Loïs

Openda

Loïs Openda history

Loïs Openda was born on 16 February 2000 in Liege and plays for RB Leipzig. He played for Patro-Othee Football Club from 2012-2013, for FC Lüttich from 2013-2014, for Standard Lüttich from 2014-2015, for Club Brügge KV from 2015-2020, for Vitesse Arnheim from 2020-2022, for RC Lens from 2022-2023 and has played for RB Leipzig since 2023.

Current season 2024/25

In the ongoing season, the player with the shirt number 11 has already scored five goals and, along with Hugo Ekitiké (Eintracht Frankfurt), Andrej Kramarić (TSG Hoffenheim), Deniz Undav (VfB Stuttgart), Ermedin Demirović (VfB Stuttgart), Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München) and Michael Olise (FC Bayern München), has the seventh-most attempts on goal within the league. Loïs Openda has been able to make two assists so far. With this result, he leads the team statistics along with Benjamin Henrichs, Xavi Simons, Benjamin Šeško and Antonio Nusa. With 30 shots taken in total, the 24-year-old has guaranteed himself, along with Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg), the eighth place ranking in the league. Up to now, Loïs Openda has hit the post one time. With this, he has had the seventh-most in the league along with Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Tomáš Čvančara (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Rocco Reitz (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Mats Pannewig (VfL Bochum 1848), Arthur Theate (Eintracht Frankfurt), Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt), Farès Chaïbi (Eintracht Frankfurt), Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund), Fiete Arp (Holstein Kiel), Benedikt Pichler (Holstein Kiel), Andrej Kramarić (TSG Hoffenheim), Fabian Rieder (VfB Stuttgart), Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg), Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen), Arne Maier (FC Augsburg) and Keven Schlotterbeck (FC Augsburg). Until now, Loïs Openda has been responsible for nine passes to a shot and has therefore earned himself fifth place within the statistics of his club. In nine of the previous 10 games of the season, he was in the starting line-up. Of these 10 games, he won 6 with his club. Additionally, the 1.77m-tall forward was substituted in for one game.

Loïs Openda has been fouled 25 times this season. He therefore occupies third position in the league-wide statistics. He is one of the strongest runners in the Bundesliga. His total number of sprints this season is 265 (rank 9). His maximum speed is currently 36.64 km/h, securing him third place in the league statistics.

Last game

Loïs Openda played his last game on the 10th matchday of the 2024/25 season (9 November 2024). Playing for RB Leipzig, he played against Borussia M'gladbach and tied with 0-0. He played as a forward throughout this entire game. He shot at the opponent's goal a total of two times. In terms of total touches, he had 49 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 27 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win 10. He covered a distance of 10.1 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 22 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Loïs Openda has played 44 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 25. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of RB Leipzig. Here, he has put a total of 29 balls in the net. With a total of 29 goals in his Bundesliga career so far, he presently takes 30th place on the active scoring chart.

International appointments

Loïs Openda won the Supercup in 2023 with RB Leipzig.