Deniz Undav

Deniz Undav took an unconventional route to international football — via non-league obscurity in Germany, a breakout at Union St. Gilloise in Belgium, and a loan spell at Brighton before establishing himself as one of the Bundesliga's most effective strikers at VfB Stuttgart. Sharp in tight spaces, intelligent in his movement, and a reliable scorer, he thrived in Stuttgart's high-energy pressing system alongside Chris Führich and Serhou Guirassy. His late emergence means he arrived in the Germany squad without the baggage of failed tournaments, bringing instead a directness and hunger that more celebrated forwards sometimes lack.