Florian Grillitsch signs professional contract

Grillitsch will continue to wear Werder colours (photo: nph)
First Team
Thursday, 02.04.2015 / 19:45

Florian Grillitsch will continue to wear the SV Werder Bremen kit beyond this season. On Thursday afternoon the 19 year old attacker signed a professional contract for the Green...

Florian Grillitsch will continue to wear the SV Werder Bremen kit beyond this season. On Thursday afternoon the 19 year old attacker signed a professional contract for the Green-Whites until 30/06/2016.

"Florian is a very promising talent, whose abilities haven't gone unnoticed by other Bundesliga clubs in recent years. Because of that we are happy to retain his services for the future. We are very happy with his development so far", explained sporting director Thomas Eichin.

Florian Grilletsch signed a new deal on Thursday afternoon (photo: WERDER.DE)

Werder boss Viktor Skripnik is also excited for the future: "I know Florian from the U23s and I'm certain of his talent. I have faith that he is capable of making the leap into Bundesliga football. He needs to work very hard in order to get their though and raise his performances to a higher level", said the Bremen manager, who will use the Austrian youth player in his squad from the 2015/2016 season.

Florian himself is delighted with his new contract: "I'm really proud to be able to play for Werder. I've learnt a lot at Bremen in the past few years and I want to continue this journey. I want to establish myself in the Werder team and the Bundesliga. I will give everything to achieve this goal!"

Florian Grillitsch signed for Werder in 2013 from AKA St. Pölten an die Weser. The Austrian climbed from the U19s to the U23s, for whom he has played 26 games in the Regionalliga Nord, scoring seven goals. He has scored two goals in three appearances for the Austrian U21 side this season.

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