Ragnar Prince Friedel Ache

Ragnar Ache arrived at 1. FC Köln in May 2025 on a contract running until 2029, a move built on a release clause reported at €4 million and on a scoring run that made his name at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where he found the net 34 times in 56 appearances.

He started out at Sparta Rotterdam, where he made 50 appearances and scored 12 goals before a free transfer took him to Eintracht Frankfurt in January 2020. Frankfurt loaned him out to SpVgg Greuther Fürth, where he added 7 goals in 32 matches. As of September 2026, he has made 33 appearances for Köln and scored 8 goals.

Ache is of Ghanaian descent through his mother, with a German father, though he has never been capped by the senior German national team. His representative career has run through the age groups instead: three caps and a goal at U21 level, then a call-up to the Olympic squad for Tokyo 2020, where he was named after Josha Vagnoman and Niklas Dorsch withdrew. He made the most of the opportunity, scoring against both Brazil and Saudi Arabia and finishing the tournament with three caps and two goals.