Leon Schaffran
Personal information
Full name Leon Valentin Schaffran
Date of birth (1998-07-31) 31 July 1998
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Greuther Fürth
Number 25
Youth career
2002–2009 BW Beelitz
2009–2012 RSV Eintracht 1949
2012–2016 Hertha BSC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Hertha BSC II 13 (0)
2018– Greuther Fürth II 75 (0)
2018– Greuther Fürth 5 (0)
International career‡
2015 Germany U18 1 (0)
2017 Germany U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:17, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Leon Valentin Schaffran (born 31 July 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for 2. Bundesliga club Greuther Fürth.

Club career

Schaffran is a youth product of BW Beelitz, RSV Eintracht 1949, and Hertha. He began his senior career with the Hertha reserves in 2016, but left after 3 seasons without breaking into the senior team. He transferred to Greuther Fürth in the summer of 2018, where he was initially the third goalkeeper.[1] He made his professional debut with Greuther Fürth a 2–0 DFB Pokal loss to Stuttgarter Kickers on 30 July 2022.[2] He was briefly the starting goalkeeper in August 2022, after an injury to the starter Andreas Linde.[3]

International career

Schaffran is a youth international for Germany, having played up to the Germany U19s.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Leon Schaffran: Vom "Jonglier-Rastelli" zum Profi-Keeper". Sportbuzzer.de.
  2. ↑ Sport, S. W. R. "Riesenüberraschung auf der Waldau: Stuttgarter Kickers bezwingen Fürth im DFB-Pokal". swr.online.
  3. ↑ "Fürth gibt leichte Entwarnung bei Torwart Linde". kicker.
  4. ↑ "Leon Schaffran - Spielerprofil". DFB Datencenter.
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