Christian Groß

After playing in the youth team of VfL Osnabrück for a year, Groß joined the youth department of Hamburger SV in 2006, at the age of 17. After two years in the Hamburg under-19 team, he was promoted to Hamburger SV II in 2008, which played in the Regionalliga Nord. He became a regular in the defensive midfield in the second half of the season, and was given a professional contract for the following season. He trained with the first team and was one of the most important players in the second team, but never made an appearance in the Bundesliga. During his time at Hamburg II, he was called up to the German under-20 national team, where he made a brief appearance in a friendly against Italy on 7 April 2010. In 2011, he decided to leave Hamburger SV and joined SV Babelsberg 03. He made his first appearance in professional football on 23 July 2011, the first matchday of the 2011–12 3. Liga. For the 2014–15 season, he moved to his youth club VfL Osnabrück, where he was a regular in the defensive midfield and was the team's captain from 2016 onwards. He joined fourth-division club Werder Bremen II for the 2018–19 season, where he was also named team captain and, as one of the few older players in the under-23 team, had the task of passing on his experience to the young talents. In the pre-season of the 2019–20 season, Groß trained with the Werder Bremen first team. He was called up as a centre-back as there were not enough players available for this position due to injuries. After…