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👁 Image Franke playing for RB Leipzig in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1998-10-05) 5 October 1998 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Riesa, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FK Žalgiris | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2011 | SC Riesa | ||
| 2011–2017 | RB Leipzig | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | RB Leipzig II | 30 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | RB Leipzig | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | VfL Wolfsburg II | 58 | (2) |
| 2018–2020 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Wehen Wiesbaden (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | FC Ingolstadt 04 | 75 | (0) |
| 2023–2026 | FC Thun | 51 | (1) |
| 2026– | FK Žalgiris | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Germany U18 | 8 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Germany U19 | 10 | (0) |
| 2017 | Germany U20 | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 June 2026 | |||
Dominik Franke (born 5 October 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left-back for TOPLYGA club Žalgiris (Vilnius).[1]
Career
[edit]Franke made his professional debut for Wehen Wiesbaden in the 2. Bundesliga on 4 August 2019, coming on as a substitute in the 33rd minute for Michel Niemeyer in the 3–2 away loss against Erzgebirge Aue.[2]
In October 2023, Franke joined Swiss Challenge League club FC Thun on a contract until the end of the season.[3] He helped Thun win the 2024–25 Swiss Challenge League, and the following season their first ever first division title, the 2025–26 Swiss Super League.[4]
FK Žalgiris
[edit]On 5 June 2026 lithuanian Žalgiris Club officially announced about agreement with Dominik franke.[5][6]
Honours
[edit]- Thun
References
[edit]- ^ "Dominik Franke". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Erzgebirge Aue – SV Wehen Wiesbaden 3:2 (2. Bundesliga 2019/2020, 2. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ "Dominik Franke neu beim FC Thun" [Dominik Franke new at FC Thun]. www.fcthun.ch/de (in German). 19 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ a b c "Der Thuner Meistertitel ist "unglaublich und unbeschreiblich"". www.sarganserlaender.ch.
- ^ „Žalgirį“ papildys Šveicarijos čempionas D. Franke (FK Žalgiris officail site)
- ^ „Žalgirį“ papildys Šveicarijos čempionas Dominikas Franke (sportas.lt)
External links
[edit]- Dominik Franke – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Dominik Franke – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Dominik Franke at DFB (also available in German)
- Dominik Franke at kicker (in German)
Categories:
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Riesa
- Footballers from Saxony
- German men's footballers
- Germany men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football full-backs
- 2. Bundesliga players
- 3. Liga players
- Regionalliga players
- Swiss Super League players
- Challenge League (Switzerland) players
- RB Leipzig II players
- RB Leipzig players
- VfL Wolfsburg II players
- VfL Wolfsburg players
- SV Wehen Wiesbaden players
- FC Ingolstadt 04 players
- FC Thun players
- German expatriate men's footballers
- German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- 21st-century German sportsmen
- German football defender, 1990s birth stubs