Sebastian Rode

Summary

Sebastian Rode (German pronunciation: [zeˈbasti̯a(ː)n ˈʁoːdə];[4][5] born 11 October 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.[6]

Sebastian Rode
Rode training with Borussia Dortmund in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-10-11) 11 October 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 17
Youth career
1994–1998 SKV Hähnlein
1998–2002 FC Alsbach
2002–2004 SC Viktoria Griesheim
2004–2005 Darmstadt 98
2005–2008 Kickers Offenbach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Kickers Offenbach 15 (1)
2010–2014 Eintracht Frankfurt 94 (4)
2014–2016 Bayern Munich 38 (3)
2016–2019 Borussia Dortmund 14 (1)
2019Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 12 (0)
2019– Eintracht Frankfurt 107 (9)
International career
2008 Germany U18[2] 1 (0)
2009 Germany U19[3] 4 (1)
2009 Germany U20 1 (0)
2011–2013 Germany U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 February 2024

Career edit

Kickers Offenbach edit

Rode made his professional debut for Kickers Offenbach on 7 March 2009 in the 3. Liga – the third tier of German football – against Eintracht Braunschweig.[7]

Eintracht Frankfurt edit

On 3 June 2010, he left Kickers Offenbach and signed for Eintracht Frankfurt. He made his first appearance in an UEFA Europa League game against Qarabağ FK on 22 August 2013.[8]

Bayern Munich edit

 
Rode training with Bayern Munich

On 14 April 2014, Rode signed a pre-contract with Bayern Munich to join them on 1 July 2014 at the end of his contract with Eintracht Frankfurt.[9] He made his debut against Borussia Dortmund in the German Supercup.[10] On 22 November 2014, he scored his first goal for Bayern in home game win against Hoffenheim.The match ended 4–0. Aiding in a Champions League group stage match against CSKA Moscow, Rode scored a header from a corner kick, putting Bayern up 2–0 in a match that would end at 3–0 with CSKA Moscow being knocked out.[11]

Borussia Dortmund edit

2016–2018 edit

On 6 June 2016, Rode signed a four-year contract with Borussia Dortmund.[12] On 14 August 2016, Rode made his debut in 2–0 defeat against his former team, Bayern Munich in the DFL-Supercup.[13] Rode finished his first season at Dortmund with a goal in 21 matches.[14] Rode started the 2017–18 season by losing the German Super Cup.[15] He did not make any Bundesliga or DFB-Pokal appearances during the 2017–18 season.[16] He made two appearances for Borussia Dortmund II in the Regionalliga West during the 2018–19 Regionalliga season.[16][17]

Loan to Eintracht Frankfurt edit

In the 2018–19 winter transfer window, he was loaned out to Eintracht Frankfurt until the end of the season.[18][19]

Return to Eintracht Frankfurt edit

 
Rode playing for Frankfurt in 2019

On 27 July 2019, Rode rejoined Eintracht Frankfurt on a five-year deal following a successful loan spell at the club in the second half of the 2018–19 season.[20] Two years later, he was named the captain of the team.[21][22]

International career edit

Rode has represented Germany at U18, U19, U20, and U21 level.[23]

Personal life edit

Rode earned his Abitur in 2010 in the Goethe Gymnasium in Bensheim.[24]

