Personal information | |||
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Full name | Melkamu Benjamin Daniel Frauendorf[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 12 January 2004||
Place of birth | Kembata, Ethiopia[2] | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Liverpool | ||
Number | 94 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2020 | 1899 Hoffenheim | ||
2020–2022 | Liverpool | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Germany U15 | 2 | (0) |
2019 | Germany U16 | 4 | (0) |
2021 | Germany U18 | 3 | (1) |
2022– | Germany U19 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:07 December 30th 2022. ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:07 December 30th 2022. |
Melkamu Benjamin Daniel Frauendorf (born 12 January 2004) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool. Born in Ethiopia, he is a youth international for Germany.
Frauendorf joined Liverpool in 2020, after previously playing for 1899 Hoffenheim, where he scored 7 goals in 40 games for the U17 team.[4]
He made his competitive first-team debut in an FA Cup third round match against Shrewsbury Town on 9 January 2022.[5]
On 9 November 2022, he started his first game for Liverpool in the win against Derby County in the third round of the EFL Cup at Anfield.[6]
Frauendorf is eligible to play for Ethiopia and Germany, and has been capped at various youth international levels for the latter.[4]
Frauendorf's brother, Melesse, is also a footballer, who came through the academy at Hoffenheim with Melkamu and who now plays for TuS Mechtersheim.[7]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Liverpool | 2021–22 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2022–23 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Career total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |