Football Deniz Undav
Türkiye or Germany? “Unity, justice and freedom – that’s what I said”
Status: 07.12.2023 | Reading time: 2 minutes
“We don’t need to talk about anything else” – Stuttgart dreams of the DFB Cup final
BVB is struggling with its own performance after the deserved quarter-final exit. VfB Stuttgart, on the other hand, is already dreaming of the final in Berlin – and striker Deniz Undav is dreaming of the European Championship in Germany for Germany.
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Striker Deniz Undav from VfB Stuttgart is one of the high-flyers of the Bundesliga season. The German national team could really use the son of Turkish parents. Undav now announced his decision.
VfB striker Deniz Undav has confirmed a conversation with national coach Julian Nagelsmann and decided to join the German national soccer team. He told Nagelsmann that he would “definitely want to take the chance to play for Germany – if I get the chance,” said the 27-year-old after the 2-0 (0-0) win in the DFB Cup round of 16 VfB Stuttgart against Borussia Dortmund on Sky late on Wednesday evening. Undav also has the option to play for Turkey.
The striker has attracted attention in recent weeks with good performances for the Swabians in the Bundesliga and has already been considered a candidate for the home European Championship next summer. Nagelsmann watched VfB’s entry into the DFB Cup quarter-finals from the stands in the Stuttgart stadium.
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Undav said he was surprised and “overly happy” by the call from the national coach and reported that he had quoted the German national anthem when he accepted. “I could not believe it. Unity, justice and freedom – that’s what I told him,” says Undav: “In the end it was a good conversation. “Let’s see what happens.” He then spoke to his wife, his family and his advisor. He signaled to Nagelsmann what his goal was.
VfB Stuttgart has a purchase option for Undav
Undav was born in 1996 in the far north of Germany in Varel, a town near Wilhelmshaven. His family comes from southeast Turkey.
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In terms of football, the attacker is more of a late starter. In 2020, via Eintracht Braunschweig and SV Meppen, he moved to the Belgian club Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, where Undav made his breakthrough with 43 goals in 65 league games. In 2022 he then moved to English Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
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After a mixed season, he was then loaned out to VfB Stuttgart before this season, where he has already scored eleven goals in twelve competitive games so far. The Swabians pay a loan fee of 700,000 euros for one year and have a purchase option for the coming summer. According to “Kicker”, this is in the double-digit million range.
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