Robin Knoche
Knoche for VfL Wolfsburg in 2019
Personal information
Full name Robin Knoche
Date of birth (1992-05-22) 22 May 1992
Place of birth Braunschweig, Germany
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Union Berlin
Number 31
Youth career
1996–2002 Germania Lamme
2002–2005 Olympia Braunschweig
2005–2010 VfL Wolfsburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 VfL Wolfsburg II 69 (2)
2011–2020 VfL Wolfsburg 183 (12)
2020– Union Berlin 103 (3)
International career
2012–2013 Germany U20 6 (0)
2013–2015 Germany U21 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2023

Robin Knoche (born 22 May 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Union Berlin.[2][3][4] Knoche represented Germany youth teams from 2012 to 2015.

Club career

Wolfsburg

Knoche is a product of VfL Wolfsburg's youth academy, first entering the club at the age of thirteen. Knoche made his senior first team debut in 2011 and was part of the squad that won the 2015 DFB-Pokal Final against Borussia Dortmund and the 2015 DFL-Supercup against Bayern Munich.

During the final relegation game of the 2018 Bundesliga season against Holstein Kiel on 21 May, Knoche scored a late header in the 75th minute off of a corner kick to secure Wolfsburg's hopes of staying in the Bundesliga. Midway through the following season, in a 3–0 win over Mainz, Knoche scored Wolfsburg's 1100th goal in the Bundesliga.[5]

Union Berlin

On 4 August 2020, Knoche signed for Union Berlin after his Wolfsburg contract expired at the end of the season.[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 September 2023[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfL Wolfsburg II2010–11Regionalliga Nord240240
2011–12 Regionalliga Nord311311
2012–13 Regionalliga Nord131131
2015–16 Regionalliga Nord1010
Total 692692
VfL Wolfsburg 2011–12 Bundesliga 300030
2012–13 Bundesliga 11020130
2013–14 Bundesliga 32330353
2014–15 Bundesliga 2723011[lower-alpha 1]0412
2015–16 Bundesliga 111002[lower-alpha 2]000131
2016–17 Bundesliga 231202[lower-alpha 3]0271
2017–18 Bundesliga 241302[lower-alpha 3]1292
2018–19 Bundesliga 31330343
2019–20 Bundesliga 211218[lower-alpha 1]0312
Total 183121812104122614
Union Berlin 2020–21 Bundesliga 34120361
2021–22 Bundesliga 330518[lower-alpha 4]0461
2022–23 Bundesliga 3224110[lower-alpha 1]4467
2023–24 Bundesliga 40110051
Total 103312318413310
Career total 355173043944142826
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. 1 2 Appearances in Bundesliga relegation play-offs
  4. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Club

VfL Wolfsburg

References

  1. "Robin Knoche". 1. FC Union Berlin. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Robin Knoche". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  3. "Robin Knoche". bundesliga.de. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  4. "Knoche, Robin" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  5. "Wolfsburg continue march towards Europe with comfortable Mainz win". Bundesliga. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  6. "Robin Knoche signs for Union Berlin". BuLi News. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
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