Kjell-Arik Wätjen

Defensive · VfL Bochum · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.

Career report

A career still climbing — WÃ¤tjen is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26Stepped up 2025/26

The record covers 3 seasons (2024/25–2025/26) across 3 clubs — 41 appearances, 8 goals and 1 assists.

His best campaign on record is 2025/26 at VfL Bochum — Season rating 22, 3 goals and 0 assists in 26 games. 2025/26 was the leap — Season rating up 17 points at VfL Bochum. Form is on a climb — up 17 Season points across his last 2 full seasons.

Made the jump to a higher division in 2025/26 (2. Bundesliga) and kept playing — 26 games that season.

By season

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Rating	Season
2025/26	VfL Bochum	26	3	0	62	22
2024/25	Borussia Dortmund II	13	5	0	40	5
2023/24	Borussia Dortmund	2	0	1	72	1

By competition · 2025/26

Competition	Apps	Min	G	A	Rating
2. Bundesliga	26	1257	3	0	6.7
DFB Pokal	3	212	0	1	6.8
UEFA U19 Championship - Qualification	2	158	1	0	—

Schedule · 2025/26

29 played7 unused sub7 not in squad· 1469 min, 3g 1a

Date	Competition	Opponent	Res	Status	Min	G	A	Rating
Jan 5	Friendlies Clubs	H Wuppertaler SV	6-2	Not in squad				—
Mar 20	Friendlies Clubs	H Preußen Münster	4-2	Not in squad				—
Jul 19	Friendlies Clubs	H Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	0-0	Not in squad				—
Jul 27	Friendlies Clubs	H Bayer Leverkusen	0-2	Not in squad				—
Aug 2	2. Bundesliga	A SV Darmstadt 98	1-4	Played	26			6.7
Aug 10	2. Bundesliga	H SV Elversberg	2-0	Played	15			6.5
Aug 16	DFB Pokal	A BFC Dynamo	3-1	Played	46		1	7.0
Aug 23	2. Bundesliga	A FC Schalke 04	1-2	Played	85			6.2
Aug 30	2. Bundesliga	H Preußen Münster	1-2	Played	76			6.7
Sep 12	2. Bundesliga	A SC Paderborn 07	0-1	Played	75			6.5
Sep 20	2. Bundesliga	A 1. FC Nürnberg	1-2	Played	45			6.5
Sep 27	2. Bundesliga	H Fortuna Düsseldorf	0-1	Played	66			6.2
Oct 4	2. Bundesliga	A 1. FC Kaiserslautern	2-3	Played	17	1		7.3
Oct 9	Friendlies Clubs	H Alemannia Aachen	3-3	Not in squad				—
Oct 18	2. Bundesliga	H Hertha BSC	3-2	Played	78			6.5
Oct 25	2. Bundesliga	A Holstein Kiel	1-1	Played	21			6.9
Oct 28	DFB Pokal	A FC Augsburg	1-0	Played	90			7.2
Nov 2	2. Bundesliga	H 1. FC Magdeburg	2-0	Played	82	1		8.2
Nov 9	2. Bundesliga	A Eintracht Braunschweig	2-0	Played	72			6.5
Nov 15	Friendlies Clubs	H VfL Osnabrück	1-4	Not in squad				—
Nov 21	2. Bundesliga	H Dynamo Dresden	1-2	Played	45			6.5
Nov 29	2. Bundesliga	A SpVgg Greuther Fürth	3-0	Not in squad				—
Dec 3	DFB Pokal	H VfB Stuttgart	0-2	Played	76			6.3
Dec 6	2. Bundesliga	H Arminia Bielefeld	1-0	Played	63			7.3
Dec 13	2. Bundesliga	A Hannover 96	0-0	Played	63			6.9
Dec 20	2. Bundesliga	H Karlsruher SC	2-2	Played	70			6.6
Jan 18	2. Bundesliga	H SV Darmstadt 98	3-3	Played	9			6.7
Jan 25	2. Bundesliga	A SV Elversberg	1-1	Played	68			6.2
Jan 31	2. Bundesliga	H FC Schalke 04	2-0	Unused sub	0			—
Feb 6	2. Bundesliga	A Preußen Münster	1-1	Unused sub	0			—
Feb 15	2. Bundesliga	H SC Paderborn 07	0-0	Played	16			6.5
Feb 20	2. Bundesliga	H 1. FC Nürnberg	1-1	Unused sub	0			—
Feb 27	2. Bundesliga	A Fortuna Düsseldorf	1-2	Unused sub	0			—
Mar 7	2. Bundesliga	H 1. FC Kaiserslautern	3-2	Played	32			7.5
Mar 14	2. Bundesliga	A Hertha BSC	1-1	Played	18			6.5
Mar 22	2. Bundesliga	H Holstein Kiel	2-3	Played	13			6.9
Apr 4	2. Bundesliga	A 1. FC Magdeburg	1-4	Played	45			6.5
Apr 12	2. Bundesliga	H Eintracht Braunschweig	4-1	Unused sub	0			—
Apr 18	2. Bundesliga	A Dynamo Dresden	0-2	Played	26			6.5
Apr 26	2. Bundesliga	H SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2-1	Unused sub	0			—
May 2	2. Bundesliga	A Arminia Bielefeld	1-1	Unused sub	0			—
May 9	2. Bundesliga	H Hannover 96	1-1	Played	60			6.3
May 17	2. Bundesliga	A Karlsruher SC	2-1	Played	71	1		7.3