Full name Max Kruse
Name in home country Max Bennet Kruse Date of birth 1988-03-19 (38 yrs)
Place of birth Reinbek, Germany
Citizenship Germany
Position Attack - Second Striker (main: Attack)
Foot left
Height 180.00 m
Current club BSV Dersim 1993 II
Joined 2024-04-19
Contract expires —
Outfitter adidas
Apr 2024
Transfer: Career break → BSV Dersim II
23/24 · Transfer
Nov 2023
Transfer: SC Paderborn → Career break
23/24 · Transfer
Nov 2023
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Sep 2023
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Sep 2023
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Aug 2023
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2023
23/24 — SC Paderborn 07
5 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2023
Transfer: Without Club → SC Paderborn
23/24 · Transfer
Nov 2022
Transfer: VfL Wolfsburg → Without Club
22/23 · Transfer
Sep 2022
Injury: unknown
9 games missed
Jul 2022
22/23 — VfL Wolfsburg
5 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2022
Transfer: Union Berlin → VfL Wolfsburg
21/22 · Transfer · €5.00m
Oct 2021
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Oct 2021
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2021
21/22 — VfL Wolfsburg, 1.FC Union Berlin
37 matches · 15 G · 8 A · across 4 competitions
Apr 2021
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Dec 2020
Injury: unknown
13 games missed
Aug 2020
Transfer: Fenerbahce → Union Berlin
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — 1.FC Union Berlin
22 matches · 11 G · 5 A · across 1 competition
Jun 2020
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Mar 2020
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Oct 2019
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Jul 2019
Transfer: Werder Bremen → Fenerbahce
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2019
19/20 — Fenerbahce
23 matches · 7 G · 8 A · across 2 competitions
May 2019
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Apr 2019
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2018
18/19 — SV Werder Bremen
36 matches · 12 G · 14 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — SV Werder Bremen
33 matches · 8 G · 9 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 2016
Transfer: VfL Wolfsburg → Werder Bremen
16/17 · Transfer · €7.50m
Jul 2016
16/17 — SV Werder Bremen
24 matches · 15 G · 7 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2015
15/16 — VfL Wolfsburg
43 matches · 9 G · 12 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2015
Transfer: Bor. M'gladbach → VfL Wolfsburg
15/16 · Transfer · €12.00m
Jul 2014
14/15 — Borussia Mönchengladbach
42 matches · 13 G · 11 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Borussia Mönchengladbach
35 matches · 12 G · 11 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2013
Transfer: SC Freiburg → Bor. M'gladbach
13/14 · Transfer · €2.50m
Jul 2012
12/13 — SC Freiburg
39 matches · 12 G · 10 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2012
Transfer: FC St. Pauli → SC Freiburg
12/13 · Transfer · €500k
Jul 2011
11/12 — FC St. Pauli
35 matches · 13 G · 6 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2010
10/11 — FC St. Pauli, FC St. Pauli II
35 matches · 2 G · 8 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2009
09/10 — FC St. Pauli, FC St. Pauli II
32 matches · 7 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2009
Transfer: Werder Bremen → FC St. Pauli
09/10 · Transfer
Jul 2008
08/09 — SV Werder Bremen II
24 matches · 5 G · 3 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2007
07/08 — SV Werder Bremen, SV Werder Bremen II
37 matches · 2 G · 9 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2007
Transfer: W. Bremen U19 → Werder Bremen
07/08 · Transfer
Jul 2006
06/07 — SV Werder Bremen II, SV Werder Bremen U19
38 matches · 13 G · 7 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2006
Transfer: SC V.-M. U19 → W. Bremen U19
05/06 · Transfer
Jul 2005
05/06 — SV Werder Bremen U19
13 matches · 6 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2005
Transfer: SC V.-M. U17 → SC V.-M. U19
05/06 · Transfer
Jul 2003
Transfer: SC V.-M. Yth. → SC V.-M. U17
03/04 · Transfer
Jul 1998
Transfer: Reinbek Yth. → SC V.-M. Yth.
