Kevin Trapp

Kevin Christian Trapp (born 8 July 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Germany national team.

He began his professional career at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where he took part in two Bundesliga seasons.

"I told my coach I'd like to be down there on the pitch one day. I went home afterwards and from my own incentive, I looked up FC K and what opportunities they were offering. They were having trials. I wrote them an email explaining my situation and that I'd love to take part in the trials. I think it was September when I received a reply saying that it was currently not possible, however, that they would contact me in case the opportunity arose again. That is what they did a year later! 2003 or 2004. I was allowed to take part in the training sessions and from then on, everything took flight. I had the honour of being invited to play for the first team back when I was in the youth leagues due to the goalkeepers being off sick. SVV Bachum were already playing Youth Bundesliga. Kaiserslautern was also in that league. Therefore, when I got to play, it was a match against Kaiserslautern. I found out later as I was offered the contract that there were a bunch of coaches there watching the game.

So, it wasn't just the email but also the performance!"

Trapp started his professional career with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where he progressed through the club's youth system.

During his time at 1.

FC Kaiserslautern, Trapp said he learned a lot from Gerald Ehrmann.

Trapp made his first appearance in the first team on 9 August 2008 in the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal round 1 against FC Carl Zeiss Jena, losing 2–1.

It was announced on 21 July 2009 that he signed his first professional contract with the club, keeping him until 2013.

Trapp made another appearance in the first team ten days later on 31 July 2009 in the 2009–10 DFB-Pokal round 1 against Eintracht Braunschweig, where he kept a clean sheet, in a 1–0.

Over the next two seasons, Trapp was involved in the first team, appearing as the club's third choice goalkeeper and then second choice goalkeeper.

At one point during the 2009–10 season, he suffered a shoulder injury that kept him out for three months.

By January, Trapp made a recovery.

Since the start of the 2010–11 season, Trapp became the club's second goalkeeper for the side and was featured on the substitute bench.

At the end of the 2010–11 season, Trapp went on to make nine appearances in all competitions.

On 12 March 2011, with regular goalkeeper Tobias Sippel sidelined with influenza, he made his Bundesliga debut in a 2–1 home win over SC Freiburg.

Competing with Sippel, Trapp played all eight remaining fixtures of the season.

During which, he kept three clean sheets for the side, including two in a row between 23 April 2011 and 29 April 2011 against Schalke 04 and FC St. Pauli.

Ahead of the 2011–12 season, Trapp was linked with a move to Schalke 04 but he ended up staying at the club.

Following this, Trapp continued to be the club's first choice goalkeeper at the start of the season, beating out Sippel.

His performance was praised by Manager Marco Kurz, who said: "Kevin once again proved his class in a very emotional, intense game and saved the point. Overall, it was a happy FCK point win after the entire 90 minutes, which is morally very valuable."

Despite suffering from injury in late–October, Trapp continued to remain as the club's first choice goalkeeper.

Along the way, he kept clean sheets for the side, both coming against SC Freiburg and Werder Bremen.

However, in early–March, Trapp suffered a thigh injury and was sidelined for two matches.

After returning from injury, he found himself on the substitute bench, as Sippel was the club's first choice goalkeeper for the rest of the 2011–12 season.

As the season progressed, 1.

FC Kaiserslautern was eventually relegated to 2.Bundesliga.

At the end of the 2011–12 season, Trapp made twenty–six appearances in all competitions.

In 2012, he signed for Eintracht Frankfurt for a fee of €1.5 million and played regularly over three years, also competing in the UEFA Europa League.

On 7 May 2012, Trapp left relegated Kaiserslautern and joined promoted Eintracht Frankfurt on a four-year contract for a fee of €1.5 million.

He joined Paris Saint-Germain for an estimated €10 million in 2015, where he won several domestic honours.

Trapp won 21 caps for Germany's youth teams, including 11 for the under-21s, and made his full debut in June 2017.

He was part of their squad that won the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and also competed at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2020 and the 2022 World Cup.

Born in Merzig, West Germany, Trapp began his football career at FC Brotdorf, joining at seven years old.

He moved to neighbouring town, SSV Bachem aged twelve.

After spending two years there, Trapp joined SV Mettlach.

One day, he said in an interview on joining 1. FC Kaiserslautern, saying:

In 2018, he re-joined Eintracht Frankfurt on loan, before signing permanently the next season.

Trapp made his Eintracht Frankfurt debut, where he started the match, only to be sent–off in the 19th minute for a professional foul on Jakub Sylvestr, as the club lost 3–0 against Erzgebirge Aue in the first round of the DFB–Pokal.

Despite this, Trapp made his league debut for the club, helping the side win 2–1 against Bayer Leverkusen in the opening game of the season.