Niklas

Stark

Niklas Stark history

Niklas Stark was born on 14 April 1995 in Neustadt an der Aisch and plays for SV Werder Bremen. He played for FSV Ipsheim from 1998-2002, for TSV Neustadt/Aisch from 2002-2004, for 1. FC Nürnberg from 2004-2015, for Hertha BSC from 2015-2022 and has played for SV Werder Bremen since 2022.

Current season 2024/25

With one assist, the 30-year-old currently has the eighth-most in his team along with Leonardo Bittencourt, Miloš Veljković, Senne Lynen, Julián Malatini, Marco Grüll and Issa Kaboré. In 24 of the previous 25 games of the season, the player with the shirt number 4 was in the starting line-up. Of these 25 games, he won 11 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for one game.

His pass success rate amounts to 88.65 per cent, with which Niklas Stark occupies second place in the team-internal statistics. He has a tackle success rate of 59.81 per cent, which results in him leading the team-internal statistics for this category.

Last game

The 1.9m-tall defender played his last game on the 33rd matchday of the 2024/25 season (10 May 2025). Playing for SV Werder Bremen, he played against RB Leipzig and tied with 0-0. He played as a defender throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, Niklas Stark had 59 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 12 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win three. He was additionally able to make 48 successful passes. He covered a distance of 10.9 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 27 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Niklas Stark has played 269 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 83. He has netted nine goals during his appointments in the Bundesliga. Thus far, he has completed 69 matches with his present squad. Here, he has scored a total of two goals. With a total of 269 matches played throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga, he presently has played the 28th-most career matches.

International appointments

So far, Niklas Stark has played two international matches for Germany.