98/99 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €12.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
8,642 min Minutes played by club
SC Paderborn 07
0.0%
VfL Wolfsburg
11.6%
1.FC Union Berlin
10.7%
Fenerbahce
2.8%
SV Werder Bremen
15.3%
Borussia Mönchengladbach
7.4%
SC Freiburg
8.7%
FC St. Pauli
18.9%
FC St. Pauli II
0.0%
SV Werder Bremen II
20.8%
SV Werder Bremen U19
4.0%
Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value
7 €3M 13 €6M 20 €9M 26 €12M 05/06 — 6 goals (SV Werder Bremen U19) 05/06 — 1 assists 7 05/06 06/07 — 13 goals (SV Werder Bremen U19) 06/07 — 7 assists 20 06/07 07/08 — 2 goals (SV Werder Bremen II) 07/08 — 9 assists 11 07/08 08/09 — 5 goals (SV Werder Bremen II) 08/09 — 3 assists 8 08/09 09/10 — 7 goals (FC St. Pauli) 09/10 — 4 assists 11 09/10 10/11 — 2 goals (FC St. Pauli) 10/11 — 8 assists 10 10/11 11/12 — 13 goals (FC St. Pauli) 11/12 — 6 assists 19 11/12 12/13 — 12 goals (SC Freiburg) 12/13 — 10 assists 22 12/13 13/14 — 12 goals (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 13/14 — 11 assists 23 13/14 14/15 — 13 goals (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 14/15 — 11 assists 24 14/15 15/16 — 9 goals (VfL Wolfsburg) 15/16 — 12 assists 21 15/16 16/17 — 15 goals (SV Werder Bremen) 16/17 — 7 assists 22 16/17 17/18 — 8 goals (SV Werder Bremen) 17/18 — 9 assists 17 17/18 18/19 — 12 goals (SV Werder Bremen) 18/19 — 14 assists 26 18/19 19/20 — 7 goals (Fenerbahce) 19/20 — 8 assists 15 19/20 20/21 — 11 goals (1.FC Union Berlin) 20/21 — 5 assists 16 20/21 21/22 — 15 goals (1.FC Union Berlin) 21/22 — 8 assists 23 21/22 22/23 23/24 — 1 assists 1 23/24 06/07 — €75K 07/08 — €200K 08/09 — €250K 09/10 — €600K 10/11 — €1.5M 11/12 — €2M 12/13 — €2.5M 13/14 — €10M 14/15 — €12M 15/16 — €12M 16/17 — €12M 17/18 — €12M 18/19 — €12M 19/20 — €12M 20/21 — €10.5M 21/22 — €6M 22/23 — €3.5M 23/24 — €900K Goals Assists Market value
Goals by season
05/06: 6 6 05/06 06/07: 13 13 06/07 07/08: 2 2 07/08 08/09: 5 5 08/09 09/10: 7 7 09/10 10/11: 2 2 10/11 11/12: 13 13 11/12 12/13: 12 12 12/13 13/14: 12 12 13/14 14/15: 13 13 14/15 15/16: 9 9 15/16 16/17: 15 15 16/17 17/18: 8 8 17/18 18/19: 12 12 18/19 19/20: 7 7 19/20 20/21: 11 11 20/21 21/22: 15 15 21/22 22/23: 0 0 22/23 23/24: 0 0 23/24
Assists by season
05/06: 1 1 05/06 06/07: 7 7 06/07 07/08: 9 9 07/08 08/09: 3 3 08/09 09/10: 4 4 09/10 10/11: 8 8 10/11 11/12: 6 6 11/12 12/13: 10 10 12/13 13/14: 11 11 13/14 14/15: 11 11 14/15 15/16: 12 12 15/16 16/17: 7 7 16/17 17/18: 9 9 17/18 18/19: 14 14 18/19 19/20: 8 8 19/20 20/21: 5 5 20/21 21/22: 8 8 21/22 22/23: 0 0 22/23 23/24: 1 1 23/24
Season Competition Club Matches Goals Assists YC RC Minutes
23/24
2. Bundesliga
SC Paderborn 07
5
0
1
0
0
0
23/24
DFB-Pokal
SC Paderborn 07
0
0
0
0
0
0
22/23
Bundesliga
VfL Wolfsburg
5
0
0
0
0
0
21/22
Bundesliga
VfL Wolfsburg
14
7
1
0
0
162
21/22
Bundesliga
1.FC Union Berlin
16
5
5
1
0
257
21/22
Conference L.
