Philipp Förster
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-02-04) 4 February 1995
Place of birth Bretten, Germany
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 VfL Bochum
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2010 Karlsruher SC
2010–2014 VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Waldhof Mannheim II 2 (0)
2014–2017 Waldhof Mannheim 74 (12)
2017 1. FC Nürnberg II 4 (0)
2017 1. FC Nürnberg 0 (0)
2017–2019 SV Sandhausen 62 (9)
2017 SV Sandhausen II 3 (0)
2019–2022 VfB Stuttgart 71 (8)
2020–2022 VfB Stuttgart II 3 (4)
2022– VfL Bochum 25 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 July 2023

Philipp Förster (born 4 February 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club VfL Bochum.

After playing youth football with Karlsruher SC and VfB Stuttgart, he started his senior career in the Regionalliga Südwest with Waldhof Mannheim in 2014. He joined 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Nürnberg in January 2017, but failed to make a first-team appearance and joined fellow 2. Bumdesliga side SV Sandhausen later that year. Two years later, he signed for 2. Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart, and won promotion to the Bundesliga in his first season at the club.

Career

Early career

Förster was born in Bretten,[1] and grew up there, where his parents ran a gardening business.[2] He played youth football for Karlsruher SC until 2010,[3] and later for VfB Stuttgart between 2010 and 2014.[2]

Waldhof Mannheim

In summer 2014, Förster joined Regionalliga Südwest side Waldhof Mannheim on a one-year contract.[4][5] Shortly before the start of the season, he suffered two muscle tears.[6] He made his debut for Waldhof Mannheim on 24 September 2014 in a 1–1 draw at home to 1899 Hoffenheim II,[7] He scored his first goals for the club on 11 October 2014 with their second and third goals of a 3–1 victory over KSV Hessen Kassel.[6] He appeared in 22 Regionalliga Südwest matches over the course of the 2014–15 season, and scored 4 goals.[1]

In his second season at Waldhof Mannheim, Förster played more regularly, starting 32 of their 34 Regionalliga Südwest matches, in which he scored 6 goals.[1] They finished top of the Regionalliga Südwest after amassing 73 points and qualified for the promotion play-offs.[8] He played in both legs of the promotion play-off against Sportfreunde Lotte as Waldhof Mannheim lost 2–0 on aggregate and failed to achieve promotion to the 3. Liga.[9][10]

The 2016–17 season saw Förster score twice in 20 appearances for Waldhof.[1] His last appearance for the club came on 13 December 2016 in which he scored as the club defeated FC Homburg 3–2 away from home.[11][12]

1. FC Nürnberg

On 31 January 2017, Förster joined 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Nürnberg for an undisclosed fee.[13] After suffering multiple injuries during his spell at the club, he amassed no first team appearances and just four reserve team appearances.[14] He was released by 1. FC Nürnberg on 17 August 2017 to allow him to join SV Sandhausen in his native Baden-Württemberg.[14]

SV Sandhausen

On 17 August 2017, Förster joined fellow 2. Bundesliga side SV Sandhausen on a three-year contract with the option for a further year.[15] He made his debut for the club as a second-half substitute in a 2–1 defeat at home to Fortuna Düsseldorf on 27 August 2017.[16] He scored his first goal for the club on 16 February 2018 in 1–0 away victory over 1. FC Kaiserslautern; he scored from 16 metres in the 79th minute despite slipping as he took the shot.[17] He made 28 appearances and scored three goals for Sandhausen in the 2017–18 season.[1]

The 2018–19 season saw Förster start 29 of Sandhausen 34 2. Bundesliga matches, in which he scored five goals.[1] The first of his five goals came in a 2–1 defeat at home to 1. FC Heidenheim on 2 December 2018[18] and he scored a brace for the club on 16 March 2019 in a 4–0 victory over FC St. Pauli.[19] On 24 July 2019, he signed a two-year contract extension with Sandhausen, keeping him at the club until summer 2022.[20] He appeared five times and scored once with Sandhausen in the 2019–20 season before joining VfB Stuttgart.[1]

VfB Stuttgart

On 2 September 2019, Förster signed a four-year-deal with VfB Stuttgart for a fee estimated to be around €3,000,000.[21][22] After making his debut for the club on 14 September 2019 in a 3–2 victory over Jahn Regensburg,[23] he scored his first goal for the club on 21 September 2019 in a 2–0 victory at home to Greuther Fürth.[24] He appeared in 26 league matches and scored 3 goals for Stuttgart across the 2019–20 season,[1] as they finished second and were promoted to the Bundesliga.[25]

