Hertha BSC’s 2-1 win against SpVgg Greuther Fürth on the 33rd matchday ensured that the cloverleaf had to tremble violently about staying in the league, and the threesome were no longer able to push the Berliners into the promotion race. The game nevertheless left its mark on the history of the German lower house of football.
In the 55th minute, midfielder Kennet Eichhorn gave Hertha BSC the lead against SpVgg Greuther Fürth – and thus wrote a piece of German football history.
At 16 years, 9 months and 13 days, Eichhorn became the youngest goalscorer in German second division history. The German junior international was 52 days younger than the previous record holder Gunther Reeg in 1985. Reeg scored SV Darmstadt 98’s only goal in a 3-1 defeat against MSV Duisburg.
The top 10 youngest goalscorers in the 2nd Bundesliga include some very prominent football greats.
In third place is Assan Ouédraogo (17 years, 2 months, 19 days) from RB Leipzig, who scored in the 3-5 win against Hamburger SV while still playing for FC Schalke in July 2023. Ouédraogo has now even made his debut for the German senior national team.
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Also for S04, Olaf Thon entered the top scorer list on September 10, 1983 at the age of 17 years, 4 months and 10 days. In the all-time ranking, that’s enough for seventh place. Leon Goretzka is also in the top 10 in ninth place. The FC Bayern star scored for VfL Bochum in August 2012 at the age of 17 years, 5 months and 29 days.
Last August, at 16 years and 14 days, Eichhorn became the youngest player to play in the second division. In December he scored his first professional goal in the DFB Cup and became the youngest goalscorer in cup history. Eichhorn is considered one of the greatest talents in Germany and has already aroused the interest of several top clubs. These allegedly include FC Bayern and BVB.
