Davie Selke
Selke in 2016
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| Date of birth | 20 January 1995 | |||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Schorndorf, Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | |||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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RB Leipzig | |||||||||||||||||
| Number | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Stuttgarter Kickers | ||||||||||||||||||
| VfB Stuttgart | ||||||||||||||||||
| –2009 | Normannia Gmünd | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | 1899 Hoffenheim | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Werder Bremen | |||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Werder Bremen | 33 | (9) | |||||||||||||||
| 2015– | RB Leipzig | 45 | (12) | |||||||||||||||
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| 2011 | Germany U16 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Germany U17 | 5 | (2) | |||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Germany U18 | 7 | (4) | |||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Germany U19 | 13 | (11) | |||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Germany U20 | 32 | (23) | |||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Germany U21 | 9 | (7) | |||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Germany Olympic | 5 | (2) | |||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 November 2016 |
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Davie Selke (born 20 January 1995) is a German footballer who plays as a striker for RB Leipzig. He currently holds the record for being the most expensive 2. Liga signing of all time.
Having spent the majority of his youth years at Hoffenheim, Selke signed for Werder Bremen in 2013 for €50,000. While spending most of the 2013–2014 season playing for the reserves in the fourth-tier Regionalliga Nord, he made his first-team debut for the club on 3 November 2013, coming on as a second half substitute for Clemens Fritz in a 3–2 Bundesliga victory over Hannover. The following month, Selke exchanged blows with Fritz during a training session, with the pair having to be separated by teammates. He ended the season having scored 9 goals in 24 appearances for the reserves and remaining goalless in three first-team appearances for Die Grün-Weißen.
At the start of the 2014–15 campaign, Selke signed a new four-year deal with Bremen, tying him to the club until 2018. He scored his first goal on 20 September 2014, netting in a 4–2 Bundesliga loss against FC Augsburg. A late flurry of four goals and four assists in nine games from Selke helped Bremen to a tenth-placed finish in the league, thus securing their status in the Bundesliga for another season.
Despite having signed a contract extension with Bremen just six months prior, Selke announced on 1 April 2015 that he would be joining 2. Liga side RB Leipzig at the end of the season. The €8m fee Leipzig paid for Selke made him the most expensive 2.Liga signing in the history of the competition. With Selke having been courted throughout the season by a host of European clubs, included in which were Real Madrid, Selke's decision to drop a division was seen as one of financial motive, especially given that Leipzig are owned by energy drink company Red Bull whom many feel are threatening the organic structure of German football. Following the announcement of his departure, Selke was consistently jeered by parts of the Werder Bremen fans during the remaining matches of the season. When asked about his impending move and the jeers, Selke responded by saying:
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