Niclas Füllkrug

Niclas Füllkrug is my favourite kind of footballer: the late bloomer who simply refused to quit. Coming up through Werder Bremen's reserves, he spent years in relative obscurity before exploding into Germany's national team striker in his late twenties. At 188 cm he is an old-fashioned target man who bullies defenders and scores ugly, vital goals. In a sport obsessed with teenage prodigies, his long, patient road to the top feels almost romantic. Watching him earn a spell at a club like Milan after all that grind and then return to Werder Bremen in 2026, I cannot help but admire the sheer stubborn belief that carried him there.

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Name (English)

Niclas Füllkrug

Name (Japanese)

ニクラス・フュルクルク

Reading

にくらす・ふゅるくるく

Born

February 9, 1993 (age 33)

Origin

Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Height

188 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rooster

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niclas%20F%C3%BCllkrug
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A5%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326159

Tags

• Lower Saxony
• association football player

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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