Noah Katterbach

Noah Katterbach (born 13 April 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln. One of Germany's most promising prospects, he has won the prestigious Fritz Walter Medal in Gold in two consecutive year groups (under-17 and under-19).

Noah Katterbach
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-04-13) 13 April 2001[1]
Place of birth Simmerath, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 1. FC Köln
Youth career
2004—2008 TuS DJK Dreiborn
2008–2019 1. FC Köln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– 1. FC Köln II 24 (1)
2019– 1. FC Köln 40 (0)
2022 → Basel (loan) 21 (1)
2023 → Hamburger SV (loan) 11 (0)
International career‡
2017 Germany U16 2 (0)
2017 Germany U17 12 (2)
2018 Germany U18 3 (0)
2019 Germany U19 5 (0)
2020– Germany U20 1 (0)
2021– Germany U21 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:10, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:28, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Katterbach spent the majority of his youth career at 1. FC Köln, starting at the under-8 level. In 2018, he was awarded the Fritz Walter Medal in Gold, honouring the best German player in the under-17 age group.[2]

On 5 October 2019, he made his professional debut for the club in a 1–1 draw against Schalke, making him the youngest player to appear in the Bundesliga that year.[3] During the 2019–20 season, Katterbach established himself in the club's first team squad and made 18 league appearances. In May 2020, it was announced that he had signed a contract extension keeping him at Köln until 2024.[4]

On 19 August 2020, Katterbach was awarded the Fritz Walter Medal in Gold for the second time, this time honouring him as the best German player in the under-19 age group.[5] On 18 January 2022, Köln announced on their website that they had transferred Katterbach to the Swiss Super League club FC Basel.[6]

On the same day, Basel announced in a press-release that Katterbach had signed a one calendar year contract with them, including the option of a definitive transfer.[7] On 30 January, after playing in three test games, Katterbach made his domestic league debut in an away game at Swissporarena as Basel played against Luzern. He was shown a yellow card in the 52nd minute, but also gave the final pass in the 85th minute as Darian Males scored the team's second goal, as FCB achieved a 3–0 victory.[8] He scored his first goal for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 19 February 2022. It was the last goal of the game as Basel won 3–0 against Lausanne-Sport.[9]

At the end of the loan period, the club decided not to activate the take-over option on the player. During his time with the club Katterbach played a total of 42 games for Basel scoring the afore mentioned one league goal. 21 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, two in the Swiss Cup, ten in the UEFA Europa Conference League and nine were friendly games.[10]

On 17 January 2023, Hamburger SV announced on the club's website that they had signed Katterbach on a loan contract until the end of the 2022–23 season.[11]

International career

Katterbach has represented Germany at several youth levels, beginning with the U 16 team in 2017. Most recently, he played for his country's U 20 squad.[12]

Career statistics
As of match played 15 April 2023[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1. FC Köln II 2019–20 Regionalliga West 50———50
2020–21 Regionalliga West 10———10
2021–22 Regionalliga West 181———181
Total 241———241
1. FC Köln 2019–20 Bundesliga 18010——190
2020–21 Bundesliga 21030—1[lower-alpha 1]0250
2021–22 Bundesliga 1000——10
Total 400400010450
Basel (loan) 2021–22 Süper Lig 151000000151
2022–23 Süper Lig 60208[lower-alpha 2]000160
Total 211208000311
Hamburger SV (loan) 2022–23 2. Bundesliga 110———110
Career total 9616080101111
Notes
  1. Appearance in Bundesliga play-offs
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "Noah Katterbach | Playerprofile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com. DFL. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. "Fritz-Walter-Medaille 2018". fritz-walter-stiftung.de. 5 October 2019.
  3. "Jonas Hector strikes late as Cologne snatch dramatic draw at Schalke". bundesliga.com. 5 October 2019.
  4. "Köln bindet Top-Talent Katterbach". kicker.de. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  5. "Preisträger 2020". DFB.de. 19 August 2020.
  6. "FC verleiht Noah Katterbach". fc.de (in German). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  7. FC Basel 1893 (18 January 2022). "#SALINOAH: Noah Katterbach leihweise zum FCB". FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  8. FC Basel 1893 (30 January 2022). "FC Luzern - FC Basel 0:3 (0:0)". FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  9. FC Basel 1893 (19 February 2022). "Hochverdienter 3:0-Erfolg gegen Lausanne-Sport". Well-deserved 3-0 win against Lausanne-Sport. FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  10. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2023). "Noah Katterbach - FCB statistics". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  11. "KATTERBACH: "SUCHE IMMER DIE SPIELERISCHE LÖSUNG"". Hamburger SV (in German). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  12. "Noah Katterbach Spielerprofil". dfb.de. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  13. "Noah Katterbach". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  14. "FRITZ-WALTER-MEDAILLE IN GOLD AN HAVERTZ, KATTERBACH UND PAWOLLEK" (in German). German Football Association. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  15. "Wirtz, Katterbach und Oberdorf erhalten Fritz-Walter-Medaille in Gold". kicker (in German). 19 August 2020.
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