Nico Schlotterbeck, Centre-Back at Borussia Dortmund

Centre-Back · Defender

#4 Nico Schlotterbeck

Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga · Germany

Date of birth / Age: 1 Dec 1999 (26)
Height · Weight: 1.91 m · 86 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Centre-Back
Citizenship: Germany
Joined club: 1 Jul 2022
Contract until: 2031
International: Germany · 27 caps, 1 goals

Date of birth / Age: 1 Dec 1999 (26)
Height · Weight: 1.91 m · 86 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Centre-Back
Citizenship: Germany
Joined club: 1 Jul 2022
Contract until: 2031
International: Germany · 27 caps, 1 goals

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 37
Starting eleven: 36
Goals: 5
Assists: 1
Yellow cards: 8
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 3,290

Starting eleven97%

36 of 37 appearances

Minutes played3,290

89 per appearance

Goal involvement6

5 goals · 1 assists

Positions played

209 matches · since 2018/19

RWRBCMLWLBCB

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Back	199	15	12
Left-Back	4	0	0
Left Winger	3	0	0
Central Midfield	1	0	0
Other · RB, RW	2	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · centre-backs with 900+ minutes

World rank: #99; centre-back in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #39; among centre-backs aged 26–29
In his league: 84%; of Bundesliga centre-backs rank below him
Finishing: −1.5; goals below expected · better than 41% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

7 Expected

8.5

67 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

5 Expected

3.2

Teammates converted more of his chances than expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2025/26	Bundesliga	Borussia Dortmund	28	28	5	1	8	0	0	2,520
2025/26	UEFA Champions League	Borussia Dortmund	7	6	0	–	0	–	0	560
2025/26	DFB Pokal	Borussia Dortmund	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	210
2026	FIFA World Cup	Germany	2	2	1	–	0	–	0	135
2024/25	Bundesliga	Borussia Dortmund	22	22	0	3	6	1	1	1,894
2024/25	UEFA Champions League	Borussia Dortmund	12	12	0	–	0	–	0	1,080
2024/25	DFB Pokal	Borussia Dortmund	2	2	0	–	2	–	0	210
2024/25	UEFA Nations League - League A	Germany	6	5	0	–	3	–	0	474
2026	UEFA World Cup Qualifiers	Germany	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	136
2023/24	Bundesliga	Borussia Dortmund	33	32	2	1	4	0	0	2,861
2023/24	UEFA Champions League	Borussia Dortmund	12	11	0	–	5	–	0	976
2023/24	DFB Pokal	Borussia Dortmund	3	2	0	–	1	–	0	241
2024	UEFA European Championship	Germany	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	119
2022/23	Bundesliga	Borussia Dortmund	28	27	4	4	3	0	0	2,254
2022/23	UEFA Champions League	Borussia Dortmund	8	6	0	–	0	–	0	558
2022/23	DFB Pokal	Borussia Dortmund	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	220
2022/23	UEFA Nations League - League A	Germany	3	3	0	–	3	–	0	270
2022	FIFA World Cup	Germany	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2021/22	Bundesliga	Freiburg	32	32	4	1	5	0	0	2,787
2021/22	DFB Pokal	Freiburg	6	6	0	–	1	–	0	630
2020/21	Bundesliga	Union Berlin	16	15	1	0	3	1	0	1,287
2020/21	DFB Pokal	Union Berlin	1	1	1	–	1	–	0	120
2019/20	Bundesliga	Freiburg	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	354
2019/20	Regionalliga	Freiburg II	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	90
2019/20	DFB Pokal	Freiburg	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	90
2018/19	Regionalliga	Freiburg II	23	22	2	1	8	0	0	2,002
2018/19	Bundesliga	Freiburg	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	178
2021	UEFA U21 Championship	Germany U21	11	11	2	–	2	–	0	1,000
2018/19	U20 Elite League	Germany U20	3	3	0	–	1	–	0	270
2017/18	U19 Bundesliga	Freiburg U19	12	11	6	–	2	–	0	1,080
2017/18	DFB Junioren Pokal	Freiburg U19	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2016/17	U19 Bundesliga	Karlsruher SC U19	25	24	7	–	8	–	0	2,127
2015/16	U17 Bundesliga	Karlsruher SC U17	24	24	2	–	9	–	0	1,908

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			348	324	37	12^*	77	2^*	1	28,821

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Bundesliga	175	16	10
UEFA Champions League	39	0	–
U19 Bundesliga	37	13	–
Regionalliga	24	2	2
U17 Bundesliga	24	2	–
DFB Pokal	18	1	–
Germany	16	1	–
Germany U21	11	2	–
Germany U20	3	0	–
DFB Junioren Pokal	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jul 2022 Jul 2022 · Transfer Freiburg Borussia Dortmund Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2021 Jun 2021 · Back from Loan Union Berlin Freiburg Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2020 Jul 2020 · Loan Freiburg Union Berlin Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2017 Jul 2017 · Transfer Karlsruher SC Under 19 SC Freiburg Under 19 Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2015 Jul 2015 · Transfer Aalen Karlsruher SC Under 19 Transfer Fee in TSH subscription

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