Patrick Herrmann (born 12 February 1991) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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 ...

and the Germany national team.

Club career

Born in

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 ...

, Herrmann began playing football at FC Uchtelfangen based in nearby Illingen. At the age of 13 he joined 1. FC Saarbrücken, before transferring to

in the summer of 2008. On 16 January 2010, Herrmann made his first team debut, appearing as a substitute in a

match against

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. Gladbach scored less than a minute later, with Herrmann providing the assist for fellow debutant

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, but went on to lose the match 2–1. Herrmann appeared 13 times in the second half of the 2009–10 season, and was rewarded with a new contract, keeping him at the club until 2014. He signed a contract to 2019. In May 2019 he further extended his contract till 2022.

International career

Herrmann has represented the German national team at every level of youth football between the under-16s and under-21s. On 24 March 2013 he was called up for the senior national team for the first time, for a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan. Herrmann made his debut on 10 June 2015 at the RheinEnergieStadion in

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, starting the match and assisting

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's opener in an eventual 1–2 friendly defeat to the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Herrmann, Patrick 1991 births Living people Footballers from Saarbrücken German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Germany men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Bundesliga players Borussia Mönchengladbach II players Borussia Mönchengladbach players