Kai Klefisch, Central Midfield at Darmstadt 98

Kai

Klefisch

CM Darmstadt 98 #17

Central Midfield – Midfielder

Kai Klefisch

Darmstadt 98 2. Bundesliga

Top 8% of defensive midfielders in the world
#82 defensive midfielder aged 26–29
Top 14% in the 2. Bundesliga

Date of birth / Age: 3 Dec 1999 (26)
Citizenship: Germany
Foot: Right
Height / Weight: 1.88 m / 75 kg
Main position: Central Midfield
Joined club: 1 Jul 2024

Benchmarks

defensive midfielders with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#244

defensive midfielder in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#82

among defensive midfielders aged 26–29

In his league

87%

of 2. Bundesliga defensive midfielders rank below him

Finishing

−1.1

goals below expected · better than 33% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

4 Expected

5.1

54 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

1 Expected

3.3

Teammates converted fewer of his chances than expected.

Season 2026/27

AppsAppearances: 2
StartsStarting eleven: 3
GoalsGoals: 0
AssistsAssists: 1
YellowYellow cards: 1
2nd yellowSecond yellows: 1
RedRed cards: 0
MinutesMinutes: 161

Starting eleven150%

3 of 2 appearances

Minutes played161

81 per appearance

Goal involvement1

0 goals · 1 assists

Positions played

195 matches · since 2019/20

RWAMCBDMCM

Position	Apps	G	A
Central Midfield	104	8	4
Defensive Midfield	77	2	3
Centre-Back	7	0	0
Attacking Midfield	6	0	2
Right Winger	1	0	0

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/2726/27	2. Bundesliga2. Bundesliga	Darmstadt 98	2	3	0	1	1	1	0	161
2025/2625/26	2. Bundesliga2. Bundesliga	Darmstadt 98	29	29	1	0	5	0	0	2,547
2025/2625/26	DFB PokalDFB Pokal	Darmstadt 98	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	255
2024/2524/25	2. Bundesliga2. Bundesliga	Darmstadt 98	24	22	2	0	4	0	0	1,800
2024/2524/25	DFB PokalDFB Pokal	Darmstadt 98	3	3	1	–	0	–	0	300
2023/2423/24	2. Bundesliga2. Bundesliga	Paderborn	29	24	1	1	6	1	0	1,958
2023/2423/24	DFB PokalDFB Pokal	Paderborn	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	213
2022/2322/23	2. Bundesliga2. Bundesliga	Paderborn	15	11	1	1	1	0	0	998
2022/2322/23	DFB PokalDFB Pokal	Paderborn	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	32
2021/2221/22	3. Liga3. Liga	Viktoria Köln	33	31	1	3	7	0	0	2,726
2021/2221/22	DFB PokalDFB Pokal	Viktoria Köln	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	120
2020/2120/21	3. Liga3. Liga	Viktoria Köln	36	33	2	2	12	0	0	2,937
2019/2019/20	3. Liga3. Liga	Viktoria Köln	26	14	2	1	3	0	0	1,318
2018/1918/19	RegionalligaRegionalliga	Viktoria Köln	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	220
2018/1918/19	DFB PokalDFB Pokal	Viktoria Köln	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	14
2016/1716/17	U19 BundesligaU19 Bundesliga	Viktoria Köln U19	23	17	1	–	4	–	1	1,697

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			237	196	12	9^*	43	2^*	1	17,296

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
2. Bundesliga	99	5	3
3. Liga	95	5	6
U19 Bundesliga	23	1	–
DFB Pokal	12	1	–
Regionalliga	8	0	0

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

DateMoveFee
Jul 2024 Jul 2024 · Transfer Paderborn Darmstadt 98 Transfer
Jul 2022 Jul 2022 · Transfer Viktoria Köln Paderborn Transfer
Jan 2018 Jan 2018 · Transfer FC Viktoria Köln Under 19 Viktoria Köln Transfer
Jul 2016 Jul 2016 · Transfer FC Viktoria Köln Under 17 FC Viktoria Köln Under 19 Transfer

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Darmstadt 98 2024–2027 61 4
Paderborn 2022–2024 48 2
Viktoria Köln 2018–2022 105 5
Viktoria Köln U19 2016 23 1

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