{{short description|Croatian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Noah Pesch | image = | caption = | fullname = Noah Phil Pesch | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2005|5|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Eschweiler, Germany | height = 1.81m<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe629766/noah-pesch/|title=Noah Pesch height|website=worldfootball.net}}</ref> | position = Winger | currentclub = Borussia Mönchengladbach II | clubnumber = 19 | youthyears1 = 2010–2014 | youthclubs1 = Bayer Leverkusen | years1 = 2024–2025 | clubs1 = Borussia Mönchengladbach II | caps1 = 27 | goals1 = 19 | years2 = 2025– | clubs2 = Borussia Mönchengladbach | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2025– | clubs3 = → 1.FC Magdeburg (loan) | caps3 = 19 | goals3 = 2 | nationalyears1 = 2021–2024 | nationalteam1 = Croatia U19 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2025– | nationalteam2 = Croatia U21 | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | club-update = 18 May 2026 | nationalteam-update = 20 April 2025 }}
'''Noah Phil Pesch''' (born 20 April 2005) is a Croatian-German professional footballer who plays as a winger for 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Magdeburg, on loan from Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach. Born in Germany, he plays for the Croatia national under-21 football team.
==Club career== Pesch began his youth career at Bayer Leverkusen in 2010, where he would stay for 14 years before leaving for Borussia Mönchengladbach, and would begin to play for the reserve team in the Regionalliga West.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fussballtransfers.com/a8912322283883851915-gladbach-verpflichtet-bayer-talent|title=Pesch signs for Monchengladbach|website=fussballtransfers.com|language=de}}</ref> He made his debut in a 4-2 away win over Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, scoring 2 goals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ie.soccerway.com/matches/2024/07/27/germany/regionalliga/rot-weiss-oberhausen/borussia-monchengladbach-ii/4416872/|title=Pesch debut|website=soccerway.com}}</ref> Pesch would continue this goalscoring form over the following months, scoring 17 goals in 20 league games, including a hat-trick in a 6-4 win over Eintracht Hohkeppel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/hohkeppel-gegen-gladbach-ii-2025-regionalliga-west-4942518/spielbericht|title=Pesch hat-trick|website=kicker.de|language=de}}</ref> Pesch wpuld finish the season as top scorer in the league with 19 goals.
Pesch would make his debut for the first team in March, coming on as a late substitute in a 3-1 Bundesliga loss to Mainz 05.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/matchday/2024-2025/25/borussia-moenchengladbach-vs-1-fsv-mainz-05/liveticker|title=Monchengladbach 1-3 Mainz|website=bundesliga.com}}</ref>
In July 2025, Pesch signed for 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Magdeburg on a season-long loan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.borussia.com/news/noah-pesch-joins-1-fc-magdeburg-on-loan|title=Noah Pesch joins 1. FC Magdeburg on loan|website=borussia.com}}</ref>
==International career== Pesch represents Croatia internationally, and has made 5 appearances for the U19, as well as one appearance in a friendly match for the U21 team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sofascore.com/football/match/egypt-u20-croatia-u21/vCcsEdj|title=Croatia 3-2 Egypt|website=sofascore.com}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 5 April 2025}}<ref name="soccerway">{{Soccerway|622409}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Borussia Mönchengladbach II |2024–25 |Regionalliga West |27||19||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||27||19 |- |Borussia Mönchengladbach |2024–25 |Bundesliga |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !28!!19!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!28!!19 |}
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==External links== * {{Soccerway|noah-pesch/622409}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pesch, Noah}} Category:2005 births Category:Sportspeople from Eschweiler Category:Living people Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Croatian men's footballers Category:German men's footballers Category:Croatia men's youth international footballers Category:Germany men's youth international footballers Category:Croatia men's under-21 international footballers Category:Germany men's under-21 international footballers Category:German people of Croatian descent Category:21st-century Croatian sportsmen Category:21st-century German sportsmen Category:Borussia Mönchengladbach II players Category:Bundesliga players Category:Regionalliga players