Chris Führich (born 9 January 1998) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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or left winger for

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

club

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

and the Germany national team.

Club career

Führich started his career at

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

, before joining

Borussia Dortmund II Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund. They play in the 3. Liga, at Stadion Rote Erde. Until 2005, the team played as Borussia Dortmund Amateure. History From Kreisliga to Oberliga (Until 1997) The second team of Boruss ...

in 2019. He signed a four-year contract with

on 19 July 2021. He scored Stuttgart's first goal in a 2–2 draw with

FC Bayern München Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

on 10 September 2022.

International career

In October 2023, Führich received his first call-up to the German senior national team for two friendly matches against the

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and

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. He made his national team debut against the USA in a friendly that ended 3–1.

Career statistics

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International

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* * 1998 births Living people People from Castrop-Rauxel Footballers from Münster (region) German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players 1. FC Köln II players 1. FC Köln players Borussia Dortmund II players SC Paderborn 07 players VfB Stuttgart players Germany men's international footballers {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub