Maximilian Philipp

Maximilian Philipp (born 1 March 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for VfL Wolfsburg on loan from the Russian Premier League club Dynamo Moscow.

Maximilian Philipp
Philipp with Dynamo Moscow in 2019
Personal information
Full name Maximilian Philipp
Date of birth (1994-03-01) 1 March 1994
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 17
Youth career
Hertha BSC
2008–2011 Tennis Borussia Berlin
2011–2012 Energie Cottbus
2013 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Energie Cottbus II 3 (0)
2013–2014 SC Freiburg II 31 (12)
2014–2017 SC Freiburg 81 (18)
2017–2019 Borussia Dortmund 38 (10)
2019– Dynamo Moscow 27 (9)
2020– → VfL Wolfsburg (loan) 12 (1)
National team‡
2014 Germany U20 2 (0)
2016–2017 Germany U21 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:27, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 June 2017

Club career

Philipp started his career in his hometown club, Hertha BSC. In 2008, he joined Tennis Borussia Berlin.

SC Freiburg

In 2012, he signed with SC Freiburg. On 5 April 2014, he made his first-team debut at SC Freiburg, in a Bundesliga match against VfB Stuttgart replacing Felix Klaus in the 90th minute.[1]

Borussia Dortmund

On 7 June 2017, attacking midfielder Maximilian Philipp signed a five-year contract with Borussia Dortmund until 2022.[2] The transfer fee paid to Freiburg was reported as €20 million plus bonuses.[3] BVB's sporting director Michael Zorc described Philipp as "versatile" and "has a good shot and he has a fantastic future ahead of him."[4] Philipp made his debut for BVB on 6 August 2017 in the team's 2–2 draw (6–7 on penalty) against Bayern Munich in DFL Super Cup, substituting for Christian Pulisic at 90' and netting BVB's second penalty.[5] He started for Dortmund for the first time on 19 August 2017 in BVB's 3–0 away victory in Wolfsburg.[6] On 18 September 2017, Philipp scored his first goal for BVB in the team's 5–0 home victory against 1. FC Köln.[7] He went on to net his second goal in the same game.[8] He made his UEFA Champions League debut on 26 September 2017 as Dortmund suffered home defeat against Real Madrid.[9]

Dynamo Moscow

On 9 August 2019, Philipp signed a 4-year contract with the Russian club Dynamo Moscow.[10] He scored his first goal for Dynamo 3 minutes into his debut game against FC Lokomotiv Moscow on 18 August 2019, from a direct free-kick.[11] In his second game against FC Tambov on 24 August, he scored again as Dynamo won 2–0 away.[12] On 23 November 2019, he scored twice from the penalty spot to secure a 2–1 victory over FC Rostov.[13] In the next game on 1 December 2019 he scored twice again in a 2–1 defeat of FC Lokomotiv Moscow.[14] He was voted player of the month for December 2019 by Dynamo fans.[15]

Loan to VfL Wolfsburg

On 2 October 2020, he returned to Bundesliga, joining VfL Wolfsburg on a season-long loan.[16]

Career statistics

Club
As of 13 March 2020[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental1 Other2 Total
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Energie Cottbus II 2011–12 Regionalliga Nordost 10———10
2012–13 20———20
Total 3000000030
SC Freiburg II 2012–13 Regionalliga Südwest 10———10
2013–14 2912———2912
2014–15 10———10
Total 31120000003112
SC Freiburg 2013–14 Bundesliga 1000——10
2014–15 24130——251
2015–16 2. Bundesliga 31820——338
2016–17 Bundesliga 25920——279
Total 811870——8818
Borussia Dortmund 2017–18 Bundesliga 209205010289
2018–19 1813120—232
Total 38105170105111
Dynamo Moscow 2019–20 Russian Premier League 14710——157
Career total 16747131701018848

Honours

Club
SC Freiburg

International
Germany

References
  1. "Die Spielstatistik VfB Stuttgart - SC Freiburg". fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  2. KGaA, Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. "Borussia Dortmund sign Maximilian Philipp". www.bvb.de. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  3. "Fix! Philipp für 20 Millionen Euro zum BVB". kicker Online (in German). 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  4. KGaA, Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. "Borussia Dortmund sign Maximilian Philipp". www.bvb.de. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  5. KGaA, Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. "Teams & goals". www.bvb.de. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  6. KGaA, Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. "BVB starts with Götze and Philipp". www.bvb.de. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  7. KGaA, Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. "Teams & goals". www.bvb.de. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  8. KGaA, Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. "Teams & goals". www.bvb.de. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  9. KGaA, Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. "Teams & goals". www.bvb.de. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  10. "В «Динамо» перешёл Максимилиан Филипп!" [Maximilian Philipp moved to Dynamo!] (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 9 August 2019.
  11. "Dynamo v Lokomotiv game report". Russian Premier League. 18 August 2019.
  12. "Tambov v Dynamo game report". Russian Premier League. 24 August 2019.
  13. "Dynamo v Rostov game report". Russian Premier League. 24 August 2019.
  14. "Lokomotiv v Dynamo game report". Russian Premier League. 1 December 2019.
  15. "Максимилиан Филипп - лучший игрок декабря" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 19 December 2019.
  16. "Neue Offensivkraft" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 2 October 2020.
  17. "M. Philipp". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  18. "Weisers Kopfball macht den EM-Traum wahr". kicker.de (in German). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
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