Nicolas Kristof

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Nicolas Kristof

Personal information
Full name	Nicolas Kristof
Date of birth	(1999-12-20) 20 December 1999
Place of birth	Heidelberg, Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	SV Elversberg
Number	20
Youth career
	Badenia St. Ilgen
–2011	SV Sandhausen
2011–2015	TSG Hoffenheim
2015–2018	SV Sandhausen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	SV Sandhausen II	33	(0)
2019–2021	Astoria Walldorf	62	(0)
2021–	SV Elversberg	151	(0)
International career
2015	Austria U16	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 May 2026

Nicolas Kristof (born 20 December 1999) is a professional footballer who plays for 2.Bundesliga club SV Elversberg as a goalkeeper. Born in Germany, he was a youth international for Austria.

Youth career

Kristof was born in Heidelberg in Germany in 1999. He began his youth career at FC Badenia St.Ilgen, a club based in Leimen, before moving to SV Sandhausen and eventually TSG Hoffenheim in 2011. He would move back to Sandhausen in 2015 and remained in their youth set-up for 3 more years.

Club career

SV Sandhausen

Kristof had played for SV Sandhausen at youth level for several years in two different spells, and his senior career began for the side's reserve team in the Verbandsliga Nordbaden in 2018. His first appearance was in a 6-1 victory over SV 98 Schwetzingen. Kristof would make 33 appearances in the league that season.

Astoria Walldorf

The following season, Kristof moved to Regionalliga Südwest side FC Astoria Walldorf. Kristof would make his first of 23 appearances that season in the league in a 4-1 away victory against FC Rot-Weiß Koblenz. The following season he would make 43 appearances in all competitions, with Astoria reaching the final of the Baden Cup that season, losing 2-1 to SV Waldhof Mannheim.

SV Elversberg

Kristof would sign for SV Elversberg, playing 16 games in all competitions his first season there as the club finished first and were promoted to the 3. Liga. The following season, Kristof would sign a 3 year deal that kept him at the club until 2025, and he would become a regular in the side, keeping 11 clean sheets in 36 league games as the team secured back to back promotions, winning the 2022–23 3. Liga at the first attempt. Kristof would make 34 appearances in all competitions the following season, Elversberg's first ever in the second tier, as they finished 11th. The following season, Kristof would make 36 appearances in all competitions as Elversberg secured their highest ever league finish of 3rd in the 2. Bundesliga, eventually losing the promotion/relegation play-offs to 1. FC Heidenheim.

International career

Born in Germany, Kristof is of Austrian descent through grandparents from Carinthia. He was called up to the senior Austria national team for a set of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in November 2025, but did not make an appearance yet.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 May 2026

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
SV Sanhausen II	2018–19	Verbandsliga Baden	33	0	—		—		—		33	0
FC Astoria Walldorf	2019–20	Regionalliga Südwest	23	0	—		—		—		23	0
	2020–21	Regionalliga Südwest	39	0	4	0	—		—		43	0
	Total		62	0	4	0	—		—		66	0
SV Elversberg	2021–22	Regionalliga Südwest	14	0	2	0	—		—		16	0
	2022–23	3. Liga	36	0	2	0	—		—		38	0
	2023–24	2. Bundesliga	33	0	1	0	—		—		34	0
	2024–25	2. Bundesliga	34	0	2	0	—		2	0	36	0
	2025–26	2. Bundesliga	34	0	2	0	—		—		36	0
	Total		151	0	9	0	—		2	0	162	0
Career total			246	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	261	0

Honours

SV Elversberg

• 3. Liga: 2022–23
• Saarland Cup: 2021–22, 2022–23

External links

• Nicolas Kristof at Soccerway