Fabian Nürnberger
Nürnberger with 1. FC Nürnberg
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-07-28) 28 July 1999[1]
Place of birth Hamburg, Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back, central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Darmstadt 98
Number 15
Youth career
0000–2015 Hamburger SV
2015–2017 Eintracht Norderstedt
2017–2018 Niendorfer TSV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 1. FC Nürnberg II 32 (3)
2019–2023 1. FC Nürnberg 100 (7)
2023– Darmstadt 98 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:38, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Fabian Nürnberger (born 28 July 1999) is a German-Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or central midfielder for Darmstadt 98.[2][3]

Career

Nürnberger was born in Hamburg. He played in his youth for the Niendorfer TSV under-19 team and made 21 appearances scoring 4 goals.[4]

1. FC Nürnberg

As an 18-year-old he moved to Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg in Franconia. For his second team playing in the Regionalliga Bayern, the defender played 31 games as a regular player, in which he was able to contribute three goals and three assists. At the end of the season, he finished third with the team behind promoted and champion Bayern Munich II and VfB Eichstätt.

Following the season, Nürnberger received his first professional contract in May 2019, which is valid until 2021. In addition, he was permanently appointed to the FCN second division squad, trained by Damir Canadi, for which he had already completed training sessions for the 2019–20 season. In the 1–0 home win against VfL Osnabrück on match day 4, Nürnberger was used for the first time after a substitution for a professional team.[5]

On 13 March 2020, 1. FC Nürnberg announced that Nürnberger had tested positive for COVID-19.[6]

Darmstadt 98

On 30 May 2023, Nürnberger signed a contract with the returning to Bundesliga team of Darmstadt 98 until June 2026, coming as a free transfer.[7]

International career

Since Nürnberger's father is German and his mother is Bulgarian, he can play for both Germany and Bulgaria. On 12 September 2023, Georgi Ivanov, technical director of the Bulgarian Football Union, announced that Nürnberger had accepted to represent Bulgaria on an international level and that they were working on making him available to debut in October or November 2023.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 November 2023[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1. FC Nürnberg II 2018–19 Regionalliga Bayern 313–––313
2019–20 10–––10
Total 323000000323
1. FC Nürnberg 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 16000–20180
2020–21 29310––290
2021–22 31320––333
2022–23 24130––271
Total 10076000201087
Darmstadt 98 2023–24 Bundesliga 10110––111
Career total 1421180002015211

References

  1. ↑ "15. Fabian Nurnberger". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  2. ↑ Fabian Nürnberger at WorldFootball.net
  3. 1 2 "Bulgaria - F. Nürnberger - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Fabian Nürnberger - Player Info". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Profi-Vertrag für Fabian Nürnberger". fcn.de. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Corona-Virus: Positiver Befund bei Fabian Nürnberger" [Coronavirus: positive result of Fabian Nürnberger]. 1. FC Nürnberg. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  7. ↑ Nürnberger wird Darmstädter
  8. ↑ Гонзо: Футболист от Бундеслигата ще играе за България, вадим му паспорт
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