Erik Zenga

Erik Zenga
Zenga in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-01-18) 18 January 1993 (age 33)
Place of birth Moscow, Russia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 SV Meppen
Number 18
Youth career
2000–2001 BV Bergisch Neukirchen
2001–2012 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Bayer Leverkusen II 40 (1)
2013–2014 → VfL Osnabrück (loan) 29 (0)
2014–2015 Preußen Münster 19 (2)
2015–2023 SV Sandhausen 106 (2)
2015–2017 SV Sandhausen II 7 (1)
2017–2018 → Hallescher FC (loan) 29 (3)
2024 MSV Duisburg 10 (0)
2025– SV Meppen 38 (4)
International career
2010–2011 Germany U18 7 (0)
2011 Germany U19 1 (0)
2013–2014 Germany U20 9 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 June 2026

Erik Zenga (born 18 January 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for SV Meppen. Born in Russia, he has represented Germany at youth level.

International career

Zenga was born to a Russian mother and an Angolan father, coming to Germany as a child, and was eligible for all three national teams. Zenga was a youth international for Germany. In January 2025, he signed with SV Meppen.

Career statistics

As of 19 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayer Leverkusen II 2011–12 Regionalliga West 40——40
2012–13 Regionalliga West 331——331
2013–14 Regionalliga West 40——40
Total 401——401
VfL Osnabrück (loan) 2013–14 3. Liga 29010—300
Preußen Münster 2014–15 3. Liga 19210—202
SV Sandhausen II 2015–16 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 31——31
2016–17 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 40——40
Total 71——71
SV Sandhausen 2017–18 2. Bundesliga 10——10
2018–19 2. Bundesliga 19010—200
2019–20 2. Bundesliga 11110—121
2020–21 2. Bundesliga 25020—270
2021–22 2. Bundesliga 33110—341
2022–23 2. Bundesliga 17020—190
Total 106270—1132
Hallescher FC (loan) 2017–18 3. Liga 293——293
MSV Duisburg 2023–24 3. Liga 100——100
Career total 240970—2479

References

  1. ↑ "Katalysator Fussball-Familie (page 28)" (PDF) (in German).
  2. ↑ "Erik Zenga – Spielerprofil".
  3. ↑ "106 Zweitliga-Spiele: Meppen verpflichtet vereinslosen Zenga" (in German). kicker.de. 17 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Erik Zenga at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata