Max Christiansen

Max Christiansen

Christiansen with Germany U21 in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Max Christiansen
Date of birth	25 September 1996
Place of birth	Flensburg, Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	FC Ingolstadt 04
Number	19
Youth career
	SV Adelby
0000–2010	Flensburg 08
2010–2011	Holstein Kiel
2011–2014	Hansa Rostock
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2014–2015	Hansa Rostock	24	(1)
2015–	FC Ingolstadt 04 II	5	(0)
2015–	FC Ingolstadt 04	11	(1)
National team^‡
2012–2013	Germany U17	4	(0)
2014–2015	Germany U19	13	(3)
2015–2016	Germany U20	6	(0)
2016–	Germany U21	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:57, 24 December 2015 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:54, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Max Christiansen (born 25 September 1996) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Ingolstadt 04.^[1]

Club career

A Flensburg native, Christiansen started playing football with local sides SV Adelby and Flensburg 08. In 2010, at the age of 13, he moved to the youth ranks of Holstein Kiel where he stayed only one year though. He joined the football academy of Hansa Rostock, this included attending a private school.^[2]

Subsequently he made his way through Rostock's youth teams and eventually got promoted to the first team, playing then in 3. Liga. He debuted on 29 March 2014 in home match against Stuttgarter Kickers, playing 80 minutes as a starter.^[3] In the following Christiansen became a regular and attracted the attention of several top- and second-flight clubs.^[4] In the next winter break, 2014–15, Rostock faced massive financial difficulties and had to acquire income through selling players. Christiansen moved to 2. Bundesliga club FC Ingolstadt for a transfer fee of believed to be €500,000 and signed a three-and-a-half-year contract until 2018.^[5]

International career

Christiansen is at the moment the captain of the Germany U20, having earned six caps up to now.^[6][7] Previously he also was capped for the U19 and U17 teams.^[8][9]

References

1. "Max Christiansen" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
2. "Neue Herausforderung" [New Challenge] (in German). shz.de. 1 July 2011. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
3. "Anlaufzeit? Nicht mit Jakobs und Edwini-Bonsu" [Warm-up-time? Not with Jakobs and Edwini-Bonsu] (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
4. "Max Christiansen: Ein Rostocker Rohdiamant" [Max Christiansen: Rostock's Rough Diamant] (in German). liga3-online.de. 4 September 2014. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014.
5. "Christiansen und Blacha: Hansa geht ans Tafelsilber" [Christiansen und Blacha: Hansa is selling off the family silver] (in German). ndr.de. 9 January 2015. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015.
6. "FCInternational: Nyland in EM-Quali-Playoffs" [FCInternational: Nyland in European Qualifier Playoffs] (in German). fcingolstadt.de. 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
7. "U 20-Männer: Max Christiansen" [U 20-Men's: Max Christiansen] (in German). dfb.de. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
8. "U 19-Junioren: Max Christiansen" [U 19-Juniors: Max Christiansen] (in German). dfb.de. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
9. "U 17-Junioren: Max Christiansen" [U 17-Juniors: Max Christiansen] (in German). dfb.de. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

External links

• Max Christiansen profile at Soccerway
• Stats at weltfussball.de