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 ongoing season, Ansgar Knauff has scored one goal and takes seventh place within his squad. He shares this rank with Tuta, Igor Matanović, Farès Chaïbi and Mahmoud Dahoud. With four assists, the player with the shirt number 36 currently has the ninth-most in the league together with Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Franck Honorat (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig), Maximilian Mittelstädt (VfB Stuttgart) and Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München). With eight shots taken so far, Ansgar Knauff has had the seventh-most attempts on goal of any Eintracht Frankfurt player. Until now, he has been responsible for 12 passes to a shot and has therefore earned himself fourth place within the statistics of his club. In seven of the previous 13 games of the season, he was in the starting line-up. Of these 13 games, he won 8 with his club. Additionally, the 1.8m-tall forward was substituted in for six games.

His maximum speed is currently 35.93 km/h, securing the 22-year-old 10th place in the league statistics.

Last game

Ansgar Knauff played his last game on the 14th matchday of the 2024/25 season (15 December 2024). Playing for Eintracht Frankfurt, he lost to RB Leipzig 1-2. He was in the starting line-up in this game and played as a midfielder for 75 minutes. He shot at the opponent's goal a total of one time. In terms of total touches, he had 43 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 21 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, Ansgar Knauff was able to win 11. He covered a distance of 8.4 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he ran, like no other player in his club, a total of 28 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Ansgar Knauff has played 89 matches throughout 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 80 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.