Davide-Jerome Itter (born 5 January 1999) is a German professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

right-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

right midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

for

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ('Regional League Southwest') is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with t ...

club

FC Gießen FC Gießen 1927 Teutonia/1900 VfB e.V., commonly known as FC Gießen, is a Football in Germany, German association football club from the city of Giessen and the Watzenborn-Steinberg Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter of the town of Pohlheim, ...

Early and personal life

Itter was born in

Gießen Giessen, spelled in German (), is a town in the German state () of Hesse, capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen. The population is approximately 90,000, with roughly 37,000 university students. Th ...

. He is the twin brother of fellow professional footballer Gian-Luca Itter, the son of former amateur player Frank Itter and grandson of Oswald Itter, who played for FC Cleeberg before his career was ended by a meniscus injury, aged 18.

Club career

Itter played youth football for FC Cleeberg,

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a German professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German footb ...

and

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg (), is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg. I ...

alongside his twin brother Gian-Luca. He made his senior debut for

VfL Wolfsburg II VfL Wolfsburg II was a German association football team from the city of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. It was the reserve team of VfL Wolfsburg. The team's greatest success was two league championships in the tier four Regionalliga Nord, in 2013–14 ...

in 2018 and scored once in 38 appearances for the reserve side across three seasons. in June 2021, he signed for

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...

club

VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section. The footba ...

on a two-year contract.

International career

Itter has represented Germany at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-20 levels, and was part of their squad for the

2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship The 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 15th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (34th edition if the Under-16 era is included), the annual European international youth football championship contested by the men's under- ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Itter, Davide 1999 births Living people German men's footballers Footballers from Giessen Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football wingers Eintracht Frankfurt players VfL Wolfsburg players VfL Wolfsburg II players VfL Osnabrück players FC Gießen players Regionalliga players 3. Liga players Germany men's youth international footballers German twins Wuppertaler SV players 21st-century German sportsmen