Vincent Sadler (born 6 July 2001) is a German footballer who plays as a defender for TSG Backnang 1919.[1][2]

Vincent Sadler
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-07-06) 6 July 2001 (age 22)
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
TSG Backnang 1919
Number 7
Youth career
2017–2020 Sonnenhof Großaspach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Sonnenhof Großaspach 41 (0)
2022– TSG Backnang 1919 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2022

Career edit

A prospect from the SG Sonnenhof Großaspach youth system, Sadler stood out as a goalscoring defender.[citation needed] In 2019, he was one of four young athletes to receive the "Porsche Turbo Award" in the category of "best academy performance", an award given to the best performances from Porsche affiliated clubs, of whom Sonnenhof Großaspach is one.[3] Sadler made his first appearance for the senior team in a friendly against second-tier club 1. FC Heidenheim in autumn 2019,[4] and was part of the matchday squad in the 3. Liga for the first time in February 2020 against Hallescher FC.[5] After the temporary suspension of the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sadler made his competitive first-team debut in early July in the last home match of the season against 1860 Munich, though Großaspach had already been relegated at this point.[5]

Already in late May 2020, his move ahead of the 2020–21 season to 1. FC Normannia Gmünd had become known, and he was brought there by head coach Zlatko Blaškić who had previously worked with him at Großaspach.[6] After Großaspach suffered relegation to the Regionalliga Südwest, Sadler received an offer from the club to stay and ultimately decided to remain at Sonnenhof Großaspach to compete for a starting role at the club.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ Vincent Sadler at kicker (in German)
  2. ^ Vincent Sadler at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ Rothermel, Markus (19 September 2019). "Porsche Turbo Award 2019 für junge Vorbilder". newsroom.porsche.com (in German). Porsche. Retrieved 19 October 2020. Den Turbo Award für „Beste Schulische Leistung" erhielten [...] Vincent Sadler (SG Sonnenhof Großaspach).
  4. ^ Flegel, Uwe (11 October 2019). "Neue Namen drängen sich keine auf" (in German). Backnanger Kreiszeitung. Retrieved 19 October 2020. Castingteil eins mit insgesamt 23 Akteuren, zu denen mit Vincent Sadler, Maurice Winter und Ivan Bastalec auch drei A-Jugendliche zählte, brachte kaum was Neues.
  5. ^ a b "Vincent Sadler – SG Sonnenhof Großaspach – 3. Liga – 2019/20". kicker (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  6. ^ Lämmerhirt, Timo (24 May 2020). "Normannia Gmünd verpflichtet Vincent Sadler" (in German). Rems-Zeitung. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  7. ^ Vogt, Alex (13 July 2020). "Normannia-Trainingsauftakt mit fünf Neuen" (in German). Rems-Zeitung. Retrieved 19 October 2020. Mit dabei waren fünf Neue, aber nicht der eigentliche Neuzugang Vincent Sadler, der nun doch bei der SG Sonnenhof Großaspach bleibt.