After suffering an ankle injury during the build-up to the 2020–21 season, Förster made his Bundesliga debut as a substitute in second-half stoppage time of a 1–1 draw with Schalke 04 on 30 October 2020.[26][27] He made his first Bundesliga start on 28 November 2019 as a replacement for the injured Daniel Didavi in a 3–1 defeat to Bayern Munich.[28]

Bochum

On 1 July 2022, Förster joined VfL Bochum on a two-year contract.[29]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 December 2020[1][30]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Waldhof Mannheim 2014–15 Regionalliga Südwest 224—00224
2015–16 Regionalliga Südwest 326—2[lower-alpha 1]0346
2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest 202—00202
Total 741200207612
Waldhof Mannheim II 2014–15 Verbandsliga Nordbaden 20—0020
1. FC Nürnberg II 2016–17 Regionalliga Bayern 40—0040
SV Sandhausen 2017–18 2. Bundesliga 2830000283
2018–19 2. Bundesliga 2952100316
2019–20 2. Bundesliga 51100061
Total 62931006510
SV Sandhausen II 2017–18 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 30—0030
VfB Stuttgart 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 2632000283
2020–21 Bundesliga 40000040
Total 3032000323
VfB Stuttgart II 2020–21 Regionalliga Südwest 23—0023
Career total 17727512018428

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Philipp Förster". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 Hinrichsen, Heiko (4 September 2019). "VfB Stuttgart: Ein Spätzünder namens Philipp Förster". Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Matchfacts Karlsruher SC – VfB". vfb.de (in German). VfB Stuttgart. 14 June 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Waldhof holt VfB-Talent Förster". Mannheimer Morgen (in German). 11 June 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "SVW sichert sich Dienste von Sebastian Brune und Philipp Förster". Metropolnews (in German). 14 June 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  6. 1 2 "SV Waldhof: Philipp Förster war der Mann des Tages". Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung (in German). 13 October 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Waldhof Mannheim - 1899 Hoffenheim II 1:1 (Regionalliga Südwest 2014/2015, 8. Round)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Regionalliga Südwest - Tabelle 2015/16". kicker (in German). Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "Nullnummer in Lotte: Vorteil Waldhof". kicker (in German). 25 May 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "Granatowski ballert SF Lotte in die 3. Liga". kicker (in German). 29 May 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  11. ↑ "FC 08 Homburg - Waldhof Mannheim 2:3 (Regionalliga Südwest 2016/2017, 24. Round)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  12. ↑ "Waldhof-Wahnsinn zum Jahresabschluss!". Heidelberg24 (in German). 13 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  13. ↑ "Transfer-Hammer! Förster wechselt in die 2. Liga". Heidelberg24 (in German). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  14. 1 2 "Philipp Förster verlässt den Club". fcn.de (in German). 1. FC Nürnberg. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  15. ↑ "Zwei auf einen Streich: SVS holt Förster und Aygünes". kicker (in German). 17 August 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  16. ↑ "SVS unterliegt Fortuna Düsseldorf mit 1:2". www.svs1916.de (in German). SV Sandhausen. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  17. ↑ "0:1 - Förster beendet den Frontzeck-Lauf". kicker (in German). 16 February 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  18. ↑ "Trotz Traumtor: Sandhausen unterliegt auch Heidenheim". kicker (in German). 2 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  19. ↑ "Diekmeiers Sprint leitet St. Paulis nächste Klatsche ein". kicker (in German). 16 March 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  20. ↑ "Trotz lukrativer Lockrufe: Förster verlängert bei Sandhausen". kicker (in German). 24 July 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  21. ↑ "VfB sign Philipp Förster". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  22. ↑ "Für Rekord-Ablöse: Förster verlässt den SV Sandhausen". Heidelberg24 (in German). 2 September 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  23. ↑ Preiß, Dirk (14 September 2019). "Auswärtsspiel des VfB Stuttgart: Überraschungen in Regensburg – Tim Walter baut um". Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  24. ↑ "Didavi trifft früh, Förster spät: Stuttgart schlägt Fürth glücklich" (in German). 21 September 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  25. ↑ "VfB Stuttgart: welcome back to the Bundesliga!". bundesliga.com. Bundesliga. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  26. ↑ Moissidis, George (4 November 2020). "VfB: Förster auf der Jagd nach dem früheren Status". kicker (in German). Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  27. ↑ "Nicolas Gonzalez up and running as VfB Stuttgart take a point at Schalke". bundesliga.com. Bundesliga. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  28. ↑ "Förster: "Auch mir hat die Kaltschnäuzigkeit gefehlt"" (in German). 30 November 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  29. ↑ "Philipp Förster strengthens VfL". VfL Bochum. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  30. ↑ "Philipp Förster - VfB Stuttgart". FuPa (in German). Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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