{{short description|German footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Richard Neudecker | fullname = | image = Richard Neudecker (2019).jpg | caption = Neudecker in 2019 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|10|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Altötting, Germany | height = 1.74 m | position = Midfielder, Left back | currentclub = 1. FC Saarbrücken | clubnumber = 31 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Ampfing | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Wacker Burghausen | youthyears3 = {{0|0000}}–2010 | youthclubs3 = Buchbach | youthyears4 = 2010–2014 | youthclubs4 = 1860 München | years1 = 2014–2016 | caps1 = 25 | goals1 = 9 | clubs1 = 1860 München II | years2 = 2014–2016 | caps2 = 6 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = 1860 München | years3 = 2016–2019 | caps3 = 44 | goals3 = 6 | clubs3 = FC St. Pauli | years4 = 2019−2020 | caps4 = 16 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = VVV-Venlo | years5 = 2020−2022 | caps5 = 67 | goals5 = 13 | clubs5 = 1860 Munich | years6 = 2022− | caps6 = 67 | goals6 = 11 | clubs6 = 1. FC Saarbrücken | nationalyears1= 2012 | nationalcaps1= 1 | nationalgoals1= 0 | nationalteam1= Germany U16 | nationalyears2= 2012 | nationalcaps2= 2 | nationalgoals2= 0 | nationalteam2= Germany U17 | nationalyears3= 2013 | nationalcaps3= 2 | nationalgoals3= 0 | nationalteam3= Germany U18 | nationalyears4= 2014 | nationalcaps4= 3 | nationalgoals4= 1 | nationalteam4= Germany U19 | club-update = 20 May 2026 | nationalteam-update = 3 November 2015 }} '''Richard Neudecker''' (born 29 October 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 1. FC Saarbrücken in the 3. Liga.<ref name="soccerway">{{Soccerway|richard-neudecker/308152}}</ref>
==Club career== [[File:Neudecker, Richard StP 17-18 (5) WP.jpg|thumb|left|Neudecker with FC St. Pauli in 2017]] Neudecker is a youth exponent from 1860 Munich. He played for the second team of the club in the Regionalliga Bayern in the 2014–15 season and most of the 2015–16 season. He made his first appearance for the first team in the second round of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal on 27 October 2015 against Mainz 05<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/mainz-gegen-muenchen-2015-dfb-pokal-3243142/analyse|title=Mit Joker Okotie geht es bergauf|trans-title=It goes uphill with joker Okotie|publisher=Kicker|language=German|date=27 October 2015|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref> and subsequently on 1 November 2015 in the 2. Bundesliga against Duisburg.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/muenchen-gegen-duisburg-2015-bundesliga-2855552/analyse|title=Wolf macht den ersten Löwen-Dreier perfekt|trans-title=Wolf secures first three points for the lions|publisher=Kicker|language=German|date=1 October 2015|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
Having made six appearances in the 2. Bundesliga for 1860 Munich in the 2015–16 season, he joined FC St. Pauli on a free transfer in summer 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kicker.de/1860-verliert-neudecker-abloesefrei-an-st-pauli-650279/artikel|title=1860 verliert Neudecker ablösefrei an St. Pauli|trans-title=1860 loses Neudecker on a free transfer to St. Pauli|access-date=10 June 2016|work=Kicker Online|date=23 April 2016|language=German}}</ref> Three years later he moved to the Dutch VVV-Venlo on a free transfer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.transfermarkt.de/neudecker-wechselt-zu-vvv-venlo-moechte-langfristig-in-der-1-bundesliga-spielen/view/news/336003|title=Neudecker wechselt zu VVV-Venlo: "Möchte langfristig in der 1. Bundesliga spielen"|trans-title=Neudecker moves to VVV-Venlo: "Long-term, I want to play in the 1. Bundesliga"|accessdate=7 July 2019|work=Transfermarkt|date=18 May 2019|language=German}}</ref>
==International career== Neudecker made appearances for the various Germany national youth football team levels.
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 1 August 2020}}<ref name="soccerway" />
{| 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"|DFB-Pokal !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other<ref>Includes other competitive competitions, including the DFL-Supercup, FIFA Club World Cup and Relegation Playoffs.</ref> !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|1860 Munich II |2014-15 |rowspan="2"|Regionalliga Bayern |20||6||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||20||6 |- |2015–16 |5||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !25!!9!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!25!!9 |- |1860 Munich |2015–16 |2. Bundesliga |6||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||0 |- |rowspan="3"|FC St. Pauli II |2016–17 |Regionalliga Nord |16||5||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||16||5 |- |2017–18 |Regionalliga Nord |4||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !20!!5!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!0!!0!!20!!5 |- |rowspan="4"|FC St. Pauli |2016–17 |2. Bundesliga ||8||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||0 |- |2017–18 |2. Bundesliga ||20||4||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||20||4 |- |2018–19 |2. Bundesliga ||16||2||1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||17||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !44!!6!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!45!!6 |- |VVV-Venlo |2019–20 |Eredivisie |16||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||17||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !111!!20!!4!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!115!!20 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{1. FC Saarbrücken squad}}
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