Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer
Königsdörffer playing for Dynamo Dresden in May 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-09-13) 13 September 2001
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Hamburger SV
Number 11
Youth career
Minerva Berlin
0000–2014 SCC Berlin
2014–2019 Hertha BSC
2019–2020 Dynamo Dresden
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Dynamo Dresden 69 (12)
2022– Hamburger SV 39 (8)
International career‡
2021 Germany U21 1 (0)
2022– Ghana 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2023

Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer (born 13 September 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV. Born in Germany, he plays for the Ghana national team.

Early and personal life

Königsdörffer was born in Berlin to a Ghanaian father and a German-Guadeloupean mother.[2][3]

Club career

Dynamo Dresden

Königsdörffer played youth football for Minerva Berlin, SCC Berlin and Hertha BSC before joining the youth setup at Dynamo Dresden in the summer of 2019.[4] Königsdörffer made his debut for Dresden as a substitute in a 2–0 away defeat to 1. FC Nürnberg.[5] In February 2020, Königsdörffer signed a three-year contract with Dynamo Dresden, lasting until 2022.[6] He appeared 7 times for the club during the 2019–20 season as they finished bottom of the 2. Bundesliga and were relegated to the 3. Liga.[5][7]

On 29 October 2020, his contract was further extended to 2023,[8] before scoring his first competitive goal two days later in a 3–0 victory over SV Meppen.[9] After providing the assist for Dresden's first goal in first-half stoppage time, he converted a Christoph Daferner cross to put Dresden 2–0 up in the 59th minute.[9] He tested positive for COVID-19 in mid-April 2021,[10] but returned to first-team action for a 2–0 victory over Viktoria Köln on 8 May 2021.[11] Dynamo were promoted back to the Bundesliga as champions of the 3. Liga,[12] with Königsdörffer having scored 7 goals in 34 appearances across the 2020–21 season.[11]

Königsdörffer made 30 league appearances for Dynamo Dresden during the 2021–22 season, scoring 5 goals, as the club finished 16th before losing to 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the relegation play-off, and were therefore relegated to the 3. Liga.[13][14]

Hamburger SV

On 28 June 2022, it was announced that Königsdörffer had signed for 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV on a four-year contract for a fee of €1.2 million.[15]

International career

Being born to a Ghanaian father and a German-Guadeloupean mother, Königsdörffer was able to choose to represent either the countries at international level.[3]

On 2 September 2021, he made his official debut for the German under-21 national team, coming in as a substitute for Youssoufa Moukoko at the 73rd minute of a 6-0 win against San Marino in the 2023 European Under-21 Championship qualifiers.[16]

In July 2022, the president of the Ghana FA, Kurt Okraku, announced that Königsdörffer was one of the few players that had officially switched allegiances to represent the Ghanaian senior national team internationally.[17] He debuted with Ghana as a late substitute in a 1–0 friendly win over Nicaragua on 27 September 2022.[18] He was however excluded from Ghana's 2022 World Cup squad, declaring himself "disappointed".[19]

Career statistics

As of end of 2021–22 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dynamo Dresden 2019–20[20] 2. Bundesliga 70000070
2020–21[11] 3. Liga 3272000347
2021–22[13] 2. Bundesliga 305202[lower-alpha 1]0345
Total 691240207512
Hamburger SV 2022–23[21] 2. Bundesliga 00000000
Career total 691240007312
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in 2. Bundesliga relegation play-offs

References

  1. ↑ "35 - Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer — Profil" (in German). Dynamo Dresden. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 Grossmann, Caroline; Schramm, Stefan (25 August 2020). ""Ransi" macht bei Dynamo Dresden mächtig Tempo". Sportbuzzer.de (in German). Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "Nur ein Punkt für Dynamos Bundesliga-Junioren zum Saisonauftakt". Sportbuzzer.de (in German). 11 August 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  5. 1 2 Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Gollnack & Königsdörffer erhalten Lizenzspieler-Verträge bis 2022" (in German). Dynamo Dresden. 5 February 2020. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "Tabelle | 34. Spieltag | 2. Bundesliga 2019/20". kicker (in German). Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Dresden auf der Suche nach der Konstanz". kicker (in German). 29 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Zwei Treffer in der Nachspielzeit: Dresden gewinnt ungefährdet gegen Meppen". kicker (in German). 31 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Königsdörffer positiv auf COVID-19 getestet". kicker (in German). 14 April 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  11. 1 2 3 "Spiele von Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer – 2020/21". kicker (in German). Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "Dresden: Als Meister zurück in Liga zwei". dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  13. 1 2 "Spiele von Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer – 2021/22". kicker (in German). Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "Kaiserslautern promoted to Bundesliga 2 after relegation play-off win over Dynamo Dresden". bundesliga.com. Bundesliga. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  15. ↑ "Königsdörffer wechselt zum HSV: "Von unserem Weg überzeugt"". kicker (in German). 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  16. ↑ "6:0 in San Marino: U 21 feiert Auftaktsieg". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). 2 September 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  17. ↑ Eleto, Clinton (5 July 2022). "Breaking News: Tariq Lamptey and four other new players complete Ghana Black Stars switch". Sahara Football. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  18. ↑ "German-born Ransford Yeboah Königsdörffer makes Ghana debut against Nicaragua - Kickgh.com". www.kickgh.com.
  19. ↑ "World Cup 2022: Youngster Ransford-Yeboah Konigsdorffer 'disappointed' for missing out on Ghana final squad". 16 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  20. ↑ "Spiele von Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer – 2019/20". kicker (in German). Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  21. ↑ "Spiele von Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer – 2022/23". kicker (in German). Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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