Tim

Kleindienst

Tim Kleindienst history

Tim Kleindienst was born on 31 August 1995 in Luckenwalde and plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach. He played for FC Viktoria Jüterbog from 2007-2008, for FC Energie Cottbus from 2008-2015, for SC Freiburg from 2015-2016, for 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 from 2016-2017, for SC Freiburg from 2017-2019, for 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 from 2019-2020, for KAA Gent from 2020-2021, for 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 from 2021-2024 and has played for Borussia M'gladbach since 2024.

Current season 2024/25

In the ongoing season, the 29-year-old has already scored 10 goals, which puts him in the fifth position on the league's scorer list. He has been able to make four assists so far. With this result, he leads the team statistics along with Franck Honorat. In total, Tim Kleindienst has taken 46 shots at goal and therefore fought his way to seventh place in the league-wide statistics. Until now, he has been responsible for 16 passes to a shot and has therefore earned himself third place within the statistics of his club. He was in the starting line-up in all previous 17 games of the season. Of these, the player with the shirt number 11 won seven games with his club.

The 1.94m-tall forward was able to assert himself on the pitch well. With 192 tackling duels in which he was victorious, he presently has had, along with Diogo Leite (1. FC Union Berlin), the sixth-most tackling duels won league-wide. There were few players in the Bundesliga who were able to outperform Tim Kleindienst in terms of headers. Because of this, he has won 70 aerial duels and so is the fourth-most successful player in this category in the league. He is one of the strongest runners in the Bundesliga. His total number of sprints this season is 530 (rank 3).

Last game

Tim Kleindienst played his last game on the 18th matchday of the 2024/25 season (18 January 2025). Playing for Borussia M'gladbach, he lost to Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-3. He played as a forward throughout this entire game. In doing so, he scored one goal. He shot at the opponent's goal a total of three times, which is the highest amount of any player in the club. In terms of total touches, he had 37 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 32 tackle challenges in the last match – the highest number in this game. Of these, he was able to win nine. He covered a distance of 12.1 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he ran, like no other player in the game, a total of 42 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Tim Kleindienst has played 76 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 23. He has netted 24 goals throughout his appointments in the Bundesliga. So far, Tim Kleindienst has completed 17 matches with his present squad. Here, he has scored a total of 10 goals.

International appointments

Up to now, Tim Kleindienst has played four international matches for Germany. He scored a total of two goals in these games.