First a loan, then a permanent commitment

Benjamin Henrichs initially came to the Red Bulls on loan from AS Monaco in July 2020. After fighting for a regular place, he was out for more than three months with patellar tendon problems, before returning for the season finale and finishing as runner-up. Benny impressed in his 20 competitive games, so we exercised the purchase option for a permanent commitment in April 2021.

Olympic participant, cup winner, European Championship driver

In the summer of 2021, Henrichs took part in the Olympic Games in Tokyo with Germany, playing 90 minutes in all three games, but was eliminated with the team in the preliminary round. In the Bundesliga, he finished fourth with RBL at the end of the season, reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League and the DFB Cup final for the second time. Here, Benny was on the pitch for the entire 120 minutes and converted the decisive penalty in the shootout to make it 5-3 and give us our first DFB Cup victory, against SC Freiburg.

First-team regular and two more cups

In the 2022/23 season, Henrichs was a regular starter and played 44 games in all competitions. Our No.39 scored the important second goal the cup semi-final in Freiburg (5-1) and finally crowned himself a double cup winner against Frankfurt. He also played from the start and for the full 90 minutes in the second victorious final.

Benny and the team built upon the DFB Cup victory with the Supercup victory against Bayern Munich (3-0) and he set up Dani Olmo's goal for 1-0.

This season, Henrichs was promoted to the team council and played a total of 41 games with one goal and eight assists, which is a personal best for the versatile right-footer.