Antonio Rudiger

Antonio Rudiger
Antonio Rüdiger (2018)
Personnel
birthday	March 3, 1993
place of birth	Berlin ,  Germany
size	190 cm
position	Defense
Juniors
Years	station
2000-2002	VfB Sperber Neukölln
2002-2005	Tasmania Gropiusstadt
2005-2006	Neukölln Sportfreunde 1907
2006-2008	Hertha Zehlendorf
2008-2011	Borussia Dortmund
2011	VfB Stuttgart
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2011–2012	VfB Stuttgart II	21 (3)
2012-2015	VfB Stuttgart	66 (2)
2015-2017	AS Roma	56 (2)
2017–	Chelsea FC	80 (5)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2010-2011	Germany U18	8 (4)
2011–2012	Germany U19	13 (0)
2012	Germany U20	1 (0)
2012-2014	Germany U21	10 (1)
2014–	Germany	30 (1)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of season 2019/20 2 As of March 24, 2019

Antonio "Toni" Rüdiger (born March 3, 1993 in Berlin ) is a German soccer player . He has been under contract with Chelsea since summer 2017 .

family

Rüdiger's mother comes from Sierra Leone , his father from Germany. Born in Berlin, he is the half-brother of the former soccer player Sahr Senesie , who is his advisor.

Club career

The 1.90 meter tall Rüdiger played in his youth a. a. for the Neukölln clubs VfB Sperber Neukölln, Tasmania Gropiusstadt and the Neukölln Sportfreunde 1907 . In 2006 he joined Hertha Zehlendorf , from where he moved to the youth team at Borussia Dortmund in 2008 .

VfB Stuttgart

In the spring of 2011 he signed a contract with VfB Stuttgart , although he was not eligible to play for six months because of this change. On July 23, 2011 on the 1st matchday of the 2011/12 season , Rüdiger made his professional debut as a U-19 player for VfB Stuttgart II in the 3rd division against Arminia Bielefeld .

He made his debut on January 29, 2012 in the home game of VfB Stuttgart against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga . In this game, the trained central defender was used as a right-back due to injuries to his teammates, just like in the 3rd division. On October 4, 2012 he completed his first international competitive game at club level in the Europa League on matchday two of the 2012/13 group stage against Molde FK . After Maza left during the winter break, Rüdiger was placed in the central defense of the Stuttgart Bundesliga team during the second half of the 2012/13 season , mostly when one of the two regular central defenders Georg Niedermeier and Serdar Tasci were injured or suspended. On April 19, 2013, Rüdiger prematurely extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until the end of June 2017. Rüdiger scored his first Bundesliga goal on September 1, 2013 in a 6-2 home win for Stuttgart against TSG Hoffenheim .

AS Roma

On August 19, 2015, Rüdiger moved to AS Roma for a loan fee of four million euros until the end of the 2015/16 season . In addition, the clubs agreed on a fixed purchase option with an additional transfer fee of nine million euros. He made his Serie A debut on September 12, 2015 in the 2-0 away win by the Romans against Frosinone Calcio . Four days later, he played for the first time in the Champions League in the 1-1 draw between AS Roma and FC Barcelona on the first match day of the 2015/16 group stage . Rüdiger scored his first goal in Serie A on January 9, 2016 against AC Milan .

For the 2016/17 season , AS Roma signed Rüdiger for the fixed transfer fee of nine million euros from VfB Stuttgart, who had been relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga . His contract term was set until June 30, 2020.

Chelsea FC

On July 9, 2017, Rüdiger moved to English champions FC Chelsea in the Premier League . Rome and Chelsea agreed on a transfer fee of 35 million euros and additional payments of up to four million euros. On August 12, 2017, he made his debut in the 3-2 defeat of Chelsea in the first game of the season against Burnley FC in the Premier League. On May 19, 2018, Rüdiger won the FA Cup with Chelsea against Manchester United 1-0.

National team

At a four-nation tournament in Israel , Rüdiger scored the decisive goal for the German U-18 national team on December 17, 2010 in the final against the USA in the final minute with a free kick to make it 2-1. For the German U-19 national team he made his debut on May 31, 2011 against Hungary in the qualification for the U-19 European Championship 2011 , although he was still eligible to play for the U-18 at that time. He made a total of 13 U-19 internationals. On May 27, 2012 he scored his first goal in the U-19 jersey against Romania in the 87th minute to make it 1-0. The game ended 1-1.

Rüdiger played for the U-20 national team of Germany on September 9, 2012 against Poland for the first time. On November 14, 2012, he made his debut for the German U-21 national team against Turkey and was in action over the full game distance. He was nominated on May 24, 2013 for the U-21 European Championship 2013 .

