Stats correct as of 1 June 2026
Age: 28 (born 19 July 1996)
Club: VfB Stuttgart
Position: Forward
Country: Germany (eight caps, six goals)
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Undav finished 2025/26 as the Bundesliga's highest-scoring German national, with a 19-goal haul bettered league wide only by England's Harry Kane. He also scored three times in the DFB Cup, as well as three in the UEFA Europa League. It's the second time in three seasons of German top-flight football he's hit double figures for league goals, though his career-best tally to date remains a 25-strike spree in Belgium for Union Saint-Gilloise (2021/22).
Incredibly for a player who was operating out of Germany's lower leagues as recently as 2020, and barely got a look-in at Brighton & Hove Albion before bedding down in Stuttgart, Undav is set to play at his second major tournament with Germany when the World Cup 2026 rolls around. The 5'11" forward has already registered eight goal involvements in as many senior appearances for his country, at a clip of one every 43 minutes.
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