At just 22 years of age, Maximilian Eggestein is by far the youngest player on Werder’s team council. Despite his relatively young age, the home grown talent has over 100 Bundesliga appearances for Werder under his belt and has become an integral part of the team in the last year and a half. In the space of just a couple of seasons, the promising youngster, who got most of his game time as a substitute, developed into a key, indispensable player, even when things don’t go to plan.