1.FC Union Berlin
4
1
0
0
0
306
21/22
DFB-Pokal
1.FC Union Berlin
2
1
1
0
0
155
21/22
UECL Quali
1.FC Union Berlin
1
1
1
0
0
59
20/21
Bundesliga
1.FC Union Berlin
22
11
5
0
0
149
19/20
Süper Lig
Fenerbahce
20
7
7
0
0
242
19/20
Türkiye Kupasi
Fenerbahce
3
0
1
0
0
0
18/19
Bundesliga
SV Werder Bremen
32
11
10
0
0
258
18/19
DFB-Pokal
SV Werder Bremen
4
1
4
1
0
390
17/18
Bundesliga
SV Werder Bremen
29
6
8
2
0
409
17/18
DFB-Pokal
SV Werder Bremen
4
2
1
0
0
127
16/17
Bundesliga
SV Werder Bremen
23
15
7
1
0
136
16/17
DFB-Pokal
SV Werder Bremen
1
0
0
0
0
0
15/16
Bundesliga
VfL Wolfsburg
32
6
8
3
0
405
15/16
Champions League
VfL Wolfsburg
9
2
2
0
0
342
15/16
DFB-Pokal
VfL Wolfsburg
1
1
2
0
0
90
15/16
DFL-Supercup
VfL Wolfsburg
1
0
0
0
0
0
14/15
Bundesliga
Borussia Mönchengladbach
32
11
9
2
0
235
14/15
DFB-Pokal
Borussia Mönchengladbach
3
2
1
0
0
150
14/15
Europa League
Borussia Mönchengladbach
7
0
1
0
0
0
13/14
Bundesliga
Borussia Mönchengladbach
34
12
11
3
0
252
13/14
DFB-Pokal
Borussia Mönchengladbach
1
0
0
0
0
0
12/13
Bundesliga
SC Freiburg
34
11
8
1
0
268
12/13
DFB-Pokal
SC Freiburg
5
1
2
1
0
480
11/12
2. Bundesliga
FC St. Pauli
34
13
6
4
0
232
11/12
DFB-Pokal
FC St. Pauli
1
0
0
1
0
0
10/11
Bundesliga
FC St. Pauli
33
2
6
2
0
1,162
10/11
DFB-Pokal
FC St. Pauli
1
0
0
0
0
0
10/11
Oberliga Hamburg
FC St. Pauli II
1
0
2
0
0
0
09/10
2. Bundesliga
FC St. Pauli
29
7
4
1
0
237
09/10
DFB-Pokal
FC St. Pauli
2
0
0
0
0
0
09/10
RL Nord
FC St. Pauli II
1
0
0
0
0
0
08/09
3. Liga
SV Werder Bremen II
24
5
3
1
0
372
07/08
Bundesliga
SV Werder Bremen
1
0
1
0
0
0
07/08
DFB-Pokal
SV Werder Bremen II
3
0
1
1
0
0
07/08
DFB-Pokal
SV Werder Bremen
0
0
0
0
0
0
07/08
Regionalliga Nord
SV Werder Bremen II
33
2
7
3
0
1,425
06/07
Regionalliga Nord
SV Werder Bremen II
12
0
0
0
0
0
06/07
U19-BL N/NE
SV Werder Bremen U19
24
13
5
0
0
156
06/07
U19-Champ.
SV Werder Bremen U19
2
0
2
0
0
0
05/06
U19-BL N/NE
SV Werder Bremen U19
13
6
1
1
0
186
Season Date From To Type Market value Fee
98/99
1998-07-01
Reinbek Yth.
SC V.-M. Yth.
Transfer
0
—
03/04
2003-07-01
SC V.-M. Yth.
SC V.-M. U17
Transfer
0
—
05/06
2005-07-01
SC V.-M. U17
SC V.-M. U19
Transfer
0
—
05/06
2006-01-01
SC V.-M. U19
W. Bremen U19
Transfer
0
—
07/08
2007-07-01
W. Bremen U19
Werder Bremen
Transfer
75000
—
09/10
2009-07-01
Werder Bremen
FC St. Pauli
Transfer
350000
—
12/13
2012-07-01
FC St. Pauli
SC Freiburg
Transfer
2500000
€500k
13/14
2013-07-01
SC Freiburg
Bor. M'gladbach
Transfer
5000000
€2.50m
15/16
2015-07-01
Bor. M'gladbach
VfL Wolfsburg
Transfer
12000000
€12.00m
16/17
2016-08-02
VfL Wolfsburg
Werder Bremen
Transfer
8000000
€7.50m
19/20
2019-07-03
Werder Bremen
Fenerbahce
Transfer
12000000
—
20/21
2020-08-06
Fenerbahce
Union Berlin
Transfer
8500000
—
21/22
2022-01-30
Union Berlin
VfL Wolfsburg
Transfer
3500000
€5.00m
22/23
2022-11-28
VfL Wolfsburg
Without Club
Transfer
1500000
—
23/24
2023-07-01
Without Club
SC Paderborn
Transfer
900000
—
23/24
2023-11-24
SC Paderborn
Career break
Transfer
500000
—
23/24
2024-04-19
Career break
BSV Dersim II
Transfer
0
—
Season Injury From To Days missed Games missed
18/19
bruise
2019-04-25
2019-04-29
5
1
18/19
Thigh problems
2019-05-09
2019-06-03
26
2
19/20
Groin problems
2019-10-14
2019-11-25
43
6
19/20
Torn ankle ligaments
2020-03-05
2020-06-18
106
4
19/20
Appendectomy
2020-06-15
2020-06-29
15
3
20/21
Torn muscle bundle
2020-12-03
2021-02-18
78
13
20/21
muscular problems
2021-04-22
2021-05-03
12
1
21/22
Foot injury
2021-10-25
2021-10-28
4
1
21/22
Thigh problems
2021-10-28
2021-11-11
15
3
22/23
Torn muscle fiber
2022-09-26
2022-11-26
62
9
23/24
Torn muscle fiber
2023-08-07
2023-08-31
25
3
23/24
infection
2023-09-09
2023-09-13
5
0
23/24
Fitness
2023-09-13
2023-09-17
5
1
23/24
stomach problems
2023-09-19
2023-09-22
4
1
23/24
Neck injury
2023-11-10
2023-11-24
15
1
Current €500k
Peak €12.00m
Low —
Δ since start +€425k
