Nicolai Rapp is a 22-year-old defender for 1. FC Union Berlin. Rapp was born on December 13, 1996 in Heidelberg, Germany, and spent his youth career playing for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim from 2006 until 2015. His senior career continued with Hoffenheim’s reserve squad from 2015 until 2017, where he scored 3 goals in 15 appearances. He then played 1 season on loan with SpVgg Greuther Fürth’s reserve and senior squads before transferring to Erzgebirge Aue, where he made 36 appearances from 2017 to 2019. He joined his current club earlier this year. Rapp also played for Germany’s U16 and U18 squads in 2011 and 2014 respectively.