Steffen Tigges

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Steffen Tigges
Tigges training with VfL Osnabrück in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-07-31) 31 July 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Osnabrück, Germany
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 1. FC Köln
Number 21
Youth career
0000–2011 TuS Glane
2011–2017 VfL Osnabrück
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 VfL Osnabrück 84 (4)
2016 VfL Osnabrück II 2 (2)
2019–2022 Borussia Dortmund II 64 (34)
2021–2022 Borussia Dortmund 15 (3)
2022– 1. FC Köln 55 (9)
International career‡
2017 Germany U19 1 (0)
2017 Germany U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:28, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:33, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Steffen Tigges (born 31 July 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln.[1]

Club career[edit]

VfL Osnabrück[edit]

Tigges started his career at his hometown club VfL Osnabrück. He was part of the Osnabrück team that won the 2018–19 3. Liga championship, but only made five starts, playing mostly as a left winger.[2] With his contract expiring, it was announced in April that he would join Borussia Dortmund II in the Regionalliga West for the following season.[3]

Borussia Dortmund[edit]

Tigges scored 9 goals in the Regionalliga West in his first year with Dortmund II.[4] In his second season, Tigges captained Dortmund II as they won the Regionalliga West, scoring 22 goals, and also played in the first team.[5] His first game for the senior team was a DFB-Pokal match against Eintracht Braunschweig. On 3 January 2021, Tigges came on as a substitute for Erling Haaland in the Borussia Dortmund's match against VfL Wolfsburg, making his Bundesliga debut.[6] He made 6 appearances in the 2020–21 Bundesliga, and also played in the UEFA Champions League knockout stages against Manchester City.[5]

In the 2021–22 season, Tigges played in all competitions for the first team, scoring 3 Bundesliga goals.[4]

1. FC Köln[edit]

Tigges joined 1. FC Köln in 2022.[7] He scored his first goal for Köln in a 3-2 comeback win over former club Dortmund in October. and scored two in another 3-2 win two weeks later against FC Augsburg.[8][9]

Tigges scored a goal from his own half against Werder Bremen in a surprise 7-1 win in the first game of 2023, in which he managed a brace and an assist.[10] He ended the season as the club's highest scoring striker, with 6 goals.[11]

In the 2023-24 season Tigges did not score until the 28th matchday, but scored two crucial equalisers in comebacks against VfL Bochum and Union Berlin which gave Köln a chance of survival.[12] Köln were ultimately relegated, finishing 17th and scoring the fewest goals in the league.[13]

Personal life[edit]

Tigges' twin brother Leon is also a professional footballer.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Steffen Tigges". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  2. ^ "...Steffen Tigges: "Hier in Dortmund ist es eine komplette Begeisterung für den Verein"". schwatzgelb.de (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Dortmund ruft: Tigges verlässt den VfL Osnabrück". kicker (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Steffen Tigges | Laufbahn | Spielerprofil". kicker (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b KGaA, Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co (18 May 2024). "Steffen Tigges – captain and mate". www.bvb.de. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  6. ^ Simensen, Henrik Myhrvold (3 January 2021). "Forbannet da han ble byttet ut". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  7. ^ KGaA, Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co (18 May 2024). "Steffen Tigges joins 1. FC Cologne". www.bvb.de. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Tigges respectful after scoring against Dortmund: "I owe the BVB quite a lot."". Bulinews.Com. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Steffen Tigges at the double in comeback Cologne victory over Augsburg". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Colossal Cologne to the fore as Werder Bremen carved apart". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Torjäger 1. FC Köln | Bundesliga 2022/23". kicker (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  12. ^ "„Harter Tobak": Schultz bricht Lanze für Tigges – FC-Stürmer erfüllt Trainer-Prognose". EXPRESS (in German). 15 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Bundesliga 2023/24 - Tabelle | 34. Spieltag". kicker (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  14. ^ Pistorius, Harald (30 November 2016). "Klaas und Tigges-Zwillinge im Gespräch: Azubi Fußballprofi: Drei A-Junioren im Profikader des VfL Osnabrück". www.noz.de.

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