Gideon Jung (born 12 September 1994) is a German professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who currently plays as a defender or

defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

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club Greuther Fürth.

Club career

He made his professional debut on 13 September 2013 for

Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen is a German association football club in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as ''Oberhausener SV'' in December 1904 out of the merger of ''Emschertaler SV'' (1902) and the football enthusiasts of ''Oberh ...

in a

Regionalliga West The Regionalliga West is a German semi-professional football division administered by the Western German Football Association based in Duisburg. It is one of the five German regional football associations. Being the single flight of the Western ...

match against

Sportfreunde Lotte VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as well ...

. 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 Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football section. Though the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of three ...

on 1 July 2014. Upon arrival at

, Jung was immediately sent down to the second team,

Hamburger SV II Hamburger SV II are the reserve team of German association football club Hamburger SV. Until 2005 the team played as Hamburger SV Amateure. The team has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, on five occasions. They cur ...

. On 26 July 2014, Gideon made his debut for the side in a 4–0 rout of

Goslarer SC 08 The Goslarer SC 08 is a German association football club from the city of Goslar, Lower Saxony. The club's most notable achievement was winning the tier-five Niedersachsenliga and earning promotion to the Regionalliga Nord in 2009 and 2012. A ...

. On 26 October 2014, Gideon scored 1 of 10 goals for the team during a 10–0 rout of

FT Braunschweig Freie Turnerschaft Braunschweig, commonly known as Freie Turner, FT Braunschweig or simply FTB, is a German association football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. History The club was founded as a worker's sports club on 2 ...

. During the 2014–15 season, Gideon appeared 23 times for

, but wasn't able to make his debut for

. Having been called up to

, Jung started the 2015–16 on the first team, making his debut on Matchday 1 versus

FC Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which play ...

International career

On 21 August 2015, Jung was invited by

Horst Hrubesch Horst Hrubesch (; born 17 April 1951) is a German professional football manager and former player who last managed Hamburger SV. As a player, Hrubesch won three West German championships with his club side, Hamburger SV, as well as the European C ...

, coach of the German U-21 national team for the first time when he was nominated for the test match against

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and for the European Championship qualifier against

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. He could not participate in the game due to a hit on the calf. On 26 August 2016, Jung was again invited by

Stefan Kuntz Stefan Kuntz (born 30 October 1962) is a German professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who played as a Forward (association football), striker. He is the head coach of the Turkey national ...

, Hrubesch's successor. Again he could not participate because of an injury.

Career statistics

Honours

;Germany *

UEFA European Under-21 Championship The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the compe ...

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References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jung, Gideon 1994 births Living people Men's association football midfielders German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players Hamburger SV players Hamburger SV II players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players Footballers from Düsseldorf Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players