Benno Schmitz

Benno Schmitz
in the jersey of RB Salzburg (2014)
Personnel
birthday	17th November 1994
place of birth	Munich ,  Germany
size	182 cm
position	Defense
Juniors
Years	station
2000-2001	SV Waldperlach
2001-2013	FC Bayern Munich
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2013-2014	FC Bayern Munich II	44 (3)
2014-2016	FC Red Bull Salzburg	45 (0)
2014-2015	→  FC Liefering  (farm team)	7 (0)
2016-2018	RB Leipzig	18 (0)
2018–	1. FC Cologne II	2 (0)
2018–	1. FC Cologne	33 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2013-2014	Germany U20	9 (0)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of season 2019/20

Benno Schmitz (born November 17, 1994 in Munich ) is a German soccer player .

Career

societies

Schmitz's first football club was SV Waldperlach in Munich . In 2001 he moved to the youth department of FC Bayern Munich . At FC Bayern he completed all of his youth training and was promoted to the second team in 2013 by coach Erik ten Hag . With the amateurs he was champion of the Regionalliga Bayern , but then failed with them in the promotion round to the 3rd division at SC Fortuna Cologne . On April 19, 2014 (31st matchday) he took his first place on the substitute bench of the professionals under coach Pep Guardiola in the Bundesliga match against Eintracht Braunschweig , but was not used.

For the 2014/15 season he was signed by the Austrian Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg under the direction of sporting director Ralf Rangnick . On August 23, 2014 (5th matchday) he made his debut in a 5-0 victory in the league game against SCR Altach . In the second round of the ÖFB Cup , he jumped in for the injured Christian Schwegler in an 11-2 win at the Wiener Sportklub on September 24, 2014 and made his debut.

For the 2016/17 season he returned to Germany and joined the newly promoted Bundesliga club RB Leipzig , with whom he received a contract that ran until June 2020. He made his Bundesliga debut on August 28, 2016 (1st matchday) in a 2-2 draw in the away game against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim .

On May 24, 2018, 1. FC Köln signed Schmitz for the 2018/19 season and provided him with a contract that runs until June 30, 2022.

National team

Benno Schmitz made his debut for the U-20 national team over 90 minutes on September 6, 2013 in Pfullendorf in a 2-0 win in the game against Poland .

successes

• Austrian champion : 2015 , 2016
• Austrian Cup winner: 2015 , 2016
• German runner-up : 2017
• German second division champions: 2018/19

Web links

• Benno Schmitz in the weltfussball.de database
• Benno Schmitz in the database of transfermarkt.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ RB Leipzig signs Benno Schmitz! dierotenbullen.com, June 10, 2016, accessed June 11, 2016
2. ↑ Press release on fc.de