Keke Topp
Personal information
Full name Keke Maximilian Topp[1]
Date of birth (2004-03-25) 25 March 2004
Place of birth Gnarrenburg, Germany[2]
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Schalke 04
Number 42
Youth career
2012–2013 TSV Gnarrenburg
2013–2021 Werder Bremen
2021–2023 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Schalke 04 11 (1)
2023– Schalke 04 II 5 (1)
International career‡
2019 Germany U16 2 (1)
2022–2023 Germany U19 11 (7)
2023– Germany U20 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023

Keke Maximilian Topp (born 25 March 2004) is a German footballer who plays as a forward for 2. Bundesliga club Schalke 04.

Club career

After playing youth football for hometown club TSV Gnarrenburg, he signed for Werder Bremen's academy in summer 2013.[4] In March 2021, it was announced that Topp would join Schalke 04's under-19 team from summer 2021.[5] After six goals in 13 games for the under-19s, he was called up to Schalke's first team for the fixture against FC St. Pauli on 4 December 2021 due to injuries to Simon Terodde and Marius Bülter.[6][7] He made his debut as a late substitute as Schalke lost 2–1.[8] He made his Bundesliga debut for Schalke in a 2–0 defeat against 1899 Hoffenheim on 9 April 2023.[9]

International career

Topp made two appearances for the Germany under-16 team in September 2019.[2] He scored four goals in his first two appearances for the Germany under-19 team in the European Championship qualification in September 2022.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 December 2023[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Schalke 04 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 100010
2022–23 Bundesliga 100010
2023–24 2. Bundesliga 910091
Total 11100111
Schalke 04 II 2023–24 Regionalliga West 51—51
Career total 16200162

References

  1. 1 2 "Keke Topp". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 Riegel, Joachim; Triboute, Nicolas (9 September 2019). "Keke Topp überwinder alle Widerstände". NFV-Rotenburg (in German). Archived from the original on 4 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Keke Topp at kicker (in German)
  4. ↑ Mentrup, Thorin (2 May 2021). "Dank Keke Topp: Finanzspritze für TSV Gnarrenburg". Weser-Kurier (in German). Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "U19: Drei Neuzugänge – Engels, Klein und Topp werden Schalker". FC Schalke 04. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Steinle, Patrick (4 December 2021). "Schalke 04 News: Rufat Dadashov & Keke Topp vor Zweitliga-Debüt". Sky Sport (in German). Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  7. ↑ Leszinski, Frank (4 December 2021). "Premiere für Keke Topp und Rufat Dadashov im Schalker Profi-Kader". Ruhr Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Schalke narrowly beaten 2–1 at FC St. Pauli". FC Schalke 04. 4 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "2–0 defeat away in Sinsheim". FC Schalke 04. 9 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "Keke Maximilian Topp – Player profile". dfb.de. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
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