Player Details

Name

Robert Voloder

Pronunciation

VOLO-derr

Height

6' 1"

Weight

174 lbs

Date of Birth

5.9.2001 (25)

Birthplace

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Position

Defender

Footedness

Left

Roster Category

Senior
Career Summary

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • First MLS game – vs. LAFC 4/18/2022

  • First MLS start –  vs. Columbus Crew 4/24/2022

  • First MLS goal –  vs. D.C. United 9/14/2022

  • First MLS assist - vs. Portland Timbers 4/7/2024

2026: MLS (RBNY): Signed by Red Bull New York on January 12… joined club from Sporting Kansas City… made 8 appearances and 8 starts… logging 710 minutes played… recorded 2 assists. US Open Cup: Made two appearances… logging 163 minutes played.

2025: MLS (SKC) : Made 18 appearances… logged 1.489 minutes played. 

2024: MLS (SKC): Made 21 appearances … recorded one assist… logging 1,759 minutes played. US Open Cup: Made 4 appearances… logging 389 minutes played. Leagues Cup: Made 3 appearances… logging 197 minutes played.

2023: MLS (SKC): Made 14 appearances… logging 1,028 minutes played. MLS NEXT Pro: Made 7 appearances… recording one goal… logging 569 minutes played.

2022: MLS (SKC): Made 12 appearances … scored first MLS goal on September 14 vs. D.C. United…made his MLS debut and first start on April 20 vs FC Dallas.

2021: Europe: Played for NK Maribor in Slovenian PrvaLiga… made 20 appearances… scored two goals… helped the club record 10 shutouts… featured in UEFA Europa Conference League (4 appearances).

2020: Germany: Played for 1. FC Köln II… made 27 appearances… scored one goal… recorded six clean sheets… competed in Regionalliga West.

PRIOR TO NEW YORK

Voloder played the last four seasons with Sporting Kansas City. He made 78 career appearances for Kansas City, where he recorded one goal and two assists. Last season, Voloder made 18 appearances and logged 1,489 minutes played. The defender made four appearances and helped lead SKC to the 2024 U.S. Open Cup Final. 

Prior to Kansas City, Voloder played for NK Maribor in the Slovenian first division. He made 20 appearances for the club and guided them to the top of the table. Voloder scored two goals with the club and helped posted 10 shutouts in those 20 appearances.  The Frankfurt, Germany native also made four appearances in the inaugural 2021-22 UEFA Europa Conference League.

The defender started his professional career with 1. FC Koln, and featured for 1.FC Koln II, where he made 27 appearances and scored one goal. During the 2020-21 season, he contributed six shutouts and helped his club earn a fifth-place finish in German Regionalliga West. At the youth level, he played for Koln’s academy from 2016 to 2020, and also had stops at SG Rosenhole Offenbach from 2014 to 2015, FSV Frankfurt from 2010 to 2014, and Eintracht Frankfurt from 2008 to 2010.  

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

At the international level, Voloder represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the U-17, U-18, and U-19 levels. He was a staple for Bosnia in their 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship campaign, where he started in all six qualifying matches. The defender then represented Germany, starting in September 2019. He made eight career appearances for their U-19 and U-20 levels. 

ACQUIRED: Red Bull New York have signed German center back Robert Voloder to a three-year MLS contract through December of 2028 with an option through June of 2029 on January 12, 2026.