Linton

Maina

AM Köln #37

Attacking Midfield – Forward

Linton Maina

Köln Bundesliga

Top 31% of wingers in the world
#534 winger aged 26–29

Date of birth / Age: 23 Jun 1999 (27)
Citizenship: GermanyKenya
Foot: Right
Height · Weight: 1.73 m / 70 kg
Main position: Attacking Midfield
Joined club: 1 Jul 2022

Benchmarks

wingers with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#1586

winger in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#534

among wingers aged 26–29

In his league

of Bundesliga wingers rank below him

Finishing

−1.1

goals below expected · better than 33% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

6 Expected

7.1

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

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

14 Expected

11.6

Teammates converted more of his chances than expected.

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 26
Starting eleven: 10
Goals: 2
Assists: 0
Yellow cards: 1
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 1,097

Starting eleven38%

10 of 26 appearances

Minutes played1,097

42 per appearance

Goal involvement2

2 goals · 0 assists

Positions played

215 matches · since 2017/18

DMLBCMRBRWCFLWAM

Position	Apps	G	A
Attacking Midfield	97	10	15
Left Winger	39	7	5
Centre-Forward	26	1	6
Right Winger	25	2	2
Other · RB, CM, LB, DM	28	0	7

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Bundesliga	Köln	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	106
2025/26	Bundesliga	Köln	24	9	2	0	0	0	0	1,018
2025/26	DFB Pokal	Köln	2	1	0	–	1	–	0	79
2024/25	2. Bundesliga	Köln	27	22	3	11	2	0	0	2,036
2024/25	DFB Pokal	Köln	4	4	2	–	1	–	0	410
2023/24	Bundesliga	Köln	31	21	1	3	4	0	0	1,900
2023/24	DFB Pokal	Köln	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	69
2022/23	Bundesliga	Köln	33	27	3	6	1	0	0	2,258
2022/23	UEFA Europa Conference League	Köln	8	2	0	–	2	–	0	321
2022/23	DFB Pokal	Köln	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	36
2021/22	2. Bundesliga	Hannover 96	27	19	6	1	2	0	0	1,616
2021/22	DFB Pokal	Hannover 96	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	228
2020/21	2. Bundesliga	Hannover 96	18	7	2	2	1	0	0	705
2020/21	DFB Pokal	Hannover 96	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	19
2019/20	2. Bundesliga	Hannover 96	24	18	2	5	1	0	0	1,619
2019/20	DFB Pokal	Hannover 96	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2018/19	Bundesliga	Hannover 96	20	17	1	3	0	0	0	1,424
2018/19	DFB Pokal	Hannover 96	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2018/19	U20 Elite League	Germany U20	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	62
2017/18	U19 Bundesliga	Hannover 96 U19	11	11	5	–	1	–	0	945
2017/18	Bundesliga	Hannover 96	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	32
2018	UEFA U19 Championship	Germany U19	3	1	0	–	0	–	0	109
2016/17	U19 Bundesliga	Hannover 96 U19	22	19	4	–	1	–	0	1,479
2015/16	U17 Bundesliga	Hannover 96 U17	20	19	2	–	2	–	0	1,545

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			287	205	33	33^*	19	0^*	0	18,196

By competition	Apps	G	A
Bundesliga	112	7	14
2. Bundesliga	96	13	19
U19 Bundesliga	33	9	–
U17 Bundesliga	20	2	–
DFB Pokal	14	2	–
UEFA Europa Conference League	8	0	–
Germany U19	3	0	–
Germany U20	1	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

Jul 2022 Jul 2022 · Transfer Hannover 96 Köln Transfer
Jul 2018 Jul 2018 · Transfer Hannover 96 Under 19 Hannover 96 Transfer
Jul 2016 Jul 2016 · Transfer Hannover 96 Under 17 Hannover 96 Under 19 Transfer
Jul 2014 Jul 2014 · Free Transfer – Hannover 96 Under 17 Free Transfer Free

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Köln 2022–2027 133 11
Hannover 96 2017–2022 97 11
Hannover 96 U19 2016–2018 33 9
Hannover 96 U17 2015 20 2

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