Nico Schlotterbeck

Early career

Schlotterbeck began his club career together with his older brother Keven in his home district Rems-Murr at SG Weinstadt. Both his father and uncle Niels Schlotterbeck used to play football themselves, although the former had to end his career early at the age of 19 due to illness. During trial training sessions, the brothers Nico and Keven, who grew up in the district Beutelsbach in Weinstadt, were accepted into the academy of Stuttgart Kickers. Their friend Antonios Papadopoulos, also born in 1999, was accepted along with them. Papadopoulos and Schlotterbeck played together in Stuttgart until the Under-15s and also faced teams such as Ajax Amsterdam and Juventus FC in junior tournaments. After a year at VfR Aalen, which uncle Niels Schlotterbeck described as a ‘step backwards’, things started looking up again for the youngster in 2015 when he was accepted into the Under-17s team of Karlsruher SC. Under the coach Lukas Kwasniok Schlotterbeck played as centre-back in that team and was together with Tim Kircher for example part of the defense unit which would later go on to play professionally at the KSC. As part of the Under-17s Schlotterbeck finished in the upper half of the league standings and scored two goals. Due to his rough playing style he was at risk for being suspended for too many yellow cards a second time after already receiving a first suspension during that season. At only 16 years old he was then called up into the Under-19 squad of the…

Schlotterbeck got his debut call-up to the Germany national team under coach Hansi Flick for FIFA World Cup qualification in September 2021. He made his debut against Israel in a friendly on 27 March 2022. Later that year, on 10 November, he was named in the 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Schlotterbeck was named in Germany's squad for UEFA Euro 2024. On 21 May 2026, he was selected in Germany's 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. On 14 June 2026, he scored his first international goal in Germany's opening game of the tournament, a 7–1 win over Curaçao, with a header in the 38th minute. He sustained an ankle injury during the second group match against Ivory Coast, ruling him out for the remainder of the tournament.

Club

As of match played 16 May 2026

International

As of match played 20 June 2026

Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Schlotterbeck goal.

Schlotterbeck is the nephew of former professional footballer Niels Schlotterbeck, who played for Freiburg. His older brother, Keven, is a professional footballer who plays for English side Southampton. Schlotterbeck's cousin, Sandrine, appeared on the seventh series of the German edition of Love Island in 2022.