Florian Grillitsch

Florian Grillitsch (born 7 August 1995) is an Austrian professional footballer who currently plays for 1899 Hoffenheim and the Austria national team as a midfielder.

Florian Grillitsch
Grillitsch with Austria in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-08-07) 7 August 1995[1]
Place of birth Neunkirchen, Lower Austria, Austria[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Midfielder[1]
Club information
Current team
 1899 Hoffenheim
Number 11
Youth career
2001–2008 SVSF Pottschach[2]
2008–2013 St. Pölten[2]
2013–2014 Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Werder Bremen II 36 (10)
2015–2017 Werder Bremen 48 (3)
2017– 1899 Hoffenheim 82 (1)
National team‡
2013–2014 Austria U19 8 (7)
2015 Austria U20 5 (2)
2014–2017 Austria U21 6 (3)
2017– Austria 16 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

Career

Early career

Born in Neunkirchen, Austria on 7 August 1995,[1] Grillitsch played for SVSF Pottschach and St. Pölten in his youth football career.[2]

Werder Bremen

2013–15

Grillitsch joined Werder Bremen on 1 July 2013. He split the 2013–14 season between the Werder Bremen U19's youth team and Werder Bremen II.[1] He made 15 appearances in the A-Junioren-Bundesliga Nord/Nordost scoring 11 goals[2] and made five appearances in the Regionalliga Nord for Werder Bremen II.[2] In the 2014–15 season, Grillitsch made 26 appearances scoring nine goals for Werder's reserve team.[3]

2015–16 season

Grillitsch made his first team debut during the 2015–16 season.[4] He played the full 120 minutes including extra-time in the 2–0 win against Würzburger Kickers in the first round of the DFB-Pokal on 8 August 2015, notably assisting Anthony Ujah for 1–0.[5] His first Bundesliga match was a 3–0 loss to Schalke 04 on matchday one on 15 August 2015. He replaced the veteran Clemens Fritz after 70 minutes at 2–0.[6] He also played for Werder Bremen II during the 2015–16 season.[4] Grillitsch achieved his first assist in the Bundesliga as Werder beat Mainz 3–1 on 24 October 2015 setting up Fin Bartels for the third goal. He played the full 90 minutes.[7] Four days later, Grillitsch prominently featured in Werder's 1–0 second-round DFB-Pokal victory over 1. FC Köln, providing a major goal-scoring chance for Ujah, playing multiple through-balls and almost scoring.[8][9][10] Afterwards, he was voted "Man of the match" by the club's fans.[11]

2016–17 season

On 18 March 2017, Grillitsch scored his second goal of the 2016–17 season in a 3–0 win against Leipzig, a match that saw all three of Werder Bremen's Austrian players score in the club's highest win of the season.[12][13]

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Grillitsch with Hoffenheim in May 2019

On 16 January 2017, Grillitsch signed a contract with 1899 Hoffenheim until 2021, starting from the 2017–18 season.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of matches played on 6 June 2020.
Club[4]Season[4]LeagueCupEuropeTotalRef.
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Werder Bremen II2013–14Regionalliga Nord50—50[2]
2014–15269269[3]
2015–163. Liga5151[4]
Totals3610—3610—
Werder Bremen2015–16Bundesliga25151—302[4]
2016–1723210242[4]
Totals48361—544—
1899 Hoffenheim2017–18Bundesliga2511031292[4]
2018–19Bundesliga3000061361[4]
2019–20Bundesliga27031—301[4]
Totals8214192954—
Career totals166141029218518—

International goals
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.[15]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 March 2018Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Luxembourg2–04–0Friendly

References
  1. "Florian Grillitsch". World Football. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. "Florian Grillitsch". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. "Florian Grillitsch". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. "Florian Grillitsch » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. "Werder zieht den Kopf aus der Schlinge - dank Ujah und Bartels". kicker (in German). 8 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  6. "Choupo-Moting und Huntelaar eiskalt - Schalke siegt". kicker (in German). 15 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  7. "Bremen end losing streak with stunning six-minute spell". Bundesliga. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  8. Dorow, Olaf; Waterkamp, Thorsten (28 October 2015). "Werder feiert Ujah" [Werder celebrates Ujah] (in German). Weser Kurier. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  9. "Die Noten: Starker Wiedwald, mutiger Grillitsch" [Grades: strong Wiedwald, courageous Grilltisch] (in German). Kreiszeitung Syke. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  10. "Werder in Noten" [Werder grades] (in German). Weser Kurier. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  11. "Grillitsch spielt sich in den Vordergrund" (in German). Radio Bremen. Archived from the original on 2 November 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  12. Knips, Björn (18 March 2017). "Der Ösi-Tag: Werder feiert Kaiserschmarrn-Sieg". Kreiszeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  13. "Werder Bremen - RB Leipzig 3:0, 1. Bundesliga, Saison 2016/17, 25.Spieltag - Spielbericht". kicker Online (in German). 18 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  14. "Wechsel im Sommer: Grillitsch wird Hoffenheimer" (in German). kicker. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  15. "Grillitsch, Florian". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
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