Sebastian Rudy
Rudy playing for Germany at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Personal information
Full name Sebastian Rudy[1]
Date of birth (1990-02-28) 28 February 1990[2]
Place of birth Villingen-Schwenningen,[3] West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[4]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1996–2001 FC Dietingen
2001–2003 SV Zimmern
2003–2007 VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 VfB Stuttgart II 37 (12)
2008–2010 VfB Stuttgart 15 (0)
2010–2017 TSG Hoffenheim 195 (11)
2017–2018 Bayern Munich 25 (1)
2018–2021 Schalke 04 23 (0)
2019–2021 → TSG Hoffenheim (loan) 57 (2)
2021–2023 TSG Hoffenheim 43 (3)
Total 395 (29)
International career
2007–2008 Germany U18 7 (1)
2008–2009 Germany U19 8 (2)
2009–2013 Germany U21 23 (5)
2011–2019 Germany 29 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Germany
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2007
FIFA Confederations Cup
Winner2017
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sebastian Rudy (born 28 February 1990) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. From 2014 to 2019, he played for the Germany national team, scoring one goal in twenty-nine caps.

Club career

VfB Stuttgart

Rudy joined VfB Stuttgart's youth academy in 2003 and started his senior career in 2007 with the club's reserve team, playing in the semi-professional Regionalliga Süd.[5] He made his professional debut with the same team in the newly established 3. Liga on 2 August 2008 against Union Berlin.[6]

During the summer of 2008, he also signed a contract with VfB Stuttgart's first team, for which he made his competitive debut in the first round of the DFB-Pokal on 10 August 2008 in their 5–0 away victory over Hansa Lüneburg.[7]

TSG Hoffenheim

Rudy moved to TSG Hoffenheim in 2010.[8] On 28 August 2010, Rudy made his debut in a Bundesliga match as a substitute by replacing Peniel Mlapa in the 89th minute in a 1–0 victory over St. Pauli.[9] On 5 February 2011, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 victory over 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[10]

Bayern Munich

Rudy with Bayern Munich in May 2018

On 15 January 2017, Rudy was transferred to Bayern Munich on 1 July 2017 after his Hoffenheim contract expired.[11] On 6 August 2017, Rudy made his debut in a 5–4 penalty-shootout victory over Borussia Dortmund in the 2017 DFL-Supercup.[12][13] In his first Bundesliga match with the club, he provided an assist from the free-kick to his fellow Bayern newcomer and his former Hoffenheim teammate Niklas Süle in a 3–1 win over Bayer Leverkusen.[14] Rudy scored his first goal for Bayern Munich in a 3–0 victory over Hannover in the Bundesliga.[15]

Schalke 04

Rudy with Schalke 04 in October 2018

On 27 August 2018, Rudy joined Schalke 04 on a four-year deal, for an undisclosed fee.[16]

Return to TSG Hoffenheim

On 31 July 2019, Rudy returned to Hoffenheim on a season-long loan deal.[17] On 5 October 2020, he was again loaned to Hoffenheim until the end of the 2020–21 season.[18]

On 16 June 2021, Rudy was released from his contract with Schalke 04.[19] On 28 June, Rudy signed a two-year contract with TSG Hoffenheim.[20]

On 27 September 2023, Rudy announced his retirement from professional football.[21]

International career

Rudy debuted for the German senior team on 13 May 2014 in a friendly against Poland in Hamburg's Imtech Arena.[22] On 6 October 2017, Rudy scored his first international goal from outside the box in a 3–1 victory over Northern Ireland and it was Germany's fastest goal in World Cup qualifiers which was scored in the 2nd minute of the match.[23]

