Florian Grillitsch

Florian Grillitsch

Personal information
Date of birth	7 August 1995[1]
Place of birth	Neunkirchen, Austria[1]
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position	Attacking midfielder[1]
Club information
Current team	Werder Bremen
Number	27
Youth career
2001–2008	SVSF Pottschach[2]
2008–2013	St. Pölten[2]
2013–2014	Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2013–	Werder Bremen II	36	(10)
2015–	Werder Bremen	14	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:52, 28 February 2016 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

Florian Grillitsch is an Austrian footballer who currently plays for Werder Bremen and Werder Bremen II.

Early life

Grillitsch was born in Neunkirchen, Austria on 7 August 1995.^[1]

Career

Early career

In his youth football career, he played for SVSF Pottschach and St. Pölten.^[2]

Werder Bremen

2013–15

Grillitsch joined Werder Bremen on 1 July 2013. He split the 2013–14 season between the Werder Bremen U19's youth team and Werder Bremen II.^[1] He made 15 appearances in the A-Junioren-Bundesliga Nord/Nordost scoring 11 goals^[2] and made five appearances in the Regionalliga Nord for Werder Bremen II.^[2] In the 2014–15 season, Grillitsch made 26 appearances scoring nine goals for Werder's reserve team.^[3]

2015–16 season

Grillitsch made his first team debut during the 2015–16 season.^[4] He played the full 120 minutes including extra-time in the 2–0 win against Würzburger Kickers in the first round of the DFB-Pokal on 8 August 2015, notably assisting Anthony Ujah for 1–0.^[5] His first Bundesliga match was a 3–0 loss to Schalke 04 on matchday one on 15 August 2015. He replaced the veteran Clemens Fritz after 70 minutes at 2–0.^[6] He also played for Werder Bremen II during the 2015–16 season.^[4] Grillitsch achieved his first assist in the Bundesliga as Werder beat Mainz 3–1 on 24 October 2015 setting up Fin Bartels for the third goal. He played the full 90 minutes.^[7] Four days later, Grillitsch prominently featured in Werder's 1–0 second-round DFB-Pokal victory over 1. FC Köln, providing a major goal-scoring chance for Ujah, playing multiple through-balls and almost scoring.^[8][9][10] Afterwards, he was voted "Man of the match" by the club's fans.^[11]

Career statistics

As of matches played on May 2016.

Club[4]	Season[4]	League			Cup		Total		Ref.
		League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Werder Bremen II	2013–14	Regionalliga Nord	5	0	—		5	0	[2]
	2014–15		26	9			26	9	[3]
	2015–16	3. Liga	5	1			5	1	[4]
	Totals		36	10	—		36	10	—
Werder Bremen	2015–16	Bundesliga	23	1	5	1	28	2	[4]
Totals			59	11	5	1	64	12	—

References

1. "Florian Grillitsch". World Football. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
2. "Florian Grillitsch". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
3. "Florian Grillitsch". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
4. "Florian Grillitsch » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
5. "Werder zieht den Kopf aus der Schlinge - dank Ujah und Bartels". kicker (in German). 8 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
6. "Choupo-Moting und Huntelaar eiskalt - Schalke siegt". kicker (in German). 15 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
7. "Bremen end losing streak with stunning six-minute spell". Bundesliga. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
8. Dorow, Olaf; Waterkamp, Thorsten (28 October 2015). "Werder feiert Ujah" [Werder celebrates Ujah] (in German). Weser Kurier. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
9. "Die Noten: Starker Wiedwald, mutiger Grillitsch" [Grades: strong Wiedwald, courageous Grilltisch] (in German). Kreiszeitung Syke. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
10. "Werder in Noten" [Werder grades] (in German). Weser Kurier. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
11. "Grillitsch spielt sich in den Vordergrund" (in German). Radio Bremen. Retrieved 29 October 2015.