Patrick Sontheimer

Patrick Sontheimer

Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-07-03) 3 July 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Marktoberdorf, Germany
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	1. FC Saarbrücken
Number	6
Youth career
2003–2009	FC Ebenhofen
2009–2013	FC Memmingen
2013–2017	Greuther Fürth
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2020	Greuther Fürth II	19	(1)
2017–2020	Greuther Fürth	26	(0)
2019–2020	→ Würzburger Kickers (loan)	48	(4)
2020–2021	Würzburger Kickers	31	(2)
2021–2023	Viktoria Köln	71	(5)
2023–	1. FC Saarbrücken	43	(0)
International career
2014	Germany U17	2	(0)
2017	Germany U19	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2024

Patrick Sontheimer (born 3 July 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 3. Liga club 1. FC Saarbrücken.^[1]

Club career

Sontheimer, born and raised in Marktoberdorf, Ostallgäu, progressed through the youth departments of the clubs FC Ebenhofen and FC Memmingen, already starting at the age of 5.^[2] In 2013, Bavarian club SpVgg Greuther Fürth signed him to their youth academy.^[2] Sontheimer played with the Fürth youth teams as a regular starter in the Under 17 Bundesliga and Under 19 Bundesliga, before he made his first brief appearance in the senior division in October 2016 at the age of 18 when he played for the Greuther Fürth II team in the Regionalliga against FC Augsburg II.

In the winter training camp of the 2016–17 season, Sontheimer was temporarily allowed to practice with the first-team squad under head coach János Radoki, who knew him from the U19s.^[2] In the first match of the new year against 1860 Munich, Sontheimer was in the starting line-up and made another ten appearances during the spring. In March 2017, he signed a professional contract valid until 2020.^[3]

For the second half of the 2018–19 season, Sontheimer was sent on loan to 3. Liga club Würzburger Kickers.^[4] With the team he won the final of the Bavarian Cup against Viktoria Aschaffenburg with a 3–0 score. Following the season, the loan agreement between Fürth and Würzburg was extended by a year and an option to buy was added.^[5] At the end of February 2020, the Kickers triggered the option to buy and Sontheimer, who had become a regular starter for the team, stayed in Würzburg permanently.^[6] At the end of the 2019–20 season, in which he was used various places in midfield, Sontheimer reached promotion to the 2. Bundesliga with the Kickers. He had only missed one league game due to a yellow card suspension and was named the second best defensive midfielder in the 3. Liga for the season.^[7] In June 2021, his contract was not extended.^[8]

In July 2021, Sontheimer moved to 3. Liga club Viktoria Köln on a free transfer.^[9]

On 26 June 2023, Sontheimer moved to 1. FC Saarbrücken.^[10] On 2 November 2023, he would score the first goal in a historic upset against Bayern Munich in the DFB-Pokal Round of 32.

International career

Sontheimer has gained four total caps for German national youth teams; two at under-17 level and two at under-19 level.^[11]

Honours

Würzburger Kickers

• 3. Liga runners-up: 2019–20
• Bavarian Cup: 2018–19^[12]

References

1. Patrick Sontheimer at WorldFootball.net
2. Schales, Andreas (2 February 2017). "Der Allgäuer Patrick Sontheimer schafft über den FC Memmingen den Sprung in den Profifußball". all-in.de (in German). Retrieved 3 December 2020.
3. ""Hungrig nach mehr": Sontheimer unterschreibt bis 2020". kicker (in German). 21 March 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
4. "Patrick Sontheimer wechselt aus Fürth auf Leihbasis an den Dallenberg". TV Main Franken (in German). 31 January 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
5. "Leihe mit Kaufoption: Patrick Sontheimer bleibt eine Rothose!". Würzburger Kickers (in German). 20 June 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
6. "Kaufoption gezogen: Patrick Sontheimer bleibt über den Sommer hinaus eine Rothose!". Würzburger Kickers (in German). 20 February 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
7. kicker, Issue 62/2020, p. 51
8. "PATRICK SONTHEIMER VERLÄSST DIE KICKERS" (in German). wuerzburger-kickers.de. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
9. Ebert, Michael (19 July 2021). ""Spielertyp, den wir noch nicht haben": Viktoria Köln holt Sontheimer". kicker (in German).
10. "PATRICK SONTHEIMER WECHSELT NACH SAARBRÜCKEN" (in German). 1. FC Saarbrücken. 26 June 2023.
11. "Patrick Sontheimer - Player profile". dfb.de. German Football Association. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
12. "3:0 in Aschaffenburg: Kickers feiern Toto-Pokal-Sieg und DFB-Pokal-Einzug!". Würzburger Kickers (in German). 25 May 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

External links

• Patrick Sontheimer at DFB (also available in German)
• Patrick Sontheimer at WorldFootball.net
• Patrick Sontheimer at Soccerway