Julian Korb (born 21 March 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right back for Borussia Mönchengladbach II.[1]

Julian Korb
Korb with Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Essen, Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
Borussia Mönchengladbach II
Number 27
Youth career
TuS Preußen Vluyn
Hülser SV
DJK/VfL Tönisberg
2004–2006 MSV Duisburg
2006–2010 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 94 (5)
2012–2017 Borussia Mönchengladbach 76 (1)
2017–2020 Hannover 96 66 (2)
2021–2023 Holstein Kiel 33 (5)
2023– Borussia Mönchengladbach II 35 (0)
International career
2007 Germany U15 2 (0)
2007–2008 Germany U16 6 (0)
2008–2009 Germany U17 8 (0)
2009–2010 Germany U18 2 (0)
2010–2011 Germany U19 10 (0)
2014–2015 Germany U21 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:19, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Club career

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Korb played for TuS Preußen Vluyn, Hülser SV and DJK/VfL Tönisberg in his youth before moving to the youth academy of MSV Duisburg in 2004. In 2006, he then joined Borussia Mönchengladbach's youth team,[1] for whom he played in the Under 17 Bundesliga and Under 19 Bundesliga. He made his debut in a senior game in January 2010, with the Borussia Mönchengladbach II in the Regionalliga West, the fourth tier of German football. Until September 2013, he played 94 games in the Regionalliga, scoring five goals.[2]

On 5 May 2012, Korb was handed his first team debut by manager Lucien Favre in a 3–0 Bundesliga win over Mainz 05, coming off the bench in the 73rd minute to replace Tolga Ciğerci. On 6 December 2012, debuted in the UEFA Europa League in a 3–0 group stage win over Fenerbahçe.[3] Korb made his breakthrough in the Bundesliga in the 2013–14 season. From matchday 10 onwards, he featured in 22 games - each time in the starting eleven - as a right-back.[2] In the 2014–15 season, he finished the league in third place with Borussia and qualified for the UEFA Champions League in the following season, but the team did not make it past the group stage. In the following season, Korb and Borussia were again eliminated in the Champions League group stage.

Korb joined newly promoted side Hannover 96 in summer 2017.[4] He made 28 appearances in his first season for Hannover, in which he scored one goal. In the following season, he made 12 appearances, while Hannover was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga. There, Korb played 26 matches in the 2019–20 season and scored one goal.[2] He then left the club, as his contract expired.

After Korb was without a club in the 2020–21 season, he joined second-division club Holstein Kiel for the 2021–22 season, signing a contract until 30 June 2023.[5]

He returned to Borussia Mönchengladbach II for the 2023–24 season, where he leads the second team as one of the three senior squad players.[6]

International career

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Korb played for the German youth teams at the under-15, under-17 and under-19 levels.[7] He made his debut for the Germany under-21 team on 4 March 2014.

In June 2015, Korb was named by Horst Hrubesch in the Germany under-21 squad for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[8] At the tournament, he featured in all four Germany matches before the team was eliminated in the semi-final against Portugal.[2]

Career statistics

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As of match played 1 July 2024[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Borussia Mönchengladbach II 2009–10 Regionalliga West 6 0 6 0
2010–11 Regionalliga West 27 2 27 2
2011–12 Regionalliga West 27 1 27 1
2012–13 Regionalliga West 32 2 32 2
2013–14 Regionalliga West 2 0 2 0
Total 94 5 94 5
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2011–12 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 1 0
2012–13 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
2013–14 Bundesliga 22 0 1 0 23 0
2014–15 Bundesliga 24 0 2 0 5[a] 0 31 0
2015–16 Bundesliga 17 1 2 0 5[b] 1 24 1
2016–17 Bundesliga 12 0 2 1 6[c] 0 20 1
Total 76 1 7 1 17 1 100 3
Hannover 96 2017–18 Bundesliga 28 1 1 0 29 1
2018–19 Bundesliga 12 0 0 0 12 0
2019–20 2. Bundesliga 26 1 1 0 27 1
Total 66 2 2 0 68 2
Holstein Kiel 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 21 4 1 0 22 4
2022–23 2. Bundesliga 12 1 1 0 13 1
Total 33 5 2 0 35 5
Borussia Mönchengladbach II 2023–24 Regionalliga West 27 2 27 2
Career total 296 16 11 1 17 1 324 17
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

References

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  1. ^ "Julian Korb". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Julian Korb » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  3. ^ "De Jong trifft bei Comeback - VfL glänzt in Istanbul". kicker.de (in German). 6 December 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Hannover holt Korb aus Gladbach". kicker.de (in German). 7 June 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Die KSV verpflichtet Julian Korb". holstein-kiel.de (in German). 10 June 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Julian Korb ist wieder Borusse". rp-online.de (in German). 5 June 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  7. ^ Julian Korb at DFB (also available in German)
  8. ^ "Hrubesch benennt Kader für U21-EM in Tschechien". rp-online.de (in German). 8 June 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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