Yannick Filipović (born 23 February 1998) is a German

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who plays as a

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for

Bonner SC Bonner SC is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Bonn. The club was formed in 1965 through the merger of ''Bonner FV'' and ''Tura Bonn''. Its women's football department won the List of German women's football champio ...

. 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. Founded on 4 February 1899, Werder are best known for their professional association foo ...

, Filipović moved to 1. FC Kaiserslautern II in 2017. After two seasons, in 2019 he joined

Fortuna Köln Fortuna (, 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 at least the Re ...

. In 2020, Filipović joined

FC Wegberg-Beeck FC Wegberg-Beeck is a German association football club from the town of Wegberg, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier four Regionalliga West four times since 2015. The club has also taken part in ...

, before moving to

Early life

Yannick Filipović was born in

Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach (, ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany, west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Netherlands, Dutch border. Geography Municipal subdivisions Since 2009, th ...

, Germany on 23 February 1998, to a Montenegrin father and a

Peruvian Peruvians (''/peruanas'') are the citizens of Peru. What is now Peru has been inhabited for several millennia by cultures such as the Caral before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. Peruvian population decreased from an estimated 5–9 ...

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

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, 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 lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

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Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

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 21st-century German sportsmen