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Daniel Didavi
Didavi with VfB Stuttgart in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-02-21) 21 February 1990 (age 36)
Place of birth Nürtingen, West Germany
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Youth career
SPV 05 Nürtingen
1997–2002 VfB Stuttgart
2002–2003 SPV 05 Nürtingen
2003–2008 VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2015 VfB Stuttgart II 65 (10)
2009–2016 VfB Stuttgart 60 (18)
2011–2012 → 1. FC Nürnberg (loan) 23 (9)
2016–2018 VfL Wolfsburg 48 (13)
2018–2022 VfB Stuttgart 72 (12)
Total 268 (62)
International career
2007 Germany U17 1 (0)
2008 Germany U18 1 (0)
2010 Germany U20 1 (0)
2011 Germany U21 5 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Didavi (born 21 February 1990) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.[1]

Club career

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Didavi started his career with SpV 05 Nürtingen. He was scouted in summer 2003 by VfB Stuttgart, and he was promoted to the first team in July 2009.

In July 2011, he was loaned out to 1. FC Nürnberg until the end of the season, where he became known as a midfielder with an eye for the goal, scoring 8 goals in the second half of the season.

On 2 July 2012, Didavi extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2016.[2] In the years 2012 to 2015 Didavi was repeatedly thrown back by injuries. However, he would support his team crucially in the relegation battles of the closing stages of the Bundesliga seasons 2013–14 and 2014–15.

On 5 April 2016, VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Didavi on a contract until 2021, at the end of the 2015–16 Bundesliga campaign.

On 29 June 2018, Didavi signed a three-year contract with VfB Stuttgart, enabling him to return to his former club on 1 July 2018.[3]

He was released upon his contract expiry in 2022.

International career

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Didavi was a member of the German youth national teams at the U18, U19, U20 and U21 levels.

Personal life

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Didavi's mother is German, while his father is from Benin.[4]

Career statistics

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As of match played 20 November 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total Ref.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfB Stuttgart II 2008–09 3. Liga 305———305[5]
2009–10 285———285[5]
2010–11 20———20[5]
2012–13 10———10[5]
2013–14 20———20[5]
2014–15 21———21[5]
Total 65100000006510—
VfB Stuttgart 2010–11 Bundesliga 800050—130[5]
2012–13 3010——40[5]
2013–14 7100——71[5]
2014–15 11410——124[5]
2015–16 311331——3414[6]
Total 60185150007019—
1. FC Nürnberg (loan) 2011–12 Bundesliga 23920——259[5]
1. FC Nürnberg II (loan) 2011–12 Regionalliga Süd 20———20[5]
VfL Wolfsburg 2016–17 Bundesliga 18420—2[a]0224[7]
2017–18 30931—003310[8]
Total 48135100205514—
VfB Stuttgart 2018–19 Bundesliga 20210—2[a]0232 [8]
2019–20 2. Bundesliga 19620——216 [8]
2020–21 Bundesliga 23430——264 [5]
2021–22 10020——120 [5]
Total 72128000208212—
Career total 27062202504029964—

Honours

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Didavi with Stuttgart in 2019

VfB Stuttgart

References

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  1. ↑ "Didavi, Daniel" (in German). Kicker. Archived from the original on 24 September 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Long term deal for Daniel Didavi". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 2 July 2012. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Daniel Didavi returns to VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Daniel Didavi: So hat mich Afrika verändert". bild.de. 18 July 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Daniel Didavi » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Daniel Didavi". Kicker (in German). kicker. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Daniel Didavi". Kicker (in German). kicker. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 "Daniel Didavi". Kicker (in German). kicker. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
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