german football player

Davie Selke ( german pronunciation : [ ˈzɛlkə ] ; [ 2 ] [ 3 ] born 20 January 1995 ) is a german professional football player who plays as a fore for Bundesliga club Hertha BSC. Selke began his professional career with Werder Bremen in 2013 where he went on to score 10 goals in 36 appearances before signing for RB Leipzig in 2015 for a 2. Bundesliga record tip of €8 million. He spent two seasons with Leipzig, helping the club gain promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time in 2016 and reservation to the UEFA Champions League the come year. Having scored 14 goals in 51 appearances, Selke then joined Hertha BSC in June 2017.

He has besides represented Germany at all youth levels and in 2014 was part of the squad which won the 2014 UEFA european Under-19 Championship, earning the Golden Boot and Golden Player awards for his performances at the tournament. Two years late, he featured at the 2016 Summer Olympics where Germany earned a silver decoration, losing out to hosts Brazil in the final examination. The follow year he helped his nation claim the UEFA european Under-21 Championship title .

career [edit ]

Werder Bremen [edit ]

Having spent the majority of his youth years at Hoffenheim, Selke signed for Werder Bremen in 2013 for €50,000. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] While spending most of the 2013–2014 season play for the reserves in the fourth-tier Regionalliga Nord, he made his first-team debut for the clubhouse on 3 November 2013, coming on as a second-half stand-in for Clemens Fritz in a 3–2 Bundesliga victory over Hannover 96. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] The following calendar month, Selke exchanged blows with Fritz during a train school term, with the pair having to be separated by teammates. [ 7 ] He ended the season having scored 9 goals in 26 appearances for the reserves and remaining scoreless in three first-team appearances for Die Grün-Weißen. [ 8 ] [ 9 ]
Selke started his career at Werder Bremen in 2013 and went on to score nine goals in 33 league appearances for the club. At the start of the 2014–15 campaign, Selke signed a new four-year deal with Bremen, tying him to the club until 2018. [ 10 ] He scored his first goal on 20 September 2014, netting in a 4–2 Bundesliga loss against FC Augsburg. [ 11 ] A late confuse of four goals and four assists in nine games from Selke helped Bremen to a tenth-placed finish up in the league, frankincense securing their status in the Bundesliga for another season. [ 12 ] He finished the season with 10 goals in 33 appearances in all competitions. [ 13 ] Despite having signed a contract extension with Bremen a few months prior, Selke announced on 1 April 2015 that he would be joining then 2. Bundesliga side RB Leipzig at the end of the season. [ 14 ] The €8m tip Leipzig paid for Selke made him the most expensive 2. Bundesliga sign in the history of the competition. [ 14 ] With Selke having been courted throughout the temper by a host of european clubs, including real Madrid, his decision to drop down a class was seen as being financially motivated. This was specially the case given Leipzig ‘s kinship with department of energy drink company, Red Bull. [ 15 ] Following the announcement of his departure, Selke was jeered by parts of the Werder Bremen winnow base during the remaining matches of the season. [ 16 ] He ultimately scored 10 goals in 36 appearances for the clubhouse .

RB Leipzig [edit ]

Selke made his introduction for RB Leipzig on 25 July 2015 against FSV Frankfurt and scored his first goal for the club the pursue week, netting in a 2–2 pull with Greuther Fürth. [ 17 ] On 21 November, Selke netted the only goal in a 1–0 win over Arminia Bielefeld which saw Leipzig climb to the acme of 2.Liga. [ 18 ] On 8 May, Die roten Bullen secured forwarding with a match to spare after beating Karlsruher SC 2–0. It was the first base time in the club ‘s abruptly history that they had been promoted to the Bundesliga. [ 19 ] During the military post match celebrations, Leipzig coach Ralf Rangnick pulled his hamstring after being chased by Selke with a glass of beer. [ 20 ] He finished the 2015–16 season with 10 goals in 32 appearances. [ 21 ] Selke scored his first gear finish for the 2016–17 Bundesliga season on matchday three, scoring one and assisting another in a 3–1 succeed over Hamburg. [ 22 ] On matchday 32, he netted a brace in a 4–1 succeed over Hertha BSC which saw the Leipzig modify for the Champions League for the first meter in the club ‘s history. [ 23 ] He struggled for first-team football throughout the temper, however, and started in just four out of 20 appearances for the campaign, scoring four goals. [ 24 ]

Hertha BSC [edit ]

