Oliver Sorg

Oliver Sorg (born 29 May 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right back for 1. FC Nürnberg.[1] A veteran of three relegations from and one promotion to the Bundesliga, Sorg has played four seasons at SC Freiburg and four seasons at Hannover 96.

Oliver Sorg
Sorg playing for SC Freiburg in 2014
Personal information
Full name Oliver Sorg
Date of birth (1990-05-29) 29 May 1990
Place of birth Engen, West Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
1. FC Nürnberg
Number 25
Youth career
1996–2003 Hegauer FV
2003–2006 Singen 04
2006–2009 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 SC Freiburg II 68 (1)
2012–2015 SC Freiburg 105 (3)
2015–2019 Hannover 96 87 (0)
2019– 1. FC Nürnberg 25 (0)
National team
2012–2013 Germany U21 5 (0)
2014– Germany 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:16, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:53, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Club career

Sorg began playing football for local club Hegauer FV, and moved to nearby club FC Singen 04 at the age of 13. After three years at Singen, Sorg signed for SC Freiburg, at the time in the 2. Bundesliga. Sorg spent two seasons with Freiburg's youth team in the Under 19 Bundesliga, winning the competition in his first season and winning the Süd/Südwest division in his second. In addition, Sorg won the German Youth Cup in 2009, all while playing for future first team manager Christian Streich.

SC Freiburg

Sorg was promoted to the second team at Freiburg in 2009, playing under manager Marcus Sorg. Marcus Sorg was named manager of the first team before the 2011–12 Bundesliga season, but was sacked after the club finished the Hinrunde bottom of the table. Oliver Sorg's manager with the youth team, Streich, was promoted to manager, and brought Sorg with him to the first team. His Bundesliga debut came on 21 January 2012 in a 1–0 victory over FC Augsburg. Sorg signed his first professional contract two days later.[2] Sorg played every minute of the rest of the campaign as the club finished the season in 12th position, moving to left-back for the last half after Mensur Mujdža returned from injury.

Sorg played in all but two matches the following Bundesliga campaign as Freiburg recorded a fifth place finish, guaranteeing them European football for the first time in 12 years. He spent time at both full-back positions, and led the league in interceptions.[3] Sorg was also a part of the most successful DFB-Pokal campaign of his career this season, as Freiburg reached the semi-finals. Sorg missed their second round defeat of Eintracht Braunschweig with injury, and was replaced by striker Ivan Santini with half an hour to play during their semi-final match against VfB Stuttgart, as Freiburg were losing 2–1.

Sorg scored his first senior goal on 24 August 2013, Freiburg's first in a 3–3 draw with 1899 Hoffenheim. Freiburg did not advance past the group stage in their Europa League campaign, and Sorg played in five of their six matches, missing the home draw with Estoril with injury. Threatened with relegation after not winning any of their first 10 matches, Freiburg won five of seven from mid-March to mid-April, guaranteeing their safety with two matches to spare. Sorg finished the season with 31 starts, missing one game to injury and two to suspension.

During the 2014–15 season, Sorg extended his contract, due to expire in the summer, by one season.[4] However, following Freiburg's relegation from the Bundesliga, Sorg left the club after the season anyway.

Hannover 96

On 10 June 2015, Sorg joined Hannover 96 after Freiburg was relegated from Bundesliga.[5]

Sorg began the 2018–19 Bundesliga as first-choice in the back line of manager André Breitenreiter, either as a right-back or a right-sided centre-half, depending on the formation used. Sorg started the first six matches of the season, but an injury kept him out of the squad for what would be Hannover's first win of the season, a 3–1 victory over VfB Stuttgart. Entering the defense in place of Sorg was Josip Elez, and Elez kept his place when Sorg regained fitness after two matches out. Sorg wouldn't see action until 9 December, a 1–1 draw with 1. FSV Mainz 05 in which Sorg was sent off right before the final whistle. He started the club's last two matches of the first half, finishing with 9 starts out of 18 as Hannover were four points adrift from guaranteed safety. Sorg picked up an injury in the first game of the second half, and did not return to the team until 3 March. However, Sorg would go on to start 8 of the club's final 11 games of the season, finishing the year with 18 starts. Hannover were relegated, ending their two-year stay in the top flight.

1. FC Nürnberg

In May 2019, it was announced Sorg would join 1. FC Nürnberg, who were also relegated from the Bundesliga, upon the expiration of his contract with Hannover 96 at the end of the 2018–19 season.[6][7]

International career

Sorg made his international debut with the Germany under-21 team, appearing in a friendly with Argentina's under-20 team on 14 August 2012. Germany were in the middle of a qualifying campaign for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, and Sorg started the final game of their group stage, with qualification to the play-offs already ensured. An injury to regular right-back Sebastian Jung created an opening at the position for the tournament,[8] and Sorg started Germany's first two group stage games at right-back. Two defeats meant the Germany would not advance, and Sorg was left out for their final game, against Russia.

Sorg received his first senior call-up in a friendly against Poland on 13 May 2014. Few regular full internationals were present in the squad, and only six players who participated in the match were included in Germany's victorious World Cup squad.

Career statistics

As of 1 August 2020[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SC Freiburg II2009–10 Regionalliga Süd 180180
2010–11 Regionalliga Süd 301301
2011–12 Regionalliga Süd 200200
Total681681
SC Freiburg2011–12 Bundesliga 17000170
2012–13 Bundesliga 32040360
2013–14 Bundesliga 312305[lower-alpha 1]0392
2014–15 Bundesliga 25120271
Total1053905[lower-alpha 1]01193
Hannover 962015–16 Bundesliga 20000200
2016–17 2. Bundesliga 26020280
2017–18 Bundesliga 22010230
2018–19 Bundesliga 19010200
Total87040910
1. FC Nürnberg2019–20 2. Bundesliga 25020270
Career total285415050-3054
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League.

References

  1. "NACH VIER JAHREN IM 96-TRIKOT: SORG SCHLIESST SICH DEM 1. FC NÜRNBERG AN". Hannover 96. 23 May 2019.
  2. "Profi-Verträge für vier Fußballschüler". SC Freiburg. 23 January 2012.
  3. "Oliver Sorg is another stellar German talent". Newstalk. 23 May 2013.
  4. "Sorg verlängert Vertrag bis 2016". Bundesliga.
  5. "Hannover 96 verpflichtet Oliver Sorg" (in German). Hannover 96. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  6. "1. FC Nürnberg schnappt zu: Oliver Sorg verlässt Hannover 96". Sportbuzzer (in German). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  7. Böller, Hansa (24 June 2019). "FCN-Neuling Oliver Sorg: Viel Erfahrung ohne großes Tamtam". Nordbayern (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  8. "Germany confirm final 23-man party". UEFA. 28 May 2013.
  9. "Oliver Sorg | Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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