Julian Weigl

Julian Weigl

Personal information
Date of birth	8 September 1995
Place of birth	Bad Aibling, Germany
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Borussia Dortmund
Number	33
Youth career
	SV Ostermünchen
2006–2010	1860 Rosenheim
2010–2013	1860 Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2013–2014	1860 Munich II	23	(0)
2014–2015	1860 Munich	38	(0)
2015–	Borussia Dortmund	24	(0)
National team^‡
2013–2014	Germany U19	4	(0)
2014–	Germany U20	10	(1)
2015–	Germany U21	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:03, 5 March 2016 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:59, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Julian Weigl (born 8 September 1995) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Borussia Dortmund.^[1] His style of play has led to comparisons to Sergio Busquets.

Club career

1860 Munich

Weigl is a youth export from 1860 Munich. He made his 2. Bundesliga debut at 14 February 2014 against Ingolstadt. He replaced Yannick Stark after 66 minutes in a 2-0 away defeat.^[2] He managed to play 14 league games in his first season with TSV's first team. In the first match of the 2014–15 season against Kaiserslautern Weigl, only being 18 years old, was named captain. He thereby is the youngest captain in the history of 1860 Munich.^[3] After the second match of the season Weigl was fined and suspended to the second squad along with his teammates Vitus Eicher, Daniel Adlung and Yannick Stark. The four players had been out drinking late at night and were overheard talking negatively about the club.^[4][5] Weigl was relieved of the captaincy and succeeded by Christopher Schindler.^[6]

Borussia Dortmund

After the 2014–15 season Weigl transferred to Borussia Dortmund, where he signed a contract until 2019.^[7] Julian Weigl made his official Dortmund debut on Saturday 15 August 2015 in a 4-0 home victory against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

International career

Weigl started to represent Germany at youth levels during the qualification for the 2014 European Under-19 Championship, which was eventually won by Germany.^[8] Since August 2014 he is part of the U-20 squad.^[9] On 13 October 2014 Weigl scored his first international goal in a 1-1 tie against the Netherlands U20.^[10] Weigl made his debut for the German U-21 team team on September 3, 2015, in a friendly match against Denmark.^[11]

Club statistics

As of 5 March 2016

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other^1		Total		Ref.
		League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1860 München II	2013–14	Regionalliga Bayern	23	0	—		—		—		23	0	[12]
1860 München	2013–14	2. Bundesliga	14	0	0	0					14	0	[12]
	2014–15		24	0	1	0			1	0	26	0	[13]
	Totals		38	0	1	0	—		1	0	40	0	—
Borussia Dortmund	2015–16	Bundesliga	24	0	3	0	13	0	—		40	0	[14]
Totals			78	0	4	0	13	0	1	0	98	0	—

• 1.^ Includes Relegation Playoff.

References

1. "Germany - J. Weigl - Profile with news, career statistics and history". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
2. "FC Ingolstadt 04 vs. 1860 München 2-0". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
3. "Mit 18: Weigl neuer "Löwen"-Kapitän" [With 18: Weigl new "Lions"-captain] (in German). kicker.de. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
4. "Löwen-Spieler feierten nach FCK-Pleite bis in die Nacht" [Lions players were partying after FCK-defeat until late at night] (in German). tz. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
5. "Skandal-Abend begann mit Frust-Runde bei Eicher" [Scandalous evening started out with frustration meeting at Eicher] (in German). Münchner Merkur. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
6. "Weigl-Binde dauerhaft weg! Wer nun übernimmt" [Weigl's armband permanently gone! Who is taking over now] (in German). tz. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
7. "BVB stattet Weigl mit Vertrag bis 2019 aus" [BVB gives Weigl contract until 2019] (in German). kicker.de. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
8. "Weigl in der Zwickmühle: U19-EM oder 1860?" [Weigl's dilemma: U-19 Euro Cup or 1860?] (in German). tz. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
9. "Weigl wieder im Einsatz - bei der DFB-Elf" [Weigl in action again - in the DFB-team] (in German). tz. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
10. "Löwe Weigl trifft für deutsche U20-Auswahl" [Lion Weigl scores for German U20-squad] (in German). tz. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
11. "Länderspiel, 2015/2016, Saison" [International game, 2015/16, season] (in German). German Football Association. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
12. "Julian Weigl » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
13. "Julian Weigl". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
14. "Julian Weigl". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 16 August 2015.