— €3.00m €6.00m €9.00m €12.00m 1970 1970 1970
Date Value
Jan 1, 1970
€500k
Jan 1, 1970
—
Jan 1, 1970
€900k
Jan 1, 1970
€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€3.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€5.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€3.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€6.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€6.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€8.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€10.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€12.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€10.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€12.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€12.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€12.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€8.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€12.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€8.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€12.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€12.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€12.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€10.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€3.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€5.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€10.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€7.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€2.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€2.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€1.75m
Jan 1, 1970
€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€600k
Jan 1, 1970
€350k
Jan 1, 1970
€250k
Jan 1, 1970
€200k
Jan 1, 1970
€150k
Jan 1, 1970
€100k
Jan 1, 1970
€50k
Jan 1, 1970
€75k
Team Shirt Matches Goals Debut Age at debut Status
Team #49503
#10
3
0
—
—
former national player
Team #5710
—
17
6
—
—
former national player
Team #5709
—
6
1
—
—
former national player
Team #3817
—
1
1
—
—
former national player
Team #3262
#23
14
4
—
—
former national player
Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.
Top goalscoring seasons
Season Competition Club Goals Matches
16/17
Bundesliga
SV Werder Bremen
15
23
11/12
2. Bundesliga
FC St. Pauli
13
34
06/07
U19-BL N/NE
SV Werder Bremen U19
13
24
Top assist seasons
Season Competition Club Assists Matches
13/14
Bundesliga
Borussia Mönchengladbach
11
34
18/19
Bundesliga
SV Werder Bremen
10
32
14/15
Bundesliga
Borussia Mönchengladbach
9
32
Teams faced most often by Max Kruse's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions
(team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).
Opponent P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Borussia Dortmund
55
8
6
41
44
146
-102
15%
1. FSV Mainz 05
54
15
18
21
68
74
-6
28%
FC Schalke 04
51
20
9
22
76
69
+7
39%
VfB Stuttgart
50
19
9
22
73
76
-3
38%
Eintracht Frankfurt
50
19
16
15
74
68
+6
38%
FC Augsburg
48
19
15
14
68
55
+13
40%
1. FC Köln
48
19
10
19
72
75
-3
40%
Hertha BSC
46
19
15
12
71
53
+18
41%
Werder Bremen
42
13
12
17
66
67
-1
31%
Hamburger SV
41
18
15
8
50
37
+13
44%
1899 Hoffenheim
41
15
16
10
75
66
+9
37%
Bor. Mönchengladbach
40
19
9
12
56
49
+7
48%
Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.
Season / Year Milestone Date
05/06
Senior debut season
05/06
First senior goal
12/13
Goal #50 (career)
16/17
Goal #100 (career)
21/22
Goal #150 (career)
Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.
Season Matches Mins YC 2nd YC RC Cards / 90′
21/22
37
939
1
0
0
0.1
18/19
36
648
1
0
0
0.14
17/18
33
536
2
0
0
0.34
16/17
24
136
1
0
0
0.66
15/16
43
837
3
0
0
0.32
14/15
42
385
2
0
0
0.47
13/14
35
252
3
0
0
1.07
12/13
39
748
2
0
0
0.24
11/12
35
232
5
0
0
1.94
10/11
35
1,162
2
0
0
0.15
09/10
32
237
1
0
0
0.38
08/09
24
372
1
0
0
0.24
07/08
37
1,425
4
0
0
0.25
05/06
13
186
1
0
0
0.48