Dennis Kaygın
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 April 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Saulheim, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Ingolstadt | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2011 | FSV 1946 Saulheim | ||
| 2011–2023 | Mainz 05 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2024 | Rapid Wien II | 26 | (7) |
| 2023–2025 | Rapid Wien | 14 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Willem II (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2025– | FC Ingolstadt | 23 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Germany U18 | 3 | (1) |
| 2022 | Germany U19 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:13, 3 February 2025 (UTC) | |||
Dennis Kaygın (born 2 April 2004) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 3. Liga club FC Ingolstadt.
Club career
[edit]Kaygın is a product of the youth academies of the German clubs FSV 1946 Saulheim and Mainz 05.[1] In the 2022–23 season, he was the second top scorer for the Mainz U19s with 22 goals in 19 games and helped them win the Under 19 Bundesliga.[2]
On 9 June 2023, he transferred to the Austrian club Rapid Wien on a three-year contract.[3] He made his senior and professional debut with Rapid Wien as a substitute in a 1–0 loss to Red Bull Salzburg on 9 December 2023.[4] On 10 January 2025, he joined the Dutch Eredivisie club Willem II on loan for the second half of the 2024–25 season.[5]
On 24 June 2025, Kaygın signed with FC Ingolstadt in 3. Liga.[6]
International career
[edit]Born in Germany, Kaygın is of Turkish and Swedish descent and holds all three citizenships.[7][8] He played up to the Germany U19s in 2022. On 8 November 2024, he was called up to the Turkey U20s for Under 20 Elite League matches.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Dennis Kaygin". www.fsv-1946-saulheim.de.
- ↑ DİVARCI, Göksel (25 April 2023). "Dennis, Mainz'i uçurdu". www.hurriyet.com.tr.
- ↑ "Rapid verpflichtet einen deutschen U-19-Teamspieler: Dennis Kaygin". kurier.at. 9 June 2023.
- ↑ "Rapid Wien vs. Red Bull Salzburg - Final Score - December 09, 2023". FOX Sports.
- ↑ "Rapid gibt Talent Kaygin leihweise in die Niederlande ab". kicker.
- ↑ "Dritter Neuzugang: FCI holt Dennis Kaygin von Rapid Wien" [Third new signing: FCI signs Dennis Kaygin from Rapid Vienna] (in German). FC Ingolstadt 04. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ↑ "Willem II huurt Dennis Kaygin van SK Rapid Wien | Willem II". www.willem-ii.nl.
- ↑ "Neuzugang vom deutschen U19-Meister". SK Rapid. Archived from the original on 19 August 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ↑ "U20 Millî Takımı'nın Almanya Maçı Aday Kadrosu Açıklandı - U20 Milli Takım Haber Detay Sayfası TFF". www.tff.org.
External links
[edit]- Dennis Kaygın at Soccerway
- Dennis Kaygın at DFB (also available in German)
- 2004 births
- Living people
- People from Alzey-Worms
- Turkish people of Swedish descent
- German people of Swedish descent
- German people of Turkish descent
- Sportspeople of Turkish descent
- Turkish men's footballers
- German men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Germany men's youth international footballers
- SK Rapid Wien players
- Willem II Tilburg players
- FC Ingolstadt 04 players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- 2. Liga (Austria) players
- Austrian Regionalliga players
- Eredivisie players
- Turkish expatriate men's footballers
- German expatriate men's footballers
- Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- German expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Turkish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- 21st-century German sportsmen