Moritz Nicolas

Early years

Nicolas was born in Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and began playing football for Adler Ellinghorst as an outfield player, before switching to goalkeeper during indoor practice. He continued his youth career with SV Zweckel and VfB Hüls, before joining Rot-Weiss Essen's academy in 2012.

Borussia Mönchengladbach

On 1 July 2015, Nicolas signed with Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he made his debut for the reserve team in the Regionalliga West on 31 October 2015 in a 3–1 home defeat to Viktoria Köln. During summer training camp in 2016, Nicolas was included in the first team's pre-season preparations, while still being a part of the reserves as well as Mönchengladbach's under-19 side. At the end of the 2018–19 campaign, he had made 75 appearances for the reserves in the Regionalliga West.

Union Berlin (loan)

Nicolas joined Bundesliga club Union Berlin on a two-year loan deal on 31 May 2019. He made his professional debut for Union in the Bundesliga on 20 June 2020, starting in the 4–0 away loss to 1899 Hoffenheim. His loan was cut short on 15 August 2020 after making only one appearance for the Berlin side.

VfL Osnabrück (loan)

The same day, Nicolas joined 2. Bundesliga club VfL Osnabrück on a season-long loan. On 28 February 2021, he made his debut for the club, starting in place of the benched Philipp Kühn in a 3–0 league loss to SV Sandhausen. After the game, Nicolas was demoted to backup again, and he would…

As of match played 19 September 2026