Daniel Krueger

Photo by: Wake Forest Athletics

Height:
6-1
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Philadelphia, Pa.
High School:
YSC Academy

Career Honors

2024 TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 Freshman (No. 81)
ACC Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 22, 2024)

2024 (Freshman)
Appeared in 21 matches with 18 starts, recording a Wake Forest freshman-high 1,522 minutes of action and scored the game-winning goal in a 4-1 victory over UNCW … Earned ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 22 ... Made his collegiate debut against VCU (Aug. 22) … Earned his first of 18 consecutive starts against No. 21 UCF (Aug. 31) … Helped guide the Deacs to six clean sheets including four-straight from Oct. 1-Oct. 12 … Played all 110 minutes against SMU (Nov. 10) … Played 90 or more minutes 11 times including an eight-match stretch from Oct. 12-Nov. 10.

Background
Born in Frankfury, Germany, before attending YSC Academy in Philadelphia ... Played for the Philadelphia Union Academy ... Rated as a four-star prospect by TopDrawerSoccer ... The No. 4 player from Pennsylvania ... Ranked as a top-100 overall prospect and a top-30 prospect at defender.

Personal
Son of Dirk Krueger and Danila Oldani ... Has two siblings: a brother, Nicolo, and a sister, Giulia ... Born January 4, 2006.