Stefano

Russo

DM Arminia Bielefeld #21

Defensive Midfield – Midfielder

Stefano Russo

Arminia Bielefeld 2. Bundesliga

Top 9% of defensive midfielders in the world
#85 defensive midfielder aged 26–29
Top 15% in the 2. Bundesliga

Date of birth / Age: 29 Jun 2000 (26)
Citizenship: GermanyItaly
Foot: Right
Height / Weight: 1.84 m / 78 kg
Main position: Defensive Midfield
Contract until: 2028

Benchmarks

defensive midfielders with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#248

defensive midfielder in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#85

among defensive midfielders aged 26–29

In his league

85%

of 2. Bundesliga defensive midfielders rank below him

Finishing

+0.8

goals above expected · better than 71% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

5 Expected

4.2

96 shots. He scores about what the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

4 Expected

6.2

Teammates converted fewer of his chances than expected.

Season 2025/26

AppsAppearances: 28
StartsStarting eleven: 28
GoalsGoals: 2
AssistsAssists: 0
YellowYellow cards: 7
2nd yellowSecond yellows: 0
RedRed cards: 0
MinutesMinutes: 2,403

Starting eleven100%

28 of 28 appearances

Minutes played2,403

86 per appearance

Goal involvement2

2 goals · 0 assists

Positions played

148 matches · since 2020/21

AMCBCMDM

Position	Apps	G	A
Defensive Midfield	80	3	3
Central Midfield	57	2	2
Centre-Back	9	1	0
Attacking Midfield	2	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	Arminia Bielefeld	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	370
2025/2625/26	2. Bundesliga2. Bundesliga	Arminia Bielefeld	27	27	2	0	7	0	0	2,313
2025/2625/26	DFB PokalDFB Pokal	Arminia Bielefeld	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2024/2524/25	3. Liga3. Liga	Arminia Bielefeld	36	35	1	3	9	0	0	3,070
2024/2524/25	DFB PokalDFB Pokal	Arminia Bielefeld	4	4	0	–	1	–	0	360
2023/2423/24	3. Liga3. Liga	Viktoria Köln	33	31	2	1	9	0	0	2,677
2023/2423/24	DFB PokalDFB Pokal	Viktoria Köln	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	169
2022/2322/23	3. Liga3. Liga	Waldhof Mannheim	19	9	1	1	5	0	0	962
2022/2322/23	DFB PokalDFB Pokal	Waldhof Mannheim	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	120
2021/2221/22	3. Liga3. Liga	Waldhof Mannheim	25	17	0	0	6	0	0	1,574
2021/2221/22	DFB PokalDFB Pokal	Waldhof Mannheim	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	170
2020/2120/21	3. Liga3. Liga	Waldhof Mannheim	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	291
2019/2019/20	RegionalligaRegionalliga	Augsburg II	14	10	0	0	3	0	0	894
2018/1918/19	U19 BundesligaU19 Bundesliga	Augsburg U19	23	23	2	–	7	–	1	2,032
2017/1817/18	U19 BundesligaU19 Bundesliga	Hoffenheim U19	2	1	0	–	1	–	1	89
2016/1716/17	U17 BundesligaU17 Bundesliga	Hoffenheim U17	24	24	5	–	4	–	0	2,036
2015/1615/16	U17 BundesligaU17 Bundesliga	Hoffenheim U17	5	5	0	–	1	–	0	310

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			227	199	14	5^*	53	0^*	2	17,527

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
3. Liga	118	5	5
2. Bundesliga	31	2	0
U17 Bundesliga	29	5	–
U19 Bundesliga	25	2	–
Regionalliga	14	0	0
DFB Pokal	10	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 Viktoria Köln Arminia Bielefeld Transfer
Jul 2023 Jul 2023 · Transfer Waldhof Mannheim Viktoria Köln Transfer
Jul 2021 Jul 2021 · Transfer SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 II Waldhof Mannheim Transfer
Nov 2020 Nov 2020 · Free Transfer FC Augsburg Under 19 SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 II Free Transfer Free
Jul 2020 Jul 2020 · Free Agent Augsburg II – Free Agent Free
Jul 2019 Jul 2019 · Transfer FC Augsburg Under 19 Augsburg II Transfer
Jul 2018 Jul 2018 · Transfer TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Under 19 Augsburg Transfer
Jul 2016 Jul 2016 · Free Transfer – Hoffenheim Free Transfer Free

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Arminia Bielefeld 2024–2027 72 3
Viktoria Köln 2023 35 2
Waldhof Mannheim 2020–2023 52 2
Augsburg II 2019 14 0
Augsburg U19 2018 23 2
Hoffenheim U19 2017 2 0
Hoffenheim U17 2015–2017 29 5

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