On May 8, 2014, national coach Joachim Löw nominated Rüdiger for the senior team for the test international match against Poland's selection on May 13, 2014 in Hamburg. In this encounter he made his debut for one half and was substituted for Benedikt Höwedes in the second half . The national team's official fan club selected Rüdiger as player of the game for his international A debut.

On August 29, 2014 he was appointed to the DFB squad for the direct remake of the World Cup final against Argentina on September 3, 2014 as well as for the start of the qualification for the 2016 European Championship against Scotland on September 7, 2014 and completed his second against Argentina A international match. Rüdiger made his A compulsory international debut on October 11, 2014 in the European Championship qualifier against Poland on the starting line-up and is therefore no longer eligible to play for other associations.

Rüdiger was in the national team for the 2016 European Football Championship , but suffered a serious knee injury during team training in Évian-les-Bains and was replaced by Jonathan Tah .

National coach Joachim Löw nominated Antonio Rüdiger for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 in Russia . During the tournament he came on four missions, including the 1-0 final victory over Chile , which meant winning the Confederations Cup. He was also part of the German squad at the 2018 World Cup and had an appearance in the preliminary round.

successes

National team

• FIFA Confederations Cup Winner: 2017

society

• DFB Cup finalist: 2013
• FA Cup winner: 2018
• Europa League winner: 2019

Personal awards

• Fritz Walter Medal in Gold (U-19): 2012
• Man of the Match FA Cup Final 2018

Web links

Commons : Antonio Rüdiger  - Collection of Images

• own website: antonio-ruediger.com
• Profile on the Chelsea FC website
• Antonio Rüdiger in the database of weltfussball.de
• Antonio Rüdiger in the database of fussballdaten.de
• Antonio Rüdiger in the database of the German Football Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Antonio Rüdiger: "Sometimes you have to take the full risk" on DFB.de from February 24, 2012
2. ↑ Antonio Rüdiger is no longer represented by Uli Ferber. kicker .com, June 16, 2015 called on 8 February 2016 . 
3. ↑ The Germany tour continues on reviersport.de from May 5, 2011
4. ↑ Antonio Rüdiger extends his contract ( Memento from October 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) to VfB.de from April 19, 2013
5. ↑ Antonio Rüdiger changes to AS Roma ( Memento from October 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on VfB.de from August 19, 2015
6. ^ AS Rom: Roma complete Rüdiger signing , August 19, 2015, accessed on August 19, 2015.
7. ^ VfB Stuttgart: AS Roma pulls purchase option for Antonio Rüdiger , May 30, 2016, accessed on May 30, 2016.
8. ^ AS Rom: Roma complete permanent signing of Rudiger , May 30, 2016, accessed on May 30, 2016.
9. ↑ Official announcement on the change from Antonio Rüdiger AS Roma July 9, 2017
10. ↑ 2: 1 against USA: U 18 wins four-nation tournament on DFB.de on December 17, 2010
11. ↑ U 19 juniors match report Germany - Hungary 3: 0 (1: 0) on DFB.de from May 31, 2011
12. ↑ Rüdiger's late goal is not enough on kicker.de from May 27, 2012
13. ↑ U 20 men match report Germany - Poland 2: 2 (2: 1) on DFB.de from September 9, 2012
14. ↑ Kirchhoff is out - Rüdiger moves up on DFB.de on May 24, 2013
15. ↑ National team with eight newcomers against Poland on DFB.de on May 8, 2014
16. ↑ With eight debutants against Poland on DFB.de on May 13, 2014
17. ↑ Debutant Rüdiger is "Player of the Poland Game" on DFB.de on May 15, 2014
18. ↑ With 18 world champions against Argentina and Scotland on DFB.de on August 29, 2014
19. ↑ analogous , "... it is clearly stated on page 64 under Article 18, Paragraph 1 a that a player may not change associations until he has been used in an official competitive game.", Kicker.de, accessed on 13. October 2014
20. ^ The squad for the European Championship in France 2016 (June 10 to July 10) ( Memento from May 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), dfb.de, accessed on May 31, 2016
21. ↑ EM-Aus for Antonio Rüdiger. In: dfb.de. Retrieved June 7, 2016 . 
22. ↑ This is the German squad for the Confed Cup 2017. TZ.de, June 19, 2017, accessed on June 19, 2017 . 
23. ↑ Fritz Walter Medal 2011/12 (PDF; 7 kB) on dfb.de
24. ^ The Football Association: Chelsea win Emirates FA Cup. Retrieved May 20, 2018 .