Gideon Jung

Gideon Jung (born 12 September 1994) is a German professional footballer who currently plays as a defender or defensive midfielder for Hamburger SV.[1]

Gideon Jung
Jung in 2017.
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-12) 12 September 1994
Place of birth Düsseldorf, Germany
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hamburger SV
Number 28
Youth career
2011–2012 Sportfreunde Baumberg
2012–2013 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 22 (1)
2014–2015 Hamburger SV II 29 (2)
2014– Hamburger SV 108 (2)
National team‡
2017 Germany U21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:46, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 June 2017

Club career

He made his professional debut on 13 September 2013 for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen in a Regionalliga West match against Sportfreunde Lotte. On 5 April 2014, Jung scored his first professional goal in a game against SC Wiedenbrück 2000. He went on to make 22 appearances in the 2013-14 season before transferring to Hamburger SV on 1 July 2014.

Upon arrival at Hamburger SV, Jung was immediately sent down to the second team, Hamburger SV II. On 26 July 2014, Gideon made his debut for the side in a 4–0 rout of Goslarer SC 08. On 26 October 2014, Gideon scored 1 of 10 goals for the team during a 10–0 rout of FT Braunschweig. During the 2014–15 season, Gideon appeared 23 times for Hamburger SV II, but wasn't able to make his debut for Hamburger SV.

Having been called up to Hamburger SV, Jung started the 2015–16 on the first team, making his debut on Matchday 1 versus FC Bayern Munich.

International career

On 21 August 2015, Jung was invited by Horst Hrubesch, coach of the German U-21 national team for the first time when he was nominated for the test match against Denmark and for the European Championship qualifier against Azerbaijan.[2] He could not participate in the game due to a hit on the calf.[3] On 26 August 2016, Jung was again invited by Stefan Kuntz, Hrubesch's successor.[4] Again he could not participate because of an injury.[5]

Club career statistics
As of 11 March 2019[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 2013–14 Regionalliga West 22100—221
Hamburger SV II 2014–15 Regionalliga Nord 232—232
2015–16 50—50
2016–17 10—10
Total 292000000292
Hamburger SV 2015–16 Bundesliga 19010—200
2016–17 29041—331
2017–18 30110—311
2018–19 2. Bundesliga 6000—60
Total 841610000902
Career totals 13546100001415

    Honours
    Germany

    References
    1. "G. Jung". SoccerwaySoccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
    2. aho (28 August 2015). "Brandt & Co.: Hrubesch holt 17 Neue". kicker online (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
    3. las/aho (1 September 2015). "Huth kommt für Vlachodimos – Jung reist ab". kicker online (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
    4. aho (26 August 2016). "Kohr, Stefaniak & Co.: Kuntz baut um". kicker online (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
    5. tru (28 August 2016). "Bitter! Jung sagt Kuntz ab". kicker online (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
    6. Gideon Jung at Soccerway
    7. "Weisers Kopfball macht den EM-Traum wahr". kicker.de (in German). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
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