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A. Staff
Forward · FC Saarbrücken · №53
11
Matches
7
In the starting XI
1 311
Minutes
15
Goals
7
Assists
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
FC Saarbrücken
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach
3. Liga
|
2:1 | |
Preussen Munster
FC Saarbrücken
3. Liga
|
3:3 | |
FC Saarbrücken
FC Ingolstadt 04
3. Liga
|
0:1 | |
SV Meppen
FC Saarbrücken
3. Liga
|
1:6 | |
FC Saarbrücken
Hertha Berlin
DFB Pokal
|
1:1 | |
Jahn Regensburg
FC Saarbrücken
3. Liga
|
0:1 | |
FC Saarbrücken
Rot-Weiß Essen
3. Liga
|
5:2 | |
Eintracht Frankfurt
Tottenham
UEFA Champions League
|
0:2 | |
Qarabağ FK
Eintracht Frankfurt
UEFA Champions League
|
3:2 | |
Werder Bremen
Eintracht Frankfurt
Bundesliga
|
3:3 |
Season statistics
11
Matches
7
In the starting XI
15
Goals
7
Assists
1 311
Minutes
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| 3. Liga | 2026 | 6 |
| Bundesliga | 2025 | 2 |
| UEFA Champions League | 2025 | 2 |
| DFB Pokal | 2026 | 1 |
About the player
Alexander Staff came through Eintracht Frankfurt's youth ranks after arriving from SV Darmstadt 98 as a boy, and he made his mark early: on 5 November 2024 he scored against SV Eintracht Trier and became the youngest goalscorer in the history of the Regionalliga Südwest, then still turning out for Frankfurt's second team. The step up to the first team followed in January 2026, when he made his senior debut in the Champions League against Qarabağ.
His form for Germany's youth sides has run in parallel. Staff has 14 caps and nine goals for the German U17s, a return that included the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup, and in October 2025 it earned him the Fritz Walter Medal in gold for the category. He has since added caps at U18 level. Born in Dieburg, he is eligible to represent both Germany and the United States, though so far all of his youth football has come for the German set-up.
For the 2026/2027 season, Frankfurt sent him out on loan to 1. FC Saarbrücken in the 3. Liga, a move announced in late June 2026 without a purchase option attached. By September he had made four appearances there, in matches against Meppen, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC and Jahn Regensburg.
Career path
- 2027 — now 1.FC Saarbrücken 3 matches
- 2025 — 2026 Eintracht Frankf U19 37 matches
- 2026 Eintracht Frankfurt UEFA U19 7 matches
- 2025 — 2026 Eintracht Frankfurt II 11 matches
- 2026 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 match
- 2023 — 2024 Eintracht Frankfurt U17 32 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | 1.FC Saarbrücken | 3. Liga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 116 |
| 26/27 | 1.FC Saarbrücken | DFB Pokal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 25/26 | Eintracht Frankf U19 | U19 DFB-Nachwuchsliga - Vorrunde Gruppe D | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 014 |
| 25/26 | Eintracht Frankfurt UEFA U19 | UEFA Youth League | 7 | 5 | 2 | 528 |
| 25/26 | Eintracht Frankfurt II | Hessenliga | 5 | 1 | 0 | 242 |
| 25/26 | Eintracht Frankf U19 | DFB-Pokal der Junioren | 4 | 1 | 0 | 360 |
| 25/26 | Eintracht Frankfurt | UEFA Champions League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 24/25 | Eintracht Frankf U19 | U19 DFB-Nachwuchsliga - Vorrunde Gruppe D | 9 | 5 | 0 | 737 |
| 24/25 | Eintracht Frankf U19 | U19 DFB-Nachwuchsliga - Hauptrunde Liga A | 8 | 6 | 3 | 714 |
| 24/25 | Eintracht Frankfurt II | Regionalliga Südwest | 6 | 1 | 0 | 252 |
| 24/25 | Eintracht Frankf U19 | German Under-19 Championship | 2 | 2 | 2 | 179 |
| 24/25 | Eintracht Frankf U19 | DFB-Pokal der Junioren | 2 | 2 | 0 | 204 |
| 23/24 | Eintracht Frankfurt U17 | B-Juniors Bundesliga South/Southwest (- 23/24) | 23 | 13 | 8 | 1 419 |
| 23/24 | Eintracht Frankfurt U17 | German Under-17 Championship | 2 | 1 | 1 | 102 |
| 22/23 | Eintracht Frankfurt U17 | B-Juniors Bundesliga South/Southwest (- 23/24) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 161 |
| 22/23 | Eintracht Frankfurt U17 | U17-Bundesliga Sonderspielrunde Vorrunde | 2 | 3 | 0 | 100 |
| 22/23 | Eintracht Frankfurt U17 | U17-Bundesliga Sonderspielrunde Hauptrunde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Total | Eintracht Frankf U19 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 3 208 | |
| Total | Eintracht Frankfurt U17 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 1 857 | |
| Total | Germany U17 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 1 430 | |
| Total | Eintracht Frankfurt II | 11 | 2 | 0 | 494 | |
| Total | Germany U16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 360 | |
| Total | Eintracht Frankfurt UEFA U19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 528 | |
| Total | Germany U19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 252 | |
| Total | 1.FC Saarbrücken | 3 | 0 | 1 | 176 | |
| Total | Germany U15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92 | |
| Total | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Transfers
Transfers- 26/27 FC Saarbrücken E. Frankfurt II
- 26/27 E. Frankfurt II FC Saarbrücken
- 25/26 Frankfurt U19 E. Frankfurt II
- 24/25 Frankfurt U17 Frankfurt U19
- 23/24 Frankfurt Yth. Frankfurt U17
- 18/19 Darmstadt Yth. Frankfurt Yth.
- 17/18 H. Dieburg Yth. Darmstadt Yth.