Ragnar Ache

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Ragnar Ache
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Ragnar Ache with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2022
Personal information
Full name Ragnar Prince Friedel Ache [1]
Date of birth (1998-07-28) 28 July 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Frankfurt, Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2009 SpVgg 03 Neu-Isenburg
2009–2010 Sparta AV
2010–2017 Sparta Rotterdam
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2020 Sparta Rotterdam 48 (12)
2017–2020 Jong Sparta Rotterdam 39 (11)
2020–2023 Eintracht Frankfurt 20 (1)
2022–2023 → Greuther Fürth (loan) 32 (7)
2023– 1. FC Kaiserslautern 26 (16)
International career
2019–2020 Germany U21 3 (1)
2021 Germany Olympic 3 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2024

Ragnar Prince Friedel Ache (born 28 July 1998) is a German [2] professional footballer who plays as a forward for 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

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Career

Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Ache started his career in the youth ranks of Dutch side Sparta Rotterdam. He made his debut for the club's reserve side, Jong Sparta, in the Tweede Divisie on 20 August 2016 against TEC. He came on as a 66th minute substitute for Ugur Altintas and scored a goal in the 66th minute as Jong Sparta drew the match 2–2. [3] He would go on to score seven goals in 17 appearances for the Sparta Rotterdam reserve side for the 2016–17 season.

On 4 April 2017, after good performances for Jong Sparta, Ache made his debut for the senior side in the Eredivisie against Heerenveen. He came on as substitute for Ilias Alhaft in the 80th minute as Sparta Rotterdam lost 3–0. [4] That would be his only appearance with the senior side that season. At the start of the 2017–18 season, Ache was put into the first-team and came on as a substitute for Craig Goodwin in Sparta Rotterdam's 3–0 defeat at VVV-Venlo in the opening game of the season. [5] On 25 August 2017, Ache scored his first two professional goals for Sparta Rotterdam, grabbing a brace in the club's 2–2 draw away at NAC Breda. Ache came onto the pitch in the 52nd minute with Sparta Rotterdam down 2–0 and scored in the 70th and 84th minutes of the match. [6]

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 3 January 2020, Ache signed a five-year contract with German club Eintracht Frankfurt. [7] He made his first appearance for the club on 25 September 2020 against Hertha BSC, coming on as a 66th minute substitute as Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–1. [8]

On 14 June 2022, Ache was loaned to Greuther Fürth for the season. [9]

Kaiserslautern

On 25 July 2023, 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern announced the signing of Ache [10] for a reported fee of €1 million. [11]

International career

Born in Germany, Ache is of Ghanaian descent. He is a youth international for Germany. [12]

In the opening game of Group D in the Men's Football at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on 22 July 2021, coming on as a substitute in the second half, Ache scored the second of Germany's two goals in a 4–2 loss to Brazil. Ache would score again in the second match, giving Germany a 2–1 lead in an eventual 3–2 win over Saudi Arabia.

Career statistics

As of match played 2 May 2022 [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Sparta 2016–17 Tweede Divisie 177———177
2017–18 Tweede Divisie143———143
2018–19 Tweede Divisie81———81
Total39110000003911
Sparta Rotterdam 2016–17 Eredivisie 1000——10
2017–18 Eredivisie19210——202
2018–19 Eerste Divisie 11500—42157
2019–20 Eredivisie19520—00215
Total50123000425714
Eintracht Frankfurt 2020–21 Bundesliga 7100——71
2021–22 Bundesliga1200030—150
Total191003000221
Career total1082410304211826

Honours

Eintracht Frankfurt

1. FC Kaiserslautern

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References

  1. ↑ "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Germany (GER)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 July 2021. p. 7. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ↑ (in Dutch) De Duitse droom van Sparta-talent Ache, vi.nl, 27 September 2017
  3. ↑ "TEC 2–2 Jong Sparta". Soccerway.
  4. ↑ "Heerenveen 3–0 Sparta Rotterdam". Soccerway.
  5. ↑ "VVV 3–0 Sparta Rotterdam". Soccerway.
  6. ↑ "NAC Breda 2–2 Sparta Rotterdam". Soccerway.
  7. ↑ Frankfurt, Eintracht (3 January 2020). "Frankfurt-born Ragnar Ache will join Eintracht from @SpartaRotterdam for the start of next season on a contract until 30 June . #Ache2025 #SGEpic.twitter.com/ne3KUU9PTO".
  8. ↑ "Hertha BSC 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt". Soccerway.
  9. ↑ "KLEEBLATT VERPFLICHTET ACHE UND HADDADI" (in German). Greuther Fürth. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "NEUER STÜRMER AM BETZE: FCK VERPFLICHTET RAGNAR ACHE" [NEW STRIKER AT BETZE: FCK SIGN RAGNAR ACHE] (in German). 1. FC Kaiserslautern. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "Frankfurt sell striker Ache to Kaiserslautern". Bulinews. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Ache in de zomer van Sparta naar Eintracht Frankfurt". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 30 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  13. ↑ Ragnar Ache at WorldFootball.net OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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