Yannick Filipović (born 23 February 1998) is a German

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a centre-back for

Bonner SC Bonner SC is a German association football club based in Bonn. The club was formed in 1965 through the merger of ''Bonner FV'' and ''Tura Bonn''. Its former women's football department won the German national championship in 1975. History ''B ...

. A youth product of

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are best known for the ...

, Filipović moved to

1. FC Kaiserslautern II 1. FC Kaiserslautern II is the German reserve football teams, reserve team of Football in Germany, German association football club 1. FC Kaiserslautern, based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. Historically the team has played as 1. FC Kaise ...

in 2017. After two seasons, in 2019 he joined

Fortuna Köln Fortuna ( la, Fortūna, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) is the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion who, largely thanks to the Late Antique author Boethius, remained popular through the Middle Ages until a ...

. In 2020, Filipović joined FC Wegberg-Beeck, before moving to

Early life

Yannick Filipović was born in

Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach (, li, Jlabbach ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border. Geography Municipal subdivisions Since 2009, the territory of Mönchengladbac ...

, Germany on 23 February 1998, to a Montenegrin father and a Peruvian mother. On 4 August 2016, Filipovic trained with the first team for the first time.

Club career

In 2020, Filipović was signed by Wegberg-Beeck. At the beginning of 2020, he suffered a

meniscus tear A tear of a meniscus is a rupturing of one or more of the fibrocartilage strips in the knee called menisci. When doctors and patients refer to "torn cartilage" in the knee, they actually may be referring to an injury to a meniscus at the top of ...

, missing the remaining 15 games of the season until the middle of the year. On 25 October 2020, he made his debut against Homberg, winning 1–0. On 1 July 2021, Filipović joined

on a free transfer.

International career

Filipović holds three nationalities, making him eligible to represent

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

Montenegro ) , image_map = Europe-Montenegro.svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Podgorica , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , official_languages = M ...

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = National seal , national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...

internationally. In 2021 he indicated that he wanted to play for the Peru national team, but pointed out that he has never had contact and does not have Peruvian citizenship.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Filipovic, Yannick 1998 births Living people Footballers from Mönchengladbach German men's footballers Montenegrin men's footballers German people of Montenegrin descent German people of Peruvian descent Montenegrin people of Peruvian descent Men's association football central defenders SV Werder Bremen players 1. FC Kaiserslautern II players SC Fortuna Köln players FC Wegberg-Beeck players Bonner SC players Regionalliga players