Deniz Undav, born on 19 July 1996 (age 30), is a German striker with Stuttgart, wearing squad number 26. His current market value is around £17m, according to Transfermarkt.
His route was not especially polished. Early loan football formed an important part of his development, giving him the senior minutes strikers need before anyone starts talking too confidently about their level. The real surge came at Union Saint-Gilloise in 2021-22, when he scored 25 goals in 33 league appearances. That season remains the clearest marker of his productivity.
At Stuttgart in 2026-27, Undav has made 13 appearances in all competitions, scoring once. That goal came in the Champions League, where he has featured four times. He has also made nine Bundesliga appearances. At international level, he has represented Germany this season with four World Cup appearances and three goals.
Undav’s career has been built through gradual steps rather than early certainty: loan football, a prolific spell in Belgium, then a place at Stuttgart and involvement with Germany. It is a solid professional arc, shaped most sharply by that Union Saint-Gilloise season.
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