Philipp François Köhn (born 2 April 1998) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Born in Germany, he represented both his country of birth and Switzerland at youth level.

Personal life

He was born in

Dinslaken Dinslaken is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is known for its harness racing track, its now closed coal mine in Lohberg and its wealthy neighborhoods ''Hiesfeld'' and ''Eppinghoven''. Geography Dinslaken ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

, Germany to a German father and a Swiss mother from

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Club career

RB Leipzig

On 23 February 2017, RB Leipzig's sporting director Ralf Rangnick announced that Köhn would sign with the club as soon as his contract with

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expires in the summer. On 4 June 2017, Köhn signed a four-year deal keeping him at the German club until June 2021. He didn't make any appearances for the club.

Red Bull Salzburg

On 6 July 2018, Red Bull Salzburg announced that they had signed Köhn from RB Leipzig, their unofficial sister club, on a four-year contract. Since FC Liefering is Salzburg's

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, he was eligible to play for both clubs as a cooperation player. During the 2019–20 pre-season friendly, Köhn played in a football match between Salzburg and Chelsea in the Red Bull Arena, replacing Cican Stankovic at half-time. He conceded two goals from Pedro and

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as the match ended in a 5–3 loss. He featured for Liefering twelve times.

Loan to Wil and return to Salzburg

On 29 July 2020, he went to

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side

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on loan. After 33 matches in all competitions, he returned to Salzburg. In the 2021–22 season, he became the starting goalkeeper at Salzburg ahead of Nico Mantl, in which he played in the Champions League, as his club managed to reach the round of 16. He also achieved the domestic double under coach

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. In the 2022–23 season, he won his second domestic league title in a row and third in total, and was voted as "Best Goalkeeper of the Season".

Monaco

On 15 July 2023, Köhn joined

club

by signing a 5-year contract. Later that year, on 11 November, he saved his first penalty at the club in the 100th minute of stoppage time to maintain an away goalless draw against

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International career

Germany

Köhn has represented Germany from under-15 to under-18 age groups, before switching his allegiance to Switzerland. He has been playing for Switzerland from under-19.

Switzerland

Köhn also featured for Switzerland

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and under-21 teams. In November 2022, he was named in the senior team's

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roster.

Career statistics

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg *

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: 2019–20, 2021–22,

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: 2019–20, 2021–22 Individual *Best goalkeeper in the Austrian Bundesliga:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kohn, Philipp 1998 births Living people People from Wesel (district) Footballers from Düsseldorf (region) Swiss men's footballers German men's footballers Swiss people of German descent German people of Swiss descent Men's association football goalkeepers Germany men's youth international footballers Switzerland men's youth international footballers Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers FC Liefering players FC Wil players FC Red Bull Salzburg players AS Monaco FC players 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Swiss Challenge League players Ligue 1 players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Swiss expatriate men's footballers German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Austria German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Monaco German expatriate sportspeople in Monaco