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Max Kruse Height, Age, Wife, Family, Biography

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Age: 36 Years
Wife: Dilara Kruse
Hometown: Hamburg, Germany

Max Kruse

Bio/Wiki
Full NameMax Bennet Kruse
ProfessionRetired Professional Footballer, TV Actor
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)5' 11" (180 cm)
Eye ColourHazel Blue
Hair ColourBlonde
Football
International DebutOn 29 May 2013 against Ecuador in Boca Raton, Florida
Jersey Number#23 (Germany national football team)
Max Kruse German national football team's jersey number
Club(s)Youth teams
• TSV Reinbek (1992–1998)
• SC Vier- und Marschlande (1998–2005)
• Werder Bremen (2006–2007)

Senior teams
• Werder Bremen II (2006–2009)
• Werder Bremen (2007–2009)
• FC St. Pauli (2009–2012)
• FC St. Pauli II (2009)
• SC Freiburg (2012–2013)
• Borussia Mönchengladbach (2013–2015)
• VfL Wolfsburg (2015–2016)
• Werder Bremen (2016–2019)
• Fenerbahçe (2019–2020)
• Union Berlin (2020–2022)
• VfL Wolfsburg (2022)
• SC Paderborn (2023)
PositionForward
Awards• VDV Newcomer of the Season (2012–13)
Personal Life
Date of Birth19 March 1988 (Saturday)
Age (as of 2024) 36 Years
BirthplaceReinbek, West Germany (Now Germany)
Zodiac signPisces
NationalityGerman
HometownHamburg, Germany
HobbiesTravelling, Singing, Listening Music
Tattoo(s)• On left fore-arm: Name and date of birth of his son
Max Kruse's tattoo of his son's name and date of birth
• Tattoo on the left bicep
Tattoo on his left bicep
Controversies• The Poker Incident
In March 2016, Max was fined £20,000 by his then club VfL Wolfsburg for playing Poker. Max is an avid Poker player and he participated in a World Series Poker tournament in Berlin. He won £60,000 prize money in the tournament but while on his way back, he lost the prize money in the backseat of a taxi. He filed a police complaint but the money was never recovered. Even though he tried to hide the incident from the media, the news eventually came out after a few months. [1]BBC

• Controversy on his 28th Birthday
When Max was celebrating his 28th birthday in a nightclub in Berlin, he saw a woman taking pictures of him with her mobile phone. Seeing this he got angry and he took away her phone from the woman and deleted his pictures. That woman was a journalist who made that news viral the next day. Max suffered the consequences and was dropped from the German national football team's squad for the UEFA Euro tournament 2016. [2]The Guardian

• Escort Girl Scandal
In 2013, Max Kruse was caught with a lady escort in his room while he was on international duty with the German National football team. He was staying in the hotel with the team when the incident happened. Although he admitted afterwards that he often used escort services when he travelled with the team, on that day, he was a bit careless. He was caught by the team bosses, after which he was axed from the national team, which was scheduled to participate in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. [3]The Sun
Social Media• Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital StatusMarried
Affairs/Girlfriends• Dilara Kruse
Max Kruse with Dilara Kruse
• Alina (Separated in 2019)
Max Kruse with Alina
Marriage Date16 December 2021
Wedding photo of Max Kruse and Dilara Kruse
Family
Wife/SpouseDilara Kruse
ChildrenSon- Lauro Maxim (born in 2011 from Alina)
ParentsFather- Frank Kruse
SiblingsSister- Pia Maria (Flight attendant)

Max Kruse photo

Some Lesser Known Facts About Max Kruse

  • Max began his professional football career in 1992 with his hometown club TSV Reinbek.
  • Max was part of the Germany U-19 team that competed at the UEFA U-19 Championship in 2007.
  • Max likes to smoke hookah.

    Max Kruse enjoying in a pool while smoking hookah

    Max Kruse enjoying in a pool while smoking hookah

  • While playing for FC St. Pauli, Max scored 13 goals and recorded six assists in the 2. Bundesliga during the 2011-12 season. He helped the club finish in fourth position in the league missing out on the promotion playoffs on goal difference.
  • Max scored his first international goal for Germany against the United States in Washington, D.C. on 2 June 2013.
  • Besides football, Max also likes to play poker and in June 2014 he came third out of 241 players at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
  • Max likes to party in nightclubs.

    Max Kruse's photo in a nightclub during the party

    Max Kruse’s photo in a nightclub during the party

  • On 10 May 2015, Max joined VfL Wolfsburg on a four-year deal after the club activated his release clause of €12 million. He made his debut for the club against Bayern Munich in the 2015 DFL Supercup on 1 August 2015 after coming as a substitute in the 70th minute.
  • In 2016, the VfL Wolfsburg club management advised Max to avoid eating Nutella for breakfast after the club noticed it. The club expected its players to stay in good shape and follow a strict diet routine.
  • Due to disciplinary issues, Max was dropped from the German National football team which took part in the 2014 Fifa World Cup and 2016 UEFA Euro tournament.
  • Max scored four goals in a match for the first time in his career on 22 April 2017 against FC Ingolstadt 04 and helped his club Werder Bremen to maintain the unbeaten run of 10 matches.
  • In 2017, Max met with an accident while he was driving with his family in Hamburg. There was ice on the road due to which the car slipped and rammed into the railings. Fortunately, there were no injuries but the car was damaged badly.
  • Max was appointed captain of Werder Bremen by manager Florian Kohfeldt ahead of the 2018–19 season.
  • Max is very passionate about motorsports and owns a racing team Max Kruse Racing which he started in January 2018.

    Max Kruse clicked during a motorsport event

    Max Kruse clicked during a motorsport event

  • In the 2018-19 season, Max received an offer from Liverpool FC’s coach Jürgen Klopp who wanted him to join them as a backup striker. The deal collapsed as Liverpool later won the UEFA Champions League that season and kept Divock Origi as the backup. Max joined the Turkish club Fenerbahçe SK next season.
  • On New Year’s Eve 2019, Max performed in the Turkish version of the musical talent show ‘The Voice.’

  • In June 2020, Max left Fenerbahçe after he terminated his contract with the club due to unpaid salary.
  • Max met his wife Dilara after his move to 1. FC Union Berlin. During the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021, He proposed to Dilara live on television after the match finished. Although Dilara was not present in the match, she replied to it on Instagram with “Yes!”
  • Max and the club VfL Wolfsburg mutually decided to terminate the remaining contract in November 2022. He then joined the German second-division club SC Paderborn 07. There also his contract was terminated by the club in a mutual decision after which he took retirement from professional football.
  • In 2024, Max accused the Berlin police authority of racism after a police check at his wife Dilara’s home.
  • Max appeared in the 12th season of the German reality show ‘Promi Big Brother’ in October 2024 aired on Sat.1 TV channel. He participated in a reality show for the first time although his wife was a contestant in the show last year as well.

    Max Kruse's photo on the show Promi Big Brother

    Max Kruse’s photo on the show Promi Big Brother

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