesliga match against Dynamo Dresden.[2]

Gerhardt signed for Wolfsburg on 27 May 2016.[3]

International career

Senior

On 4 November 2016, Gerhardt was selected by Germany's head coach Joachim Löw for the world-cup qualifier against San Marino and the friendly against Italy.[4] On 15 November, he had his debut match for the German team in the friendly against Italy.[5]

Personal life

Gerhardt's younger sister Anna plays for Turbine Potsdam and has been capped internationally at youth level.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 December 2024.
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1. FC Köln 2013–14 2. Bundesliga 29 3 2 0 — — 31 3
2014–15 Bundesliga 16 1 1 0 — — 17 1
2015–16 29 2 1 0 — — 30 2
Total 74 6 4 0 — — 78 6
VfL Wolfsburg 2016–17 Bundesliga 27 0 3 0 — 2 0 32 0
2017–18 17 1 4 0 — — 21 1
2018–19 30 2 3 0 — — 33 2
2019–20 18 2 2 1 5 1 — 25 4
2020–21 29 2 4 2 2 0 — 35 4
2021–22 27 1 1 0 5 0 — 33 1
2022–23 29 6 2 0 — — 31 6
2023–24 25 2 3 1 — — 28 3
2024–25 12 1 3 1 — — 15 2
Total 214 17 25 5 12 1 2 0 253 23
Career total 288 23 29 5 12 1 2 0 331 29

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2016 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Germany U21

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Yannick Gerhardt". Vfl Wolfsburg. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Geiles FC-Debüt: Yannicks erstes Mal" (in German). express.de. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Yannick Gerhardt kommt". VfL Wolfsburg (in German). 27 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Soccer-Three newcomers in Germany squad for San Marino, Italy matches". Reuters. 4 November 2016. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  5. ^ "DFB-Team überzeugt bei 0:0 in Italien". dfb. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Europe's footballing brothers and sisters". UEFA.com. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Weisers Kopfball macht den EM-Traum wahr". kicker.de (in German). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Fritz-Walter-Medaille: Ginter auf Götzes Spuren" (in German). German Football Association. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  9. ^ "The official Under-21 Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. July 2017.
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