Leon Kratzer
German basketball player (born 1997)
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Leon Kratzer (born 4 February 1997) is a German professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague.
EuroLeague
_by_Sandro_Halank–045.jpg) Kratzer playing for Paris in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 8 – FC Bayern Munich | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| League | BBL EuroLeague | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 February 1997 Bayreuth, Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 243 lb (110 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Baunach Young Pikes | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Brose Bamberg | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | →Baunach Young Pikes | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | →s.Oliver Würzburg | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Skyliners Frankfurt | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Paris Basketball | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||
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Professional career
The son of former professional basketball player Marc Suhr, a 7-foot center who won four caps for the German men's national team during his career, Kratzer started out with BBC Bayreuth’s youth team at age 12,[1] moving on to the Brose Bamberg youth program in 2012. Representing Bamberg's development squad Baunach Young Pikes, he made his debut in Germany's third-tier ProB during the 2013-14 season, helping the team win promotion to ProA that year. Kratzer made his first appearances in Germany's top-flight Basketball Bundesliga for Bamberg in the 2016-17 campaign, while still being a regular in the reserve team. Averaging 14.6 points, 12.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks a game for Baunach in 2016-17,[2] he garnered ProA Player of the Year honors.[3]
Looking to take the next step in his career and to gain more playing time in the Bundesliga, he signed on loan for s.Oliver Würzburg in June 2017.[4]
On 20 November 2018 he signed with Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga.[5]
On 31 July 2020 he signed with Telekom Baskets Bonn of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[6] In 2023 Kratzer won the Basketball Champions League with Bonn, remaining scoreless in the final against Hapoel Jerusalem, but contributing a team-high six rebounds.
On 8 July 2023 he signed with Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro A (BBL).[7]
International career
Kratzer represented the German junior national teams at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championships, the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championships, 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championships and 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championships.