Sebastian Rode (; born 11 October 1990) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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

Career

Kickers Offenbach

Rode made his professional debut for

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on 7 March 2009 in the

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– the third tier of German football – against

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 3 June 2010, he left

and signed for

. He made his first appearance in an

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game against

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on 22 August 2013.

Bayern Munich

left, upRode training with Bayern Munich On 14 April 2014, Rode signed a pre-contract with Bayern Munich to join them on 1 July 2014 at the end of his contract with

. He made his debut against

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional foot ...

in the German Supercup. On 22 November 2014, he scored his first goal for Bayern in home game win against

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.The match ended 4–0. Aiding in a Champions League group stage match against

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, Rode scored a header from a corner kick, putting Bayern up 2–0 in a match that would end at 3–0 with CSKA Moscow being knocked out.

Borussia Dortmund

2016–2018

On 6 June 2016, Rode signed a four-year contract with

. On 14 August 2016, Rode made his debut in 2–0 defeat against his former team, Bayern Munich in the DFL-Supercup. Rode finished his first season at Dortmund with a goal in 21 matches. Rode started the 2017–18 season by losing the German Super Cup. He did not make any

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appearances during the 2017–18 season. He made two appearances for

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in the

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during the 2018–19 Regionalliga season.

Loan to Eintracht Frankfurt

In the 2018–19 winter transfer window, he was loaned out to Eintracht Frankfurt until the end of the season.

Return to Eintracht Frankfurt

130px, Rode playing for Frankfurt in 2019 On 27 July 2019, Rode rejoined Eintracht Frankfurt on a five-year deal following a successful loan spell at the club in the second half of the 2018–19 season.

International career

Rode has represented

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at U18, U19, U20, and U21 level.

Personal life

Rode earned his

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in 2010 in the Goethe Gymnasium in

Bensheim Bensheim () is a town in the Bergstraße district in southern Hessen, Germany. Bensheim lies on the Bergstraße and at the edge of the Odenwald mountains while at the same time having an open view over the Rhine plain. With about 40,000 inhabit ...

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Bayern Munich *

: 2014–15, 2015–16 *

: 2015–16 Borussia Dortmund *

: 2016–17 Eintracht Frankfurt *

: 2021–22

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rode, Sebastian 1990 births Living people German footballers SV Darmstadt 98 players Association football midfielders Kickers Offenbach players Eintracht Frankfurt players Eintracht Frankfurt II players FC Bayern Munich footballers UEFA Europa League winning players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Germany youth international footballers Germany under-21 international footballers People from Darmstadt-Dieburg Sportspeople from Darmstadt (region) Borussia Dortmund players Footballers from Hesse