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Jersey Number 5
Alex Nitzl
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- MF/D
- Major:
- Information Systems
- Hometown:
- Munich, Germany
- High School:
- Bayern Munich
The Breakdown: Has been a starter since he walked on campus, starting 68 of 71 matches in his Terrapin career.
As a Graduate (2024):
As a Junior (2022):
As a Sophomore (2021):
As a Freshman (2020):
Before Maryland:
As a Graduate (2024):
- Team Captain
- Played and started in 19 matches, playing 1,662 minutes.
- Finished season with one goal and two assists.
- Scored first career goal and picked up an assist in NCAA Opening Round match at home against LIU (11/21).
- Got the start, playing 90 minutes and taking a shot against Michigan (10/25).
- Played 86 minutes and had one shot attempt against George Mason (10/15).
- Started against Washington, playing all 90 minutes (10/11).
- Got the start and went the full 90 minutes aganist Michigan State (10/5).
- Started against Penn State, playing all 90 minutes, taking one shot (10/1)
- Started against Northwestern, playing all 90 minutes (9/27). This was his 60th start for the Terps.
- Started against Indiana, playing all 90 minutes (9/21)
- Started against Brown, playing all 90 minutes (9/6)
- Started against Virginia, playing all 90 minutes (9/2)
- Started against Detroit Mercy, playing 77 minutes, notching one assist (8/30)
- Started against Georgetown, playing all 90 minutes (8/25)
- Started at UMBC, playing all 90 minutes (8/22)
- Started and played 59 minutes against Wake Forest (9/1).
- Started and played 82 minutes at Virginia (9/4).
- Started and played 90 minutes against Michigan (9/14).
- Started and played 80 minutes at Penn State (9/19).
- Started and played 84 minutes at Wisconsin (9/24).
- Played a full 90 minutes with a shot against Northwestern (9/29).
- Recorded an assist and a shot in a 90 minutes start against Rutgers (10/3).
- Played 28 minutes in a start against Bowling Green (10/7).
- Started against Indiana (10/20) and played 84 minutes.
- Played 45 minutes in a 3-0 victory over Navy (10/24).
- Started at Ohio State (10/29) and played 83 minutes.
As a Junior (2022):
- Started all 16 matches he played. Played 1,359 minutes.
- Notched four assists.
- Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner
- Started and notched an assist in 52 minutes against No. 9 New Hampshire.
- Started and played 74 minutes against Liberty (8/28).
- Started and played 90 minutes against No. 20 Denver (9/2).
- Notched an assistant, started and played 77 minutes against Virginia (9/5).
- Started and played 90 minutes at No. 21 Georgetown (9/10).
- Started and played 90 minutes at Michigan (9/16).
- Started and played 90 minutes against Penn State (9/20).
- Started, played 90 minutes and recorded an assist against No. 13 Ohio State (9/26).
- Notched an assist against Wisconsin (10/14).
As a Sophomore (2021):
- Appeared in 16 matches and started 15.
- Played in 1,342 minutes and notched an assist.
- Played full time against Charlotte (8/26), UMBC (8/29), at Wisconsin (10/03), vs. Northwestern (10/8), vs. Pacific (10/16), at Michigan State (10/22), at Penn State (10/26) and Indiana (10/31).
- Notched an assist at Michigan State (10/22).
As a Freshman (2020):
- Established himself as a starter after becoming eligible, starting eight of the ninth matches he played.
- Recorded an assist.
- Played 760 minutes.
- Made his Maryland debut with 52 minutes off the bench against Ohio State (2/27).
- Started and played every minutes of Maryland following seven matches.
- Started Maryland's Big Ten semifinal at Indiana before departing after 37 minutes due to a season ending injury (4/14).
Before Maryland:
- Played for TSG Hoffenheim for the last two years after five years with FC Bayern Munich.
- Played for coaches Marcel Rapp and Kai Herdling for Hoffenheim and Sebastian Hoene for Bayern Munich.
- Helped Hoffenheim's U-19 team advance to the UEFA Youth League semifinals.
- Appeared 31 times for Hoffenheim's youth set up.
- Helped Bayern Munich's U-19 team advance to the 2018 UEFA Youth League Round of 16.
- Appeared 84 times for Bayern Munich U-19 and U-17 sides.
- Made 21 caps for German Youth National Teams.
- Played for Germany at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup appearing in all five matches to help Germany make the quarterfinals.
- Helped Germany advance to the semifinals of the 2017 UEFA European U-17 Championships.
- Son of Alfred Schlager and Petra Nitzl.
- Has one sibling: Tobias.
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