Viktor Zentrich (born 13 June 2003) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a

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for club SpVgg Unterhaching.

Club career

After having started playing football in the youth department of

TSV Milbertshofen TSV Milbertshofen is a sports club based in Milbertshofen a suburb in the north of Munich, Germany. The club, which can trace its history back to , achieved its greatest successes in handball, volleyball, table tennis and football. Other sports ...

, Zentrich moved to the academy of SpVgg Unterhaching in 2015. On 1 July 2020, when he came on as a late substitute for Jannis Turtschan in the home game against Carl Zeiss Jena, Zentrich became the youngest ever player in

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history. At 17 years and 38 days, he lowered the record set by David Alaba in 2009 by 35 days. He played for a few minutes in the 2–2 draw. The record was later broken by teammate

Fynn Seidel Fynn Seidel (born 31 January 2004) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club SpVgg Unterhaching. Career Seidel played for VfL 05 Hohenstein-Ernstthal and Oberlungwitzer SV in his youth, before joining the academy ...

on 30 January 2021.

International career

Zentrich is a youth international for Czech Republic, having been capped at under-16 and under-17 level.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

SpVgg Unterhaching * Regionalliga Bayern:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zentrich, Viktor 2003 births Living people Footballers from Munich Czech men's footballers Czech expatriate men's footballers Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Men's association football central defenders SpVgg Unterhaching players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany