Ragnar Ache

Ragnar Ache Marleuthet (born 28 July 1998) is a German[1] professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eintracht Frankfurt.

Ragnar Ache
Personal information
Full name Ragnar Ache Marleuthet
Date of birth (1998-07-28) 28 July 1998
Place of birth Frankfurt, Germany
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 21
Youth career
0000–2009 SpVgg 03 Neu-Isenburg
2009–2010 Sparta AV
2010–2017 Sparta Rotterdam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Sparta Rotterdam 48 (12)
2017–2020 Jong Sparta Rotterdam 39 (11)
2020– Eintracht Frankfurt 2 (0)
National team‡
2019– Germany U21 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:50, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2020

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 3 January 2020, Ache signed a five-year contract with German club Eintracht Frankfurt.[6] 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.[7]

International career

Born in Germany, Ache is of Ghanaian descent. He is a youth international for Germany.[8]

Career statistics
As of 3 October 2020[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Sparta 2016–17 Tweede Divisie 177——––177
2017–18 Tweede Divisie 143——––143
2018–19 Tweede Divisie 81——––81
Total 39110000003911
Sparta Rotterdam 2016–17 Eredivisie 1000––10
2017–18 Eredivisie 19210––202
2018–19 Eerste Divisie 11500–42157
2019–20 Eredivisie 19520–00215
Total 50123000425714
Eintracht Frankfurt 2020–21 Bundesliga 2000––20
Career total 91231000429825

References
  1. (in Dutch) De Duitse droom van Sparta-talent Ache, vi.nl, 27 September 2017
  2. "TEC 2–2 Jong Sparta". Soccerway.
  3. "Heerenveen 3–0 Sparta Rotterdam". Soccerway.
  4. "VVV 3–0 Sparta Rotterdam". Soccerway.
  5. "NAC Breda 2–2 Sparta Rotterdam". Soccerway.
  6. 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".
  7. "Hertha BSC 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt". Soccerway.
  8. "Ache in de zomer van Sparta naar Eintracht Frankfurt". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 30 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  9. Ragnar Ache at WorldFootball.net
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.