Bayer Leverkusen star Kai Havertz and Cologne’s Noah Katterbach have both been granted with the renowned gold Fritz Walter Medal for youthful German players. The German Football Association (DFB) regarded the adolescents at U-19 and U-17 level separately.
Germany U-19 chief Havertz turned into the most youthful player in Bundesliga history to achieve 50 appearances amid 2017/18. The 19-year-old Aachen-conceived assaulting midfielder has scored seven objectives and gave 15 aids his Bundesliga vocation up until now, and won the gold decoration at U-19 level in front of Hertha Berlin’s Arne Maier, and Hamburg’s Manuel Wintzheimer.
Cologne protector Noah Katterback was regarded at U-17 level with the gold decoration, in front of Oliver Batista Meier of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund’s Luca Unbehaun. The 17-year-old Cologne left-back has officially shown up for the German U-17 group and may well influence his first-group to make a big appearance amid the 2018/19 season with the Billy Goats in Bundesliga 2.
Named out of appreciation for West Germany’s 1954 World Cup-winning chief, the Fritz Walter Medal is viewed as the most elevated honor for players in German youth football (U19 and U17, additionally beforehand U18) and has been granted to some star names previously.
World Cup champs Toni Kroos (2008) and Mario Götze (2009 and 2010) are only two of the greatest names to win the gold award in their age aggregate as the years progressed. Current Bundesliga first-cooperative people Benjamin Henrichs (2016), Jonathan Tah (2015), Julian Brandt (2014), Niklas Stark (2014), Matthias Ginter (2013, 2012), Timo Werner (2013), Timo Horn (2010), Lewis Holtby (2009), Benedikt Höwedes (2007) and Lars Bender (2006) have all likewise been respected with the gold award since its presentation in 2005.
