Michael Zetterer

German footballer (born 1995)

Michael Zetterer
Zetterer with Austria Klagenfurt in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-07-12) 12 July 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Munich, Germany
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Werder Bremen
Number 30
Youth career
0000–2006 DJK Darching
2006–2013 SpVgg Unterhaching
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 SpVgg Unterhaching 30 (0)
2015– Werder Bremen 26 (0)
2015– Werder Bremen II 30 (0)
2019 → Austria Klagenfurt (loan) 14 (0)
2019–2021 → PEC Zwolle (loan) 32 (0)
International career
2014–2016 Germany U20 4 (0)
2016 Germany U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 February 2024

Michael Zetterer (born 12 July 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen.[2][3]

Club career

Zetterer started playing football with local DJK Darching in Valley, Bavaria. At the age of eleven, in 2006, he moved to the youth ranks of SpVgg Unterhaching where he passed through all the youth and the senior's reserve team. In December 2012, he signed a professional contract for three years effective 2013 until 2016.[4]

SpVgg Unterhaching

For the 2013–14 season, Zetterer first served as reserve goalkeeper behind Korbinian Müller. After Müller had shown weaknesses at set pieces, head coach Manuel Baum promoted Zetterer to the new regular goalkeeper.[5] He made his debut on 1 March 2014, in a 4–2 loss away at Hallescher FC. Although Müller returned once between the sheets, Zetterer started in eleven of the last twelve matches of the season.

In the 2014–15 season, Zetterer remained Unterhaching's regular goalkeeper, the youngest of his kind in the 3. Liga. His performances drew the interest of the Germany national youth football team and several Bundesliga clubs.[6]

Werder Bremen

In January 2015, Zetterer moved to Bundesliga side Werder Bremen.[7] According to media reports, he signed a contract until 2018 and cost a transfer fee of €100,000.[8] He took up the role of second reserve keeper behind Raphael Wolf and Koen Casteels.[9] In the second half of the 2014–2015 season, Zetterer had seven appearances with Werder Bremen's reserve team contributing to its promotion from the fourth tier Regionalliga to the 3. Liga.[10][11]

With Wolf injured Zetterer was second goalkeeper of the first team for most of the first half of the 2015–16 season. He made his first appearance of the season in the reserve team's 3–2 defeat of Chemnitzer FC on 1 November 2015.[12]

Zetterer was largely kept out of action by two scaphoid fractures he suffered in 2015 and 2016, and resulting complications made a further surgery necessary in November 2017. In July 2018, he agreed a contract extension until 2019 with Werder Bremen.[13]

In February 2019, he joined Austria Klagenfurt on loan.[14]

In June, Zetterer agreed a "long-term" extension with Werder Bremen and a two-year loan move to Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle.[15]

Zetterer's loan to PEC Zwolle was cut short and he again extended his contract in January 2021, after Werder Bremen agreed to loan out Stefanos Kapino.[16]

On 11 September 2022, he made his Bundesliga debut, replacing the injured Jiří Pavlenka in a 1–0 defeat to FC Augsburg.[17]

International career

In August 2014, Zetterer was nominated for the Germany U20 national team for the first time.[18] Thus far he has earned four caps for them.[19]

Career statistics

As of 1 June 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Other Total Ref.
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
SpVgg Unterhaching 2013–14 3. Liga 11 0 0 0 — 11 0 [20]
2014–15 3. Liga 19 0 0 0 — 19 0 [20]
Total 30 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 —
SpVgg Unterhaching II 2014–15 Bayernliga Süd 1 0 0 0 — 1 0 [20]
Werder Bremen II 2014–15 Regionalliga Nord 7 0 – — 7 0 [20]
2015–16 3. Liga 1 0 – — 1 0 [20]
2016–17 3. Liga 22 0 – — 22 0 [20]
Total 30 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 —
Werder Bremen 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 11 0 1 0 — 12 0 [20]
2022–23 Bundesliga 2 0 0 0 — 2 0 [20]
Total 13 0 1 0 0 0 14 0 —
Austria Klagenfurt (loan) 2018–19 Austrian Second League 14 0 0 0 – 14 0 [20]
PEC Zwolle (loan) 2019–20 Eredivisie 13 0 1 0 — 14 0 [20]
2020–21 Eredivisie 19 0 1 0 — 20 1 [20]
Total 32 0 2 0 0 0 34 0 —
Career total 120 0 3 0 0 0 123 0 —

References

  1. ^ "Michael Zetterer". SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Player's Profile: Michael Zetterer" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Player's Profile: Michael Zetterer" (in German). SpVgg Unterhaching. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Michael Zetterer - Schneller Profi als erwartet" [Michael Zetterer - Sooner a pro than expected] (in German). Merkur-Online.de. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Unterhaching-Keeper Zetterer will Ruhe ausstrahlen" [Unterhaching keeper Zetterer wants to radiate a sense of calm] (in German). Merkur-Online.de. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Skripnik: Darum wollten wir Zetterer" [Skripnik: That's why we wanted Zetterer] (in German). fussball-vorort.de. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Werder verpflichtet Torhüter-Talent Zetterer / Strebinger nach Regensburg ausgeliehen" [Werder signs goalkeeper talent Zetterer / Strebinger loaned to Regensburg] (in German). SV Werder Bremen. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Torwart-Theater immer irrer" [Fuss about goalkeepers gets crazier and crazier] (in German). Bild. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Werder sign keeper talent Zetterer". Werder Bremen. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "M. Zetterer". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Michael Zetterer » Club matches". Worldfootball. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Werder Bremen II vs. Chemnitzer FC - 1 November 2015 - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  13. ^ "Werder verlängert mit Drobny und Zetterer". kicker Online (in German). 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Neuzugang von Werder Bremen". SK Austria Klagenfurt. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  15. ^ "Zetterer verlängert bei Werder - und wird nach Zwolle verliehen". kicker Online (in German). 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Werder holt Zetterer vorzeitig zurück". kicker (in German). 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  17. ^ "Werder Bremen: Der besondere Moment des Michael Zetterer". Weser Kurier (in German). 11 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  18. ^ "DFB nominiert Zetterer nach" [DFB calls up Zetterer as a late replacement] (in German). SpVgg Unterhaching. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  19. ^ "Michael Zetterer » Internationals". Worldfootball. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Michael Zetterer » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
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