Fiete Arp

Jann-Fiete Arp (born 6 January 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for 2. Bundesliga club Holstein Kiel, on loan from Bayern Munich. He has also represented Germany at youth international level.

Club Career

Early career

Arp, who is only called by his middle name Fiete, was born in Bad Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein and grew up with his separated parents in Bad Segeberg and nearby Wahlstedt. At the age of 4, he started playing football at SV Wahlstedt. His first major success was winning the 2008 Gothia Cup with the U11 team of the Segeberg District Football Association.

For the 2010–11 season, Arp moved to the Hamburger SV youth academy, where he initially played with the U11 team. In the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons, Arp scored 36 goals in a total of 44 appearances in the Under 17 Bundesliga and was the top scorer of the North/Northeast group with 26 goals in the 2016–17 season. During the winter break of the 2016–17 season, Arp was included with the Hamburger SV first team under head coach Markus Gisdol. In the second half of the season, in parallel to appearances in the U17 league – he also appeared in the Under 19 Bundesliga, in which he scored 2 goals in 4 appearances by the end of the season. For his achievements, Arp received the golden Fritz Walter Medal in the U17 age group in July 2017.

Hamburger SV

Arp made his debut for Hamburger SV in the Nordderby against rivals Werder Bremen, coming on as an 89th-minute substitute for Bobby Wood. This made him the first Bundesliga player born in the 2000s.

On 28 October 2017, Arp scored his first Bundesliga goal against Hertha BSC, thus becoming the first Bundesliga player born in the 2000s to score a goal.

Bayern Munich

On 7 February 2019, it was announced that Arp would join Bayern Munich at the beginning of either the 2019–20 season or the 2020–21 season. He ultimately joined Bayern Munich on 1 July 2019. After a disappointin

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