Jannes-Kilian Horn (born 6 February 1997) is a German professional

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who plays as a defender for club

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Career

Horn spent his youth career at

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

, where he was promoted to the first team during the 2016–17 season. In June 2017, Horn joined

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

who had recently qualified for the

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. On 15 August 2019, Horn joined

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), Hannover, HSV or simply 96, is a German professional football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years betwe ...

on a loan deal until the end of 2019–20 season. After Timo Hübers was infected with

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, all Hannover 96 players were tested, but only Horn was tested positive. According to the club, his case had no connection to Hübers' case. On 25 July 2022, Horn signed a two-year deal with

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* Living people 1997 births Sportspeople from Braunschweig German footballers Footballers from Lower Saxony Association football defenders Germany under-21 international footballers Germany youth international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players VfL Wolfsburg II players VfL Wolfsburg players 1. FC Köln players Hannover 96 players VfL Bochum players {{Germany-footy-defender-1990s-stub