Fabian Nürnberger (Bulgarian: Фабиан Нюрнбергер; born 28 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back or central midfielder for Darmstadt 98.[2][3] Born in Germany, he plays for the Bulgaria national team.
 Nürnberger with Bulgarian national team | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 July 1999[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Darmstadt 98 | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | Hamburger SV | ||
| 2015–2017 | Eintracht Norderstedt | ||
| 2017–2018 | Niendorfer TSV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | 1. FC Nürnberg II | 32 | (3) |
| 2019–2023 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 100 | (7) |
| 2023– | Darmstadt 98 | 69 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024– | Bulgaria | 10 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:41, 7 September 2025 (UTC) | |||
Career
editNürnberger was born in Hamburg. He played in his youth for the Niendorfer TSV under-19 team and made 21 appearances scoring 4 goals.[4]
1. FC Nürnberg
editAs an 18-year-old he moved to Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg in Franconia. For his second team playing in the Regionalliga Bayern, the defender played 31 games as a regular player, in which he was able to contribute three goals and three assists. At the end of the season, he finished third with the team behind promoted and champion Bayern Munich II and VfB Eichstätt.
Following the season, Nürnberger received his first professional contract in May 2019, which is valid until 2021. In addition, he was permanently appointed to the FCN second division squad, trained by Damir Čanadi, for which he had already completed training sessions for the 2019–20 season. In the 1–0 home win against VfL Osnabrück on match day 4, Nürnberger was used for the first time after a substitution for a professional team.[5]
On 13 March 2020, 1. FC Nürnberg announced that Nürnberger had tested positive for COVID-19.[6]
Darmstadt 98
editOn 30 May 2023, Nürnberger signed a contract with the returning to Bundesliga team of Darmstadt 98 until June 2026, coming as a free transfer.[7]
International career
editBorn in Germany to a German father and a Bulgarian mother, Nürnberger was eligible to represent both Germany and Bulgaria internationally.
In 2019 Krasimir Balakov, then coach of Bulgaria national team, considered Nürnberger for a call-up to the senior team.[8] On 12 September 2023, Georgi Ivanov, technical director of the Bulgarian Football Union, announced that Nürnberger had accepted to represent Bulgaria on the international level and that they were working on making him available to debut in October or November 2023.[9] On 19 August 2024 he received his first call-up for Bulgaria for the UEFA Nations League C matches against Belarus and Northern Ireland on 5 and 8 September.[10] He debuted on 5 September 2024 against Belarus at the ZTE Arena in Hungary, playing the full game in a 0–0 draw.[11]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 9 November 2024[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| 1. FC Nürnberg II | 2018–19 | Regionalliga Bayern | 31 | 3 | — | — | — | 31 | 3 | |||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 32 | 3 | — | — | — | 32 | 3 | |||||
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2019–20 | 2. Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 3 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 100 | 7 | 6 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 108 | 7 | |||
| Darmstadt 98 | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | 2. Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| Total | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 35 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 164 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 177 | 12 | ||
International
edit- As of match played 7 September 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 2024 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | |
References
edit- ↑ "15. Fabian Nurnberger". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ↑ Fabian Nürnberger at WorldFootball.net
- 1 2 "Bulgaria - F. Nürnberger - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ↑ "Fabian Nürnberger - Player Info". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ↑ "Profi-Vertrag für Fabian Nürnberger". fcn.de. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ↑ "Corona-Virus: Positiver Befund bei Fabian Nürnberger" [Coronavirus: positive result of Fabian Nürnberger]. 1. FC Nürnberg. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ↑ Nürnberger wird Darmstädter
- ↑ Fabian Nürnberger called for Bulgaria’s national team
- ↑ Гонзо: Футболист от Бундеслигата ще играе за България, вадим му паспорт
- ↑ Фабиан Нюрнбергер с повиквателна за националния отбор на България
- ↑ "Belarus v Bulgaria game report". ESPN. 5 September 2024.
External links
edit- Fabian Nürnberger at WorldFootball.net
- Fabian Nürnberger at Soccerway