Lars Stindl
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Full name | Lars Edi Stindl | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 26 August 1988 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Speyer, West Germany | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, forward | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Karlsruher SC | |||||||||||||
Number | 13 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1991–2000 | TSV Wiesental | |||||||||||||
2000–2007 | Karlsruher SC | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2007–2010 | Karlsruher SC II | 49 | (11) | |||||||||||
2007–2010 | Karlsruher SC | 56 | (13) | |||||||||||
2010–2015 | Hannover 96 | 131 | (19) | |||||||||||
2015–2023 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 222 | (62) | |||||||||||
2023– | Karlsruher SC | 10 | (3) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2007 | Germany U20 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
2009 | Germany U21 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
2017–2018 | Germany | 11 | (4) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:15, 10 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 April 2019 |
Lars Edi Stindl (born 26 August 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club Karlsruher SC. He can also play as a forward.
Stindl represented the Germany national team from 2017 to 2018. He scored the only goal in the final of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup against Chile to ensure Germany's first ever title.
Club career
Born in Speyer, Stindl began his career in the youth teams for TSV Wiesental and joined a similar setup at Karlsruher SC in summer 2000. He started his professional career with Karlsruher SC, making his first appearance on 15 March 2008 in the Bundesliga. He was substituted on in the 81st minute in a 0–1 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt. On 29 November 2008, Stindl scored his first Bundesliga goal against Hannover 96. In February 2010, he announced his intention to leave Karlsruher SC. On 16 March 2010, his transfer to Hannover 96 was confirmed.
On 25 March 2015 it was confirmed that Stindl would move to Borussia Mönchengladbach for the 2015–16 season.
On 8 August 2015, he marked his competitive debut by scoring a brace in a 4–1 win at FC St. Pauli in the first round of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal.
Stindl was confirmed as Gladbach's new captain on 1 August 2016 after the retirement of previous captain Martin Stranzl and the transfer of vice-captain Granit Xhaka to Arsenal.
On 23 February 2017, Stindl scored a hat-trick at ACF Fiorentina's Stadio Artemio Franchi, as Borussia overturned a 0–3 aggregate deficit to qualify for the UEFA Europa League Round of 16.
On 15 December 2020, Stindl scored a hat-trick against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga. Two of the goals came after the 90th minute.
In April 2023, Gladbach confirmed that Stindl would depart the club at the end of the 2022–23 season, after eight years, following the expiration of his contract.
On 28 April 2023, Karlsruher SC announced that Stindl would rejoin his boyhood club at the end of the 2022–23 season. On 11 August 2023, he scored his first goal for the club in the first round of the DFB-Pokal against 1. FC Saarbrücken, nevertheless his side got knocked out of the competition.
International career
Youth
Stindl is a former Germany U20 international and has won one cap for the Germany U21.
Senior
Stindl was first called up to the senior national team in 2017, for the friendly against Denmark on 6 June 2017, for the 2018 World Cup qualification match against San Marino on 10 June 2017 and for the 2017 Confederations Cup to be held from 17 June to 2 July 2017.
Stindl made his international debut on 6 June against Denmark, where he started for the game and played the full 90 minutes.
In the opening game of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup against Australia, Stindl scored his first goal for Germany in the fifth minute of the match. He followed this up with his second international goal in Germany's 1–1 draw with Chile three days later. He repeated the feat against the same opposition in the Final of the tournament, scoring the only goal of the match to help Germany claim the title, finishing as joint top goalscorer with three goals.
On 14 November 2017 he scored a vital equaliser in the 90th minute of a friendly against France (which was the last friendly match of Germany in that year and Germans were lagging behind by 1–2), which ensured Germany's unbeaten streak remaining alive in 2017.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 27 May 2023
Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Karlsruher SC II | 2006–07 | Regionalliga Süd | 12 | 2 | — | — | 12 | 2 | ||
2007–08 | Regionalliga Süd | 26 | 4 | — | — | 26 | 4 | |||
2008–09 | Regionalliga Süd | 10 | 5 | — | — | 10 | 5 | |||
2009–10 | Regionalliga Süd | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 49 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 11 | ||
Karlsruher SC | 2007–08 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
2008–09 | Bundesliga | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 4 | ||
2009–10 | 2. Bundesliga | 33 | 9 | 2 | 0 | — | 35 | 9 | ||
Total | 56 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 13 | ||
Hannover 96 | 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 2 | |
2011–12 | Bundesliga | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 43 | 6 | |
2012–13 | Bundesliga | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 4 | |
2013–14 | Bundesliga | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 3 | ||
2014–15 | Bundesliga | 21 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | 22 | 11 | ||
Total | 131 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 161 | 26 | ||
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 30 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 14 |
2016–17 | Bundesliga | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 44 | 18 | |
2017–18 | Bundesliga | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | 34 | 6 | ||
2018–19 | Bundesliga | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 3 | ||
2019–20 | Bundesliga | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 11 | |
2020–21 | Bundesliga | 30 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 17 | |
2021–22 | Bundesliga | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 29 | 5 | ||
2022–23 | Bundesliga | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | 31 | 9 | ||
Total | 222 | 62 | 21 | 9 | 28 | 12 | 271 | 83 | ||
Career total | 458 | 105 | 32 | 12 | 50 | 16 | 540 | 133 |
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Seven appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, three appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 28 March 2018
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Germany | |||
2017 | 10 | 4 | |
2018 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 11 | 4 |
- As of match played 14 November 2017. Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Stindl goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 19 June 2017 | Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia | Australia | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup |
2. | 22 June 2017 | Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia | Chile | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup |
3. | 2 July 2017 | Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia | Chile | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup |
4. | 14 November 2017 | RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany | France | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
Honours
Germany
Individual
- FIFA Confederations Cup Silver Boot: 2017
- Bundesliga Player of the Month: December 2020
- German men's footballers
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Speyer
- Karlsruher SC players
- Karlsruher SC II players
- Hannover 96 players
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Germany men's youth international footballers
- Germany men's under-21 international footballers
- Germany men's international footballers
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Regionalliga players
- 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- FIFA Confederations Cup-winning players
- Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate