Julius Biada (born 3 November 1992) is a German professional

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who plays as an

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Career

Biada played as a youth for a number of clubs around his hometown of

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

, ending up at Bayer Leverkusen, where he broke into the reserve team for the 2011–12 season. He spent the following season with FC Schalke 04 II, where he scored 11 goals, making him the team's joint top scorer along with Manuel Torres. In July 2013, he signed for

SV Darmstadt 98 Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was briefly known as ''Rasen-Spo ...

of the

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, and made his debut in a first round DFB Pokal match against

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

, as a substitute for

Jérôme Gondorf Jérôme Gondorf (born 26 June 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as central midfielder. Career Having previously played for Stuttgarter Kickers from 2010 until 2013, Gondorf joined 3. Liga club Darmstadt in 2013 on a t ...

. Darmstadt caused an upset by eliminating the

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side 5–4 on penalties after the match ended 0–0. In January 2015, Biada transferred from Darmstadt to

SC Fortuna Köln SC Fortuna Köln is a German association football club based in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. History The club was formed as on 21 February 1948 through the merger of three local sides: Victoria Köln 1911 (one of two clubs to ...

. In 2016, Biada joined

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...

on a free transfer. On 25 May 2022, he agreed to join

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...

for the 2022–23 season.

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* * 1992 births Living people Footballers from Cologne Men's association football midfielders German men's footballers 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Eintracht Braunschweig players SC Fortuna Köln players SV Darmstadt 98 players FC Schalke 04 II players Bayer 04 Leverkusen II players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players SV Sandhausen players 1. FC Saarbrücken players {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub