Rocco Reitz (born 29 May 2002) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach, better known as Borussia Mönchengladbach () and colloquially known as just Gladbach, is a professional Association football, football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-W ...

Career

Reitz made his professional debut for

in the

on 24 October 2020, starting in the away match against

Mainz 05 1. Fußball- und Sport-Verein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05 or simply Mainz 05 (), is a German professional sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top tie ...

which ended in a 3–2 victory. In August 2021, he joined Belgian side

Sint-Truiden Sint-Truiden (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium. With more than 41,500 inhabitants, it is on ...

on loan for the 2021–22 season. On 17 January 2023, Reitz returned to Sint-Truiden in Belgium for a second loan, until the end of the 2022–23 season. Later that year, on 10 November, Reitz scored his first Bundesliga goal for Borussia Mönchengladbach in a 4–0 win against

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 ...

International career

Reitz represented

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at youth international level. In May 2024, he trained with the senior national team prior to the

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* * * 2002 births Footballers from Duisburg Living people German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Borussia Mönchengladbach players Sint-Truidense V.V. players Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Belgian Pro League players German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium German expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Germany men's under-21 international footballers 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-midfielder-2000s-stub