Florian Grillitsch | Playerprofile

Florian Grillitsch was born on 7 August 1995 in Neunkirchen and plays for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. He played for SVSF Pottschach from 2001-2008, for AKA St. Pölten from 2008-2011, for SV Werder Bremen from 2013-2017 and has played for TSG Hoffenheim since 2017.

Current season 2019/20

With three assists, Florian Grillitsch currently has the second-most in his team along with Sebastian Rudy and Dennis Geiger. In 16 of the previous 17 games of the season, the 1.87m-tall midfielder was in the starting line-up. Of these 17 games, he won 8 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for one game.

Florian Grillitsch has suffered 29 fouls so far and shares ninth place in the league-wide statistics for this category with Daniel Baier (FC Augsburg) and Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München). With a pass success rate of 89.99 per cent, the player with the shirt number 11 now occupies first place within his squad. Furthermore, he has attained the second position on his squad's leaderboard for a tackle success rate of 55.41 per cent.

Last game

The 24-year-old played his last game on the 19th matchday of the 2019/20 season (26 January 2020). Playing for TSG Hoffenheim, he won against SV Werder Bremen 3-0. He played as a midfielder throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, Florian Grillitsch had 62 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 27 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win 18 – and therefore was more successful than any other player in this game. He was additionally able to make 29 successful passes. During his total playing time in this game, he ran 12.1 km and thus covered a longer distance than all other players in the game. In doing so, he had a total of 11 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Florian Grillitsch has played 120 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 45. He has netted four goals during his appointments in the Bundesliga. So far, Florian Grillitsch has completed 72 matches with his present squad. Here, he has scored a total of one goal.