Ansgar

Knauff

Ansgar Knauff history

Ansgar Knauff was born on 10 January 2002 in Göttingen and plays for Eintracht Frankfurt. He played for SVG Göttingen 07 from 2006-2015, for Hannover 96 from 2015-2016, for Borussia Dortmund from 2016-2022, for Borussia Dortmund II from 2016-2022 and has played for Eintracht Frankfurt since 2022.

Current season 2024/25

In the current season, the 22-year-old has scored one goal and takes seventh place within his squad. He shares this rank with Rasmus Kristensen, Tuta, Igor Matanović, Farès Chaïbi and Mahmoud Dahoud. With four assists, the player with the shirt number 36 presently has the 10th-most in the league together with Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Franck Honorat (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig), Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund), Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Dortmund), Maximilian Mittelstädt (VfB Stuttgart), Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München), Jackson Irvine (FC St. Pauli) and Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen). So far, the 1.8m-tall forward has taken 11 shots at goal. With this result he has secured himself, along with Igor Matanović, fifth place on the team-internal leaderboard for this category. Until now, Ansgar Knauff has been responsible for 13 passes to a shot and has therefore earned himself fourth place within the statistics of his club. In seven of the previous 14 games of the season, he was in the starting line-up. Of these 14 games, he won 8 with his club. Additionally, Ansgar Knauff was substituted in for seven games.

His maximum speed is currently 35.93 km/h, securing Ansgar Knauff 10th place in the league statistics.

Last game

Ansgar Knauff played his last game on the 15th matchday of the 2024/25 season (21 December 2024). Playing for Eintracht Frankfurt, he lost against 1. FSV Mainz 05 1-3. He was substituted in and played as a midfielder for a total of 30 minutes in this game. He shot at the opponent's goal a total of three times. In terms of total touches, he had 20 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had six tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, Ansgar Knauff was able to win two. He covered a distance of 3.7 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 10 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Ansgar Knauff has played 90 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 34. He has netted 11 goals during his appointments in the Bundesliga. Thus far, he has completed 81 matches with his present squad. Here, he has scored a total of 10 goals.

International appointments

Ansgar Knauff won the Europa League with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2021/22.