Keven Matteo Schlotterbeck (born 28 April 1997) is a German professional

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who plays as a centre-back for club

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seasons in the Bundeslig ...

, on loan from

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bund ...

Career

Schlotterbeck made his professional debut for

in the

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on 3 February 2019, coming on as a substitute in the 38th minute for

Manuel Gulde Manuel Gulde (born 12 February 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg. Club career For the 2012–13 campaign Gulde joined SC Paderborn 07 on a one-year contract with an option for a ...

in the 2–2 away draw against

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 S ...

. At the end of the 2019–20 season, Schlotterbeck returned to SC Freiburg after his season-long loan with

Union Berlin 1. Fußballclub Union Berlin e. V., commonly known as 1. FC Union Berlin () or Union Berlin, is a professional German football club in Köpenick, Berlin. The club's origins can be traced to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweid ...

ended. On 2 January 2023, he joined

on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season. Upon returning from loan, Schlotterbeck remained on the Freiburg bench in the opening game of the season, and on 22 August 2023 he returned to

on a new season-long loan.

Personal life

Schlotterbeck is the nephew of former professional footballer Niels Schlotterbeck, who also played for Freiburg. His younger brother,

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, is also a professional footballer and played alongside Keven at

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TSG Backnang II statistics
at Fussball.de 1997 births Living people German men's footballers Men's association football defenders Olympic footballers for Germany Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics SC Freiburg II players SC Freiburg players 1. FC Union Berlin players VfL Bochum players Bundesliga players Regionalliga players People from Rems-Murr-Kreis Footballers from Stuttgart (region) {{Germany-footy-defender-1990s-stub