Sebastian Rode

Kickers Offenbach

Rode joined Kickers Offenbach in 2005 and played in their youth teams. In the 2008–09 season, he played in the Under 19 Bundesliga, but was regularly training with the first team. He made his professional debut for Offenbach on 7 March 2009 in the 3. Liga – the third tier of German football – against Eintracht Braunschweig. He developed into a regular starter for the first team in the 2009–10 season, but only made 13 appearances, as suffered an ACL injury in his right knee in September 2009.

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 3 June 2010, Rode left Offenbach and joined rival team Eintracht Frankfurt, where he signed a contract until June 2014. After sustaining cartilage damage in his left knee in September 2010, he missed the first half of the 2010–11 season. He made his Bundesliga debut on 21 January 2011 in an 1-0 away defeat against Hamburger SV and scored his first Bundesliga goal on 23 April 2011 in a 1-1 draw at home against FC Bayern Munich. Eintracht were relegated from the Bundesliga at the end of the season, but Rode remained with the club despite offers from other Bundesliga clubs. In the following season, he played 33 league games in the 2. Bundesliga, scoring two goals and providing ten assists, making a significant contribution to Eintracht's second place finish and the resulting promotion back to the first division. In the 2012–13 season, Rode kept his position as a regular starter, playing 33 league games. At the end of the season,…

A former German youth international across various ranks, Rode has represented Germany at U18, U19, U20, and U21 level.

Rode earned his Abitur in 2010 in the Goethe Gymnasium in Bensheim.

Club

Bayern Munich

Bundesliga: 2014–15, 2015–16 DFB-Pokal: 2015–16 Borussia Dortmund

DFB-Pokal: 2016–17 Eintracht Frankfurt

UEFA Europa League: 2021–22 UEFA Super Cup runner-up: 2022 DFB-Pokal runner-up: 2022–23 2. Bundesliga runner-up: 2011–12