Steffen Tigges

Tigges training with VfL Osnabrück in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-07-31) 31 July 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Osnabrück, Germany
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	1. FC Köln
Number	21
Youth career
0000–2011	TuS Glane
2011–2017	VfL Osnabrück
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2019	VfL Osnabrück	84	(4)
2016	VfL Osnabrück II	2	(2)
2019–2022	Borussia Dortmund II	64	(34)
2021–2022	Borussia Dortmund	15	(3)
2022–2023	1. FC Köln II	2	(0)
2022–	1. FC Köln	64	(9)
International career‡
2017	Germany U19	1	(0)
2017	Germany U20	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:33, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Steffen Tigges (born 31 July 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln.^[1]

Tigges started his career at his hometown club VfL Osnabrück. He was part of the Osnabrück team that won the 2018–19 3. Liga championship, but only made five starts, playing mostly as a left winger.^[2] With his contract expiring, it was announced in April that he would join Borussia Dortmund II in the Regionalliga West for the following season.^[3]

Tigges scored 9 goals in the Regionalliga West during his first year with Dortmund II.^[4] In his second season, Tigges captained Dortmund II as they won the Regionalliga West, scoring 22 goals, and also played in the first team.^[5] His first game for the senior team was a DFB-Pokal match against Eintracht Braunschweig. On 3 January 2021, Tigges came on as a substitute for Erling Haaland in Borussia Dortmund's match against VfL Wolfsburg, making his Bundesliga debut.^[6] He made 6 appearances in the 2020–21 Bundesliga, and also played in the UEFA Champions League knockout stages against Manchester City.^[5]

In the 2021–22 season, Tigges played in all competitions for the first team, scoring 3 Bundesliga goals.^[4]

Tigges joined 1. FC Köln in 2022.^[7] He scored his first goal for Köln in a 3-2 comeback win over former club Dortmund in October. and scored two in another 3-2 win two weeks later against FC Augsburg.^[8][9]

Tigges scored a goal from his own half against Werder Bremen in a surprise 7-1 win in the first game of 2023, in which he managed a brace and an assist.^[10] He ended the season as the club's highest scoring striker, with 6 goals.^[11]

In the 2023-24 season Tigges did not score until the 28th matchday, but scored two crucial equalisers in comebacks against VfL Bochum and Union Berlin which gave Köln a chance of survival.^[12] Köln were ultimately relegated, finishing 17th and scoring the fewest goals in the league.^[13]

Tigges' twin brother Leon is also a professional footballer.^[14]

As of match played 18 May 2024

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• Steffen Tigges at Soccerway

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