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Melkamu Frauendorf
Personal information
Full name Melkamu Benjamin Daniel Frauendorf[1]
Date of birth (2004-01-12) 12 January 2004 (age 20)[2]
Place of birth Kembata, Ethiopia[2]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hannover 96 II
Number 14
Youth career
0000–2020 1899 Hoffenheim
2020–2022 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2024 Liverpool 0 (0)
2024– Hannover 96 II 1 (0)
International career‡
2019 Germany U15 2 (0)
2019 Germany U16 4 (0)
2021 Germany U18 3 (1)
2022– Germany U19 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2024.
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:07 December 30th 2022.

Melkamu Benjamin Daniel Frauendorf (born 12 January 2004) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hannover 96 II. Born in Ethiopia, he is a youth international for Germany.

Club career

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Frauendorf joined Liverpool in 2020, after previously playing for 1899 Hoffenheim, where he scored 7 goals in 40 games for the U17 team.[4]

He made his competitive first-team debut in an FA Cup third round match against Shrewsbury Town on 9 January 2022.[5]

On 9 November 2022, he started his first game for Liverpool in the win against Derby County in the third round of the EFL Cup at Anfield.[6]

On 5 June 2024, Liverpool announced that Frauendorf, along with 7 other academy players, would be released at the end of the 2023–24 season.[7] He subsequently joined 3. Liga side Hannover 96 II.[8]

International career

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Frauendorf is eligible to play for Ethiopia and Germany, and has been capped at various youth international levels for the latter.[4]

Personal life

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Frauendorf's brother, Melesse, is also a footballer, who came through the academy at Hoffenheim with Melkamu and who now plays for TuS Mechtersheim.[9]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 1 July 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liverpool 2021–22 Premier League 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2022–23 Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2023–24 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Hannover 96 II 2024–25 3. Liga 0 0 – – – – 0 0
Career total 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

References

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  1. ^ "2023/24 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Melkamu Frauendorf". Liverpool FC. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Melkamu Frauendorf: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Melkamu Frauendorf - Spielerprofil". DFB Datencenter (in German).
  5. ^ "Liverpool 4-1 Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Kelleher's shootout saves see Liverpool scrape past Derby in Carabao Cup". Guardian. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  7. ^ Shaw, Chris (5 June 2024). "LFC confirms Premier League retained list and departures". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  8. ^ Price, Glenn (29 June 2024). "Melkamu Frauendorf joins Hannover 96". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  9. ^ "12 Liverpool players whose brothers are also footballers – including 2 at the club!". This is Anfield. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
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