Max Kruse history

Max Kruse was born on 19 March 1988 in Reinbek and plays for 1. FC Union Berlin. He played for TSV Reinbek from 1992-1998, for SC Vier- und Marschlande from 1998-2005, for SV Werder Bremen from 2006-2009, for Werder Bremen II from 2006-2009, for FC St. Pauli from 2009-2012, for SC Freiburg from 2012-2013, for Borussia M'gladbach from 2013-2015, for VfL Wolfsburg from 2015-2016, for SV Werder Bremen from 2016-2019, for Fenerbahce SK Istanbul from 2019-2020 and has played for 1. FC Union Berlin since 2020.

Current season 2021/22

In the ongoing season, Max Kruse has scored five goals for his team and is therefore the second-best scorer of his squad. He has been able to make four assists so far. With this result, he leads the team statistics along with Genki Haraguchi and Niko Gießelmann. With 28 shots taken so far, the 1.8m-tall forward has had the second-most attempts on goal of any 1. FC Union Berlin player. Up to now, he has hit the post two times. With this, he has had the fourth-most in the league along with Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt), Jesper Lindström (Eintracht Frankfurt), Robin Hack (Arminia Bielefeld), Nicolas Höfler (SC Freiburg), Robert Skov (TSG Hoffenheim), Chris Richards (TSG Hoffenheim), Ihlas Bebou (TSG Hoffenheim), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Denis Zakaria (Borussia M'gladbach), Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Jeremy Dudziak (SpVgg Greuther Fürth), Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), André Silva (RB Leipzig), Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern München) and Leon Goretzka (FC Bayern München). The 33-year-old has been responsible for 25 assists shot at the goal so far and therefore leads the statistics within his squad for this category. He was in the starting line-up in all previous 16 games of the season. Of these, he won nine games with his club.

The player with the shirt number 10 has shot three penalty kicks this season, occupying, together with Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund), Branimir Hrgota (SpVgg Greuther Fürth), Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), André Silva (RB Leipzig) and Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München), second place in the league ranking.

Last game

Max Kruse played his last game on the 20th matchday of the 2021/22 season (22 January 2022). Playing for 1. FC Union Berlin, he won against Borussia M'gladbach 2-1. He was in the starting line-up in this game and played as a forward for 88 minutes. In doing so, he scored two goals. Max Kruse shot at the opponent's goal a total of two times. In terms of total touches, he had 34 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 13 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win four. He covered a distance of 9.5 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, Max Kruse had a total of 18 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Max Kruse has played 288 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 118. He has netted 90 goals during his appointments in the Bundesliga. So far, he has completed 38 matches with his present squad. Here, Max Kruse has scored a total of 16 goals. With a total of 288 matches played throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga, he presently has played the 14th-most career matches. With a total of 90 goals in his Bundesliga career so far, he presently takes fourth place on the active scoring chart.

International appointments

Up to now, Max Kruse has played 14 international matches for Germany. He scored a total of four goals in these games. He won the Supercup in 2015 with VfL Wolfsburg.