On 4 June 2018, Rudy was named in Joachim Löw's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[24]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[25]
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfB Stuttgart II 2007–08 Regionalliga Süd 154———154
2008–09 3. Liga 167———167
2009–10 3. Liga 61———61
Total 3712———3712
VfB Stuttgart 2008–09 Bundesliga 20102[lower-alpha 1]0—50
2009–10 Bundesliga 130206[lower-alpha 2]1—211
2010–11 Bundesliga 00102[lower-alpha 1]1—31
Total 15040102—292
TSG Hoffenheim 2010–11 Bundesliga 32130——351
2011–12 Bundesliga 28010——290
2012–13 Bundesliga 23010—2[lower-alpha 3]0260
2013–14 Bundesliga 27230——302
2014–15 Bundesliga 29440——334
2015–16 Bundesliga 24210——252
2016–17 Bundesliga 32221——343
Total 19511151—2021212
Bayern Munich 2017–18 Bundesliga251405[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 4]0351
Schalke 04 2018–19 Bundesliga 210304[lower-alpha 2]0—280
2020–21 Bundesliga 2000——20
Total 2303040—300
TSG Hoffenheim (loan) 2019–20 Bundesliga 32130——351
2020–21 Bundesliga 251107[lower-alpha 1]0—331
TSG Hoffenheim 2021–22 Bundesliga 21330——243
2022–23 Bundesliga 22010——230
Total 10058070—1155
Career total 395293412623045832

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[26]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany
201450
201540
201630
2017121
201830
201920
Total291

Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Rudy goal.

List of international goals scored by Sebastian Rudy
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
15 October 2017Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland1–03–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Bayern Munich[27]

Germany U17

Germany

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Sebastian Rudy: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Sebastian Rudy: Profile". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Sebastian Rudy". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (7 November 2023). "Sebastian Rudy - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Taktische Aufstellung | 1. FC Union Berlin - VfB Stuttgart II 3:1". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "Taktische Aufstellung | FC Hansa Lüneburg - VfB Stuttgart 0:5". kicker.de (in German). 10 August 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "Bayern sign Sule and Rudy from Hoffenheim". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "St. Pauli 0–1 Hoffenheim – Bundesliga 2010–2011 Live". Whoscored.com. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "Hoffeneheim 3–2 Kaiserslautern – Budnesliga 2010–2011 Live". Whoscored.com. 5 February 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Bayern Munich sign Hoffenheim duo Sebastian Rudy and teammate Niklas Sule". BBC Sport Football. 15 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "Sebastian Rudy already at home in the Bayern Munich midfield". Bundesliga. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "Supercup 2017: Borussia Dortmund 2–2 Bayern Munich (4–5 pens) – as it happened!". Bundesliga. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "Dream debuts for Bayern Munich trio Süle, Rudy and Tolisso". Bundesliga. 20 August 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  15. ↑ "Rudy nets first goal – Süle foresees it". FC Bayern Munich. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  16. ↑ "S04 verpflichtet Nationalspieler Sebastian Rudy". Schalke 04. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  17. ↑ "Sebastian Rudy kehrt zur TSG zurück" (in German). TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  18. ↑ "Sebastian Rudy joins TSG 1899 Hoffenheim". Schalke 04. 5 October 2020.
  19. ↑ "FC Schalke 04 and Sebastian Rudy go separate ways". Schalke 04. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  20. ↑ "Rudy unterschreibt erneut in Hoffenheim - Neuer Vertrag bis 2023 für den Rekordspieler" [Rudy signs again in Hoffenheim - New contract until 2023 for the record player]. www.kicker.de. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  21. ↑ "Ex-Nationalspieler Rudy beendet Profikarriere". www.kicker.ch. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  22. ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (7 November 2023). "Sebastian Rudy - International Appearances". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  23. ↑ "WATCH: Bayern Munich's Sebastian Rudy Scores A Net-Buster Against Northern Ireland". 5 October 2017.
  24. ↑ "Germany announce final World Cup squad, with Manuel Neuer, without Leroy Sané". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  25. ↑ "Sebastian Rudy » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  26. ↑ "Rudy, Sebastian". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  27. ↑ "S. Rudy". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  28. ↑ "Match report: Ghana – Germany". FIFA. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020.
  29. ↑ "Match report: Chile – Germany". FIFA. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019.
  30. ↑ "Fritz-Walter-Medaille für vier deutsche U 19-Europameister". dfb-de (in German). 20 August 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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