Captain Klaß remains! Rot-Weiß Oberhausen relies on continuity

Captain Klaß remains! Rot-Weiß Oberhausen relies on continuity

Oberhausen, Deutschland - Rot-Weiß Oberhausen announced on Christmas Eve that captain Nico Klaß has extended his contract by three years. The 27-year-old central defender, who moved from TV Jahn Hiesfeld to Oberhausen in 2018, has established himself in the team and plays an important role for the club.

Klaß came to 40 competitive games for RWO, before moving to Eintracht Braunschweig to the 2nd Bundesliga in 2020, where he completed 15 missions. After just one year he returned to Oberhausen and immediately became a regular player. Last season Klass had to pause due to a long injury break. In the current season he leads the team as captain and stood on the square in 15 of the 17 games from the start.

meaning for the association

The sporting director Dennis Lichtenwimmer-Conversano has highlighted the great importance of class for the club. The latter himself expressed his joy about the contract extension and emphasized his commitment to the association and the team.

In addition to Class, several other players have already signed for the coming season, including Simon Ludwig, Pierre Fassnacht, Elias Demirarslan and Eric Gueye. The cooperation with the coaching team around Sebastian Gunkel was also expanded early. The winter break ends on January 3, followed by a friendly against Bayer Leverkusen on January 5 at 12 p.m. From January 7th to 13th the team will travel to Turkey for a training camp.

The confirmed media-sportservice.de and was supplemented by Reviersport.de .