Max Kruse history

Max Kruse was born on 19 March 1988 in Reinbek and plays for VfL Wolfsburg. 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, for 1. FC Union Berlin from 2020-2022 and has played for VfL Wolfsburg since 2022.

Current season 2021/22

In this season, the player with the shirt number 9 has already scored 12 goals and, along with Jonas Hofmann (Borussia M'gladbach), has the ninth-most attempts on goal within the league. With one assist, the 34-year-old presently has the seventh-most in his team along with Wout Weghorst, Xaver Schlager, Renato Steffen, Josip Brekalo, Micky van de Ven and Paulo Otávio. With 23 shots taken so far, the 1.8m-tall forward has had the seventh-most attempts on goal of any VfL Wolfsburg player. Up to now, he has hit the post two times. With this, he has had the ninth-most in the league along with Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Stevan Jovetic (Hertha BSC), Robin Hack (Arminia Bielefeld), Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), Nordi Mukiele (RB Leipzig), André Silva (RB Leipzig), Michael Gregoritsch (FC Augsburg), Jeremy Dudziak (SpVgg Greuther Fürth), Jonathan Burkardt (1. FSV Mainz 05), Dominik Kohr (1. FSV Mainz 05), Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt), Jesper Lindström (Eintracht Frankfurt), Ajdin Hrustic (Eintracht Frankfurt), Mark Uth (1. FC Köln), Jonas Hofmann (Borussia M'gladbach), Denis Zakaria (Borussia M'gladbach), Georginio Rutter (TSG Hoffenheim), Munas Dabbur (TSG Hoffenheim), Robert Skov (TSG Hoffenheim) and Chris Richards (TSG Hoffenheim). Until now, Max Kruse has been responsible for 16 passes to a shot and has therefore earned himself sixth place within the statistics of his club. He was in the starting line-up in all previous 30 games of the season. Of these, he won 15 games with his club.

Max Kruse has shot five penalty kicks this season, occupying, together with Branimir Hrgota (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) and Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München), third place in the league ranking.

Last game

Max Kruse played his last game on the 34th matchday of the 2021/22 season (14 May 2022). Playing for VfL Wolfsburg, he played against FC Bayern München and tied with 2-2. He was in the starting line-up in this game and played as a forward for 83 minutes. There, Max Kruse scored one goal and provided one assist. He shot at the opponent's goal a total of two times, which is the highest amount of any player in the club. In terms of total touches, he had 39 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 15 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win two. Max Kruse covered a distance of 9.4 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 29 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Max Kruse has played 302 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 124. He has netted 97 goals throughout his appointments in the Bundesliga. Thus far, Max Kruse has completed 46 matches with his current squad. Here, he has scored a total of 13 goals. With a total of 302 matches played throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga, he currently has played the 14th-most career matches. With a total of 97 goals in his Bundesliga career so far, he presently takes fourth place on the active scoring chart.

International appointments

So far, 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.