Kennet Eichhorn etched his name into the history books on Sunday after becoming the youngest goalscorer in Bundesliga 2 history during Hertha Berlin’s 2-1 victory over Greuther Fürth. The 16-year-old struck in the 55th minute at the Olympiastadion to continue a stunning breakthrough campaign.
Already regarded as one of German football’s brightest young talents, Eichhorn – who has been with Hertha since childhood – is shattering records from the very outset of his journey in senior football. Against Karlsruhe on Matchday 2 this season, he became the league’s outright youngest-ever player, before going on to become the league’s youngest ever starter shortly after on Matchday 5 against Hannover.
Months later, he also made DFB Pokal history by scoring in Hertha’s 5-1 rout against Kaiserslautern, and now, after striking against Fürth on Matchday 33, he has his first league goal for the club. In doing so, he has broken the Bundesliga 2 record previously held by Gunther Reeg, who netted for Darmstadt against Duisburg at the age of 16 years and 339 days all the way back in 1985.
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Eichhorn is certainly keeping good company with both RB Leipzig‘s Assan Ouédraogo and Bayern Munich‘s Leon Goretzka making the top 10 list for the league’s youngest ever goalscorers – coming in at third- and ninth-place respectively – but it is the Hertha starlet who tops the pile.
Speaking after the victory over Fürth, Eichhorn’s captain Fabian Reese heaped praise on the composed manner in which the 16-year-old took his goal, revealing: “Kenny’s nickname isn’t ‘Brandenburg’s King of Feints’ for nothing – he’s really good at that move, he does it in training and we’ll definitely see it on other stages too. For the goal, he did a bit more than just finish off my assist.”
Hertha head coach Stefan Leitl also recently said of his star midfielder, who is understandably gathering many admirers in the football world: “Our greatest wish is that he [Eichhorn] stays – not just mine, but all of ours.
Eichhorn’s first senior goal for Hertha came against Kaiserslautern in the DFB Pokal last year. – IMAGO/Ulrik Pedersen/DeFodi Images
“I believe he can play anywhere and forge his own path anywhere. It’s about making a decision. If he were to actually decide to stay with us, we would all be very happy.”
Leitl also hopes that the Eichhorn “retains his ease and youthful spirit, that he goes onto the pitch with joy.”
Eichhorn has been on Hertha Berlin’s books since the U9s and is, unsurprisingly, the youngest goalscorer in the club’s history, having taken the previous record off Ibrahim Maza – now of Bayer Leverkusen – which was set back in May 2023 against Wolfsburg.