Niclas Füllkrug became the hero of Germany with the goal against Spain that gave the Teutons a tie and keeps alive the aspirations to the round of 16 of the Europeans. In less than a year, Füllkrug went from playing in the second division to being number 9 in the German team.
The 29-year-old striker has risen from the fourth division to the top flight of the Bundesliga with various teams. Nurnberg, Greuther Furth, Hannover 96 and Werder Bremen are the clubs in which the German has played.
This was Füllkrug’s first call-up to the senior team in his career. This was due to the fact that last season He was the best scorer for Werder Bremen in the second division of the Bundesliga and who put the German club in the first division.
The German number 9 scored 19 goals in 38 games and in this half of the campaign he remains the same with goals: 10 goals in 14 games and he earned being the 9th four-time world champion.
In less than 3 years he went from playing in the second division, being a goalscorer, climbing to the first category and capturing the eyes of the world with a great goal against Spain and continue dreaming of qualifying for the round of 16 if they defeat Costa Rica.
Germany needs to defeat Costa Rica and Japan not win against Spain to reach the next phase of Qatar 2022.
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