On 1 June 2017, Hertha BSC confirmed the sign of Selke on a long-run deal for a reported club record tip of €8.5m. [ 23 ] [ 25 ] The following month, Selke suffered a metatarsal injury in training which was later diagnosed to be a bone-marrow edema, and was ruled out for a number of weeks. [ 26 ] He finally made his first league appearance for Hertha on matchday eight, coming off the bench in a 2–0 loss to Schalke 04. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] He scored his first gear goal for the baseball club four days former, netting in a 2–1 Europa League get the better of to Zorya. [ 29 ] On 5 November, he scored his first league finish, netting in a 3–3 tie with Wolfsburg. [ 30 ] The following month, Selke came up against RB Leipzig for the first time since joining Hertha BSC and prior to the match he vowed to celebrate if he scored against his former club. He proceeded to score doubly to lead Hertha to a 3–2 acquire despite his side being down to 10-men after Jordan Torunarigha was sent off in the eighth minute. [ 24 ] [ 31 ] On 14 March 2018, following a ladder of three months without a goal, Selke netted another stimulate in a 2–1 succeed over Köln, the second of which was the thousandth home goal scored in the Bundesliga by Hertha. [ 32 ] His return to goal scoring form continued with Selke enjoying a discharge of five goals in four matches during the final stages of the temper to end the campaign with a render of 10 goals in 27 appearances. [ 33 ] In July 2018, Selke suffered a collapse lung which ruled him out of the start of the 2018–19 season. [ 34 ] Following a successful recovery, he featured regularly under director Pal Dardai and by February 2019, despite having only scored four goals, had recorded eight assists in the league ; more than he had in each of his previous campaigns combined. [ 35 ] The following calendar month, he made his fiftieth league appearance for the club during a 3–2 frustration to Borussia Dortmund. [ 36 ] On 31 January 2020, the last day of the 2019–20 winter transfer period, Selke re-joined Werder Bremen on a lend cover lasting until the summer of 2021. The transfer reportedly includes an obligation for Werder Bremen to sign him permanently at the goal of the loanword for an estimated transfer fee between €10 and 15 million, which merely takes effect if the club remains in the Bundesliga. [ 37 ] [ 38 ]

due to Werder Bremen ‘s delegating to the 2. Bundesliga the golf club did not sign Selke permanently. [ 39 ]

International career [edit ]

german national young teams [edit ]

Though born in Schorndorf, Germany, Selke is eligible to represent both Ethiopia, the birthplace of his father, and the Czech Republic, the birthplace of his mother. He and chap German youth international teammate Gedion Zelalem had in the past been approached by the Ethiopian Football Association to represent the african nation but both players elected to remain within the german camp. [ 4 ] [ 40 ]
In 2014, he helped Germany win the UEFA european Under-19 Championship. Selke netted six goals throughout the tournament which earned him the Golden Boot award. [ 15 ] His goalscoring total equaled the tournament read, jointly held by Borko Veselinović and Álvaro Morata. [ 41 ] Selke was besides named as the tournament ‘s Golden Player. [ 41 ] On 16 July 2016, Selke was named in Horst Hrubesch ‘s 18-man police squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. [ 42 ] He scored his inaugural goal at the tournament on 7 August, netting Germany ‘s second in a 3–3 pull with South Korea. [ 43 ] Germany ultimately went on to win the Silver Medal, losing to Brazil in the final examination. [ 44 ] The keep up year, he was included in Germany ‘s 23-man police squad for the 2017 UEFA european Under-21 Championship in Poland where they went on to be crowned champions after beating Spain 1–0 in the final. [ 45 ] [ 46 ]

style of play [edit ]

Former Germany hitter Klaus Fischer described Selke as being a “ young Miroslav Klose “, comparing his stature and potency in the air with that of Germany ‘s all-time commemorate goalscorer. [ 47 ] Selke himself, however, cites former Bayern Munich striker Mario Gómez as being his idol. [ 48 ]

career statistics [edit ]

As of match played on 1 July 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Werder Bremen 2013–14[8] Bundesliga 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
2014–15[13] Bundesliga 30 9 3 1 — 33 10
Total 33 9 3 1 0 0 36 10
RB Leipzig 2015–16[21] 2. Bundesliga 30 10 2 0 — 32 10
2016–17[22] Bundesliga 21 4 0 0 — 21 4
Total 51 14 2 0 0 0 53 14
Hertha BSC 2017–18[27] Bundesliga 27 10 1 0 3 4 31 14
2018–19[8] Bundesliga 30 3 2 1 — 32 4
2019–20[8] Bundesliga 19 1 2 0 — 21 1
Total 76 14 5 1 3 4 84 19
Werder Bremen (loan) 2019–20[8] Bundesliga 11 0 2 1 — 13 1
2020–21[8] Bundesliga 23 3 3 0 — 26 3
Total 34 3 5 1 0 0 39 4
Career total 194 40 15 3 3 4 212 47

Honours [edit ]

Germany
Individual

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