Johannes Eggestein is a German professional footballer who plays as striker for Werder Bremen. He has represented Germany internationally at youth levels U15 through U21. Eggestein started his youth career at TSV Schloß Ricklingen and played there until 2013 when he moved to TSV Havelse. Since 2013, Eggestein has played for Werder Bremen. In all three years he played for Bremen's youth team he finished as top scorer among the players. On 2 June 2016, Eggestein signed his first professional contract, which lasts until 2019. On 22 August 2016, he made his professional and first-team debut in Werder Bremen's first-round DFB-Pokal defeat to Sportfreunde Lotte being substituted on in place of Lennart Thy in the 62nd minute. Four days later, he scored his first professional goal in the reserves' 4–2 win against VfL Osnabrück in the 3. Liga. On 18 August 2018, Eggestein scored his first goal for the first team, in a 6–1 win against Wormatia Worms in the first round of the DFB-Pokal. On 8 April 2019, Werder Bremen announced the extension of his contract. |
