Left-Back · Defender

#21 Lars Ritzka

St. Pauli 2. Bundesliga · Germany

Date of birth / Age: 7 May 1998 (28)
Height · Weight: 1.85 m · 77 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Left-Back
Citizenship: Germany
Joined club: 1 Jul 2021

Date of birth / Age: 7 May 1998 (28)
Height · Weight: 1.85 m · 77 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Left-Back
Citizenship: Germany
Joined club: 1 Jul 2021

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 24
Starting eleven: 12
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Yellow cards: 1
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 1,001

Starting eleven50%

12 of 24 appearances

Minutes played1,001

42 per appearance

Goal involvement0

0 goals · 0 assists

Positions played

126 matches · since 2020/21

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Position	Apps	G	A
Left-Back	102	4	4
Centre-Back	15	0	0
Left Winger	5	1	0
Attacking Midfield	1	0	0
Other · CF, CM, RB	3	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · full-backs with 900+ minutes

World rank: #947; full-back in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #349; among full-backs aged 26–29
In his league: 23%; of Bundesliga full-backs rank below him

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Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2025/26	Bundesliga	St. Pauli	21	12	0	0	1	0	0	968
2025/26	DFB Pokal	St. Pauli	3	0	0	–	0	–	0	33
2024/25	Bundesliga	St. Pauli	21	11	1	0	1	0	0	919
2024/25	DFB Pokal	St. Pauli	2	0	1	–	0	–	0	51
2023/24	2. Bundesliga	St. Pauli	29	16	2	1	2	0	0	1,497
2023/24	DFB Pokal	St. Pauli	3	3	0	–	1	–	0	138
2022/23	2. Bundesliga	St. Pauli	10	2	0	1	1	0	0	225
2022/23	Regionalliga	St. Pauli II	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	270
2021/22	2. Bundesliga	St. Pauli	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	223
2021/22	Regionalliga	St. Pauli II	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	720
2021/22	DFB Pokal	St. Pauli	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	51
2020/21	3. Liga	Verl	34	30	2	2	3	0	0	2,776
2019/20	Regionalliga	Verl	25	25	1	6	3	0	0	2,250
2019/20	DFB Pokal	Verl	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	300
2018/19	Regionalliga	Hannover 96 II	26	19	2	2	2	0	0	1,793
2017/18	Regionalliga	Hannover 96 II	13	22	1	1	1	0	0	1,091
2016/17	U19 Bundesliga	Hannover 96 U19	25	25	2	–	2	–	0	2,250
2016/17	Regionalliga	Hannover 96 II	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
2015/16	U19 Bundesliga	Hannover 96 U19	26	26	1	–	1	–	0	2,227

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			265	206	13	13^*	18	0^*	0	17,791

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Regionalliga	76	4	9
U19 Bundesliga	51	3	–
2. Bundesliga	50	2	2
Bundesliga	42	1	0
3. Liga	34	2	2
DFB Pokal	12	1	–

* 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 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jul 2021 Jul 2021 · Transfer Verl St. Pauli Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2019 Jul 2019 · Transfer Hannover 96 II Verl Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2014 Jul 2014 · Free Transfer – Hannover 96 II Free Transfer

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