Frederik Jäkel

Frederik Jäkel (born 7 March 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for 2. Bundesliga club SV Elversberg, on loan from RB Leipzig.

Frederik Jäkel
Jäkel with RB Leipzig in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-03-07) 7 March 2001
Place of birth Dommitzsch, Germany
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 SV Elversberg
(on loan from RB Leipzig)
Number 5
Youth career
0000–2012 Dommitzscher SV Grün-Weiß
2012–2019 RB Leipzig
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– RB Leipzig 0 (0)
2020–2022 → Oostende (loan) 36 (3)
2022–2023 → Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 25 (1)
2023– → SV Elversberg (loan) 7 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Germany U18 4 (0)
2019 Germany U19 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 December 2020

Club career

At under-13 level, Jäkel moved from his hometown club Dommitzscher SV Grün-Weiß to the youth academy of RB Leipzig while attending seventh grade at Sportgymnasium Leipzig.[1] In the 2017–18 season he made 19 appearances in the Under 17 Bundesliga, scoring one goal. He also played twice in the play-offs.[2] He also scored one goal the following season, this time playing 20 games in the Under 19 Bundesliga.[3]

On 25 April 2019, Jäkel signed his first professional contract with RB Leipzig.[4] In the 2019–20 season, he captained the Leipzig under-19 team. With them, he appeared in the UEFA Youth League.[5] For the first team, he was included in the squad for the first time on 1 March 2020 against Bayer Leverkusen.[6]

On 14 July 2020, Jäkel was loaned to Oostende for 2 years.[7] Jäkel made his professional debut with Oostende in a 2-1 Belgian First Division A loss to Anderlecht on 15 December 2020.[8]

On 20 June 2022, Jäkel moved on a new loan to Arminia Bielefeld, with an option to buy.[9]

On 1 August 2023, Jäkel was loaned out by RB Leipzig once again for a season, to SV Elversberg in 2. Bundesliga.[10]

International career

Jäkel gained four caps for the Germany under-18 team. He made seven appearances at under-19 level, including three in the 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification.[11]

Honours

Individual

References
  1. Keil, Thomas (24 September 2020). "Erfolgreiche Nachwuchsabeit in Dommitzsch - Lokalnews - Torgauer Zeitung". torgauerzeitung.com (in German).
  2. "Frederik Jäkel » Youth B Bundesliga Nord/Nordost 2017/2018". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  3. "Frederik Jäkel » Youth Bundesliga Nord/Nordost 2018/2019". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. "RB Leipzig stattet Jäkel mit Profivertrag aus". sport.de.
  5. "Frederik Jäkel » » UEFA Youth League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  6. Kirschbaum, Fabian (1 March 2020). "Jäkel gehört erstmal zum Profikader von Leipzig". ligainsider.de (in German).
  7. "Duitse jeugdinternational tekent bij KVO". www.kvo.be.
  8. "Anderlecht vs. KV Oostende - 15 December 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  9. "HERZLICH WILLKOMMEN, FREDERIK!" (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  10. "Verteidiger Frederik Jäkel wechselt für ein Jahr nach Elversberg" [Defender Frederik Jäkel is moving to Elversberg for a year] (in German). SV Elversberg. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  11. "Frederik Jäkel - Spielerprofil". DFB Datencenter (in German). Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  12. "Wirtz, Katterbach und Oberdorf erhalten Fritz-Walter-Medaille in Gold". kicker (in German). 19 August 2020.
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