Retrieved and Translated from sat1.de
Max grew up in Reinbek, near Hamburg. He wanted to play football from an early age and started playing for TSV Reinbek in 1992. After a few years at his hometown club, he went through the youth divisions of several well-known clubs and later moved to the professional teams. The national team also took notice of the successful offensive player: first in the U19 and U20 teams and from 2013 also for the first time in the senior national team.
In 2019, he moved abroad: Max Kruse moved to the Turkish football league, to the club Fenerbahçe Istanbul. Two years later, he returned to the Bundesliga, to 1. FC Union Berlin and in 2022 to VfL Wolfsburg: "I made the decision to return to VfL Wolfsburg because our shared story is not yet over ."
Max Kruse had already played for the Wolves from 2015 to 2016 and scored nine goals. Most recently, he joined SC Paderborn 07 for a short time and currently plays for the regional league team BSV Al-Dersimspor.[1]