Career statistics edit

As of match played 22 February 2024[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kickers Offenbach 2007–08[25] 2. Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008–09[26] 2. Bundesliga 2 0 0 0 2 0
2009–10[27] 3. Liga 13 1 0 0 13 1
Total 15 1 0 0 15 1
Eintracht Frankfurt 2010–11[28] Bundesliga 11 2 0 0 11 2
2011–12[29] 2. Bundesliga 33 2 2 0 35 2
2012–13[30] Bundesliga 33 0 1 0 34 0
2013–14[31] Bundesliga 17 0 4 1 7[a] 0 28 1
Total 94 4 7 1 7 0 108 5
Bayern Munich 2014–15[32] Bundesliga 23 2 4 0 7[b] 1 1[c] 0 35 3
2015–16[33] Bundesliga 15 1 1 0 1[b] 0 0 0 17 1
Total 38 3 5 0 8 1 1 0 52 4
Borussia Dortmund 2016–17[13][14] Bundesliga 14 1 2 0 4[b] 0 1[c] 0 21 1
2017–18[15] Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[c] 0 1 0
2018–19 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 14 1 2 0 4 0 2 0 22 1
Borussia Dortmund II 2018–19 Regionalliga West 2 0 2 0
Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 2018–19 Bundesliga 12 0 0 0 8[a] 1 0 0 20 1
Eintracht Frankfurt 2019–20 Bundesliga 29 3 3 0 11[a] 0 43 3
2020–21 Bundesliga 27 1 2 0 29 1
2021–22 Bundesliga 17 1 1 0 10[a] 0 28 1
2022–23 Bundesliga 27 4 5 0 6[b] 0 1[d] 0 39 4
2023–24 Bundesliga 7 0 0 0 3[e] 0 10 0
Total 119 9 11 0 38 1 1 0 169 10
Career total 282 18 25 1 57 2 4 0 367 20
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ a b c Appearance in DFL-Supercup
  4. ^ Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours edit

Club edit

Bayern Munich[34]

Borussia Dortmund

Eintracht Frankfurt

References edit

  1. ^ "Sebastian Rode". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Nationalspieler Sebastian Rode" (in German). DFB. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Nationalspieler Sebastian Rode" (in German). DFB. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  4. ^ Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. pp. 739, 773. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
  5. ^ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 878, 917. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
  6. ^ KGaA, Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. "Borussia Dortmund sign Sebastian Rode". www.bvb.de.
  7. ^ "Erster OFC-Sieg in 2009" (in German). kicker.de. 7 March 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Das Tor zur Europa League ist weit geöffnet" (in German). fr-online.de. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  9. ^ "BAYERN VERPFLICHTET FRANKFURTS SEBASTIAN RODE". FC Bayern Munich. 14 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Dortmund dominate Bayern to claim Supercup". Deutsche Welle. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  11. ^ "CSKA Moscow crash out of Champions League after losing to Bayern Munich". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  12. ^ Reinold, Jan (6 June 2016). "Rode-Deal fix - Umdenken bei Mkhitaryan" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  13. ^ a b "Deutscher Supercup, 2016, Finale". 14 August 2016.
  14. ^ a b "Sebastian Rode". kicker.de. kicker. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Bayerns erster Titel dank Flippertor und Ulreich". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  16. ^ a b c "S. Rode". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  17. ^ "Sebastian Rode". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  18. ^ "Rückkehr perfekt: Frankfurt leiht Rode aus". kicker.de (in German). 27 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  19. ^ "Sebastian Rode wieder ein Adler: Ausleihe bis zum Sommer 2019". Eintracht Frankfurt (in German). 27 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  20. ^ "Fix verpflichtet: Sebastian Rode ist wieder ein Adlerträger" (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  21. ^ "Sebastian Rode named new Eintracht captain". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  22. ^ Gjerulff, Rune (31 July 2021). "Sebastian Rode named new Frankfurt captain". Bulinews. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  23. ^ "Rode wechselt zur Eintracht" (in German). op-online.de. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  24. ^ "Abiturienten am Goethe-Gymnasium" (in German). echo-online.de. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  25. ^ "Rode, Sebastian". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  26. ^ "Rode, Sebastian". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  27. ^ "Rode, Sebastian". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  28. ^ "Rode, Sebastian". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  29. ^ "Rode, Sebastian". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  30. ^ "Rode, Sebastian". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  31. ^ "Rode, Sebastian". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  32. ^ "Rode, Sebastian". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  33. ^ "Sebastian Rode". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  34. ^ Sebastian Rode at Soccerway

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