Benno Schmitz history

Benno Schmitz was born on 17 November 1994 in München and plays for 1. FC Köln. He played for SV Waldperlach from 2000-2001, for FC Bayern München from 2001-2014, for FC Red Bull Salzburg from 2014-2016, for RB Leipzig from 2016-2018 and has played for 1. FC Köln since 2018.

Current season 2022/23

In this season, Benno Schmitz has scored one goal and takes 10th place within his squad. He shares this rank with Sargis Adamyan, Florian Dietz, Luca Kilian and Eric Martel. In 30 of the previous 31 games of the season, Benno Schmitz was in the starting line-up. Of these 31 games, he won 8 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for one game.

His pass success rate amounts to 63.86 per cent, with which Benno Schmitz occupies sixth place in the team-internal statistics. His tackle success rate amounts to 50.63 per cent. With this, he occupies fourth place in the team-internal statistics. He has scored two own goals. Together with Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen), Benno Schmitz shares first place in the league statistics for this category.

Last game

The 1.82m-tall defender played his last game on the 34th matchday of the 2022/23 season (27 May 2023). Playing for 1. FC Köln, he lost against FC Bayern München 1-2. He was in the starting line-up in this game and played as a defender for 62 minutes. In terms of total touches, Benno Schmitz had 55 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 19 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win six. The player with the shirt number 2 was additionally able to make 20 successful passes. He covered a distance of 7.4 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 11 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Benno Schmitz has played 110 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 39. So far, he has completed 92 matches with his present squad. Here, he has put a total of one ball in the net.