Jeremy Toljan

Jeremy Toljan
Toljan with Germany U21 in 2016
Personal information
Full name Jeremy Isaiah Richard Toljan[1]
Date of birth (1994-08-08) 8 August 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Stuttgart, Germany
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 23
Youth career
2004–2006 SV Grün-Weiss Sommerrain
2008 TSV Steinhaldenfeld
2008–2009 Stuttgarter Kickers
2009–2011 VfB Stuttgart
2011–2013 1899 Hoffenheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 1899 Hoffenheim II 25 (1)
2013–2017 1899 Hoffenheim 56 (2)
2017–2021 Borussia Dortmund 16 (1)
2018 → Borussia Dortmund II 1 (0)
2019 → Celtic (loan) 10 (0)
2019–2021 → Sassuolo (loan) 55 (1)
2021– Sassuolo 76 (0)
International career‡
2010–2011 Germany U17 7 (0)
2013 Germany U19 1 (0)
2013–2015 Germany U20 4 (0)
2015–2017 Germany U21 18 (1)
2016 Germany U23 6 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2017 Poland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:25, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 June 2017

Jeremy Isaiah Richard Toljan (pronounced [tôʎaːn];[3] born 8 August 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serie B club Sassuolo.

Club career

On 5 October 2013, Toljan made his debut for 1899 Hoffenheim in a Bundesliga game against 1. FSV Mainz 05. He played the full game, which ended in a 2–2 draw.[4]

In the summer of 2017 Toljan signed a five-year deal with Borussia Dortmund.[5][6]

In January 2019, Toljan signed a six-month loan deal with Celtic.[7]

In July 2019, Sassuolo announced the signing of Toljan on two seasons-long loan deal.[8] On 1 July 2021, Toljan moved to Sassuolo on a permanent transfer.[9]

International career

Toljan has played for German national teams at various age levels. He is also eligible to play for both the United States and Croatia; Toljan has he rejected approaches from both teams to maintain eligibility for Germany.[10][11]

He was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the silver medal.[12]

Personal life

He was born in Stuttgart to an African American father and a Croatian mother. His father, who was an artist, died before he was born.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 May 2024[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1899 Hoffenheim II 2012–13 Regionalliga Südwest 18 1 – – 18 1
2013–14 4 0 – – 4 0
2014–15 3 0 — — 3 0
Total 25 1 — — 25 1
1899 Hoffenheim 2013–14 Bundesliga 10 0 1 0 — 11 0
2014–15 6 0 2 0 — 8 0
2015–16 18 1 1 0 — 19 1
2016–17 20 1 1 0 — 21 1
2017–18 2 0 1 0 1[b] 0 4 0
Total 56 2 6 0 1 0 63 2
Borussia Dortmund 2017–18 Bundesliga 16 1 1 0 6[c] 0 23 1
2018–19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 16 1 1 0 6 0 23 1
Borussia Dortmund II 2018–19 Regionalliga West 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Celtic (loan) 2018–19 Scottish Premiership 10 0 2 0 2[d] 0 14 0
Sassuolo (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 29 1 1 0 — 30 1
2020–21 26 0 0 0 — 26 0
Sassuolo 2021–22 Serie A 20 0 0 0 — 20 0
2022–23 Serie A 31 0 0 0 — 31 0
2023–24 Serie A 25 0 2 0 — 27 0
Total 131 1 3 0 — 134 1
Career total 239 5 12 0 9 0 260 5
  1. ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, Scottish Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Celtic

Germany U21

Germany U23

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016 – Men: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 January 2017. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Jeremy Toljan". US Sassuolo Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  3. ^ "tòliti". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 February 2020. Tȍljān
  4. ^ "Mallis Rücken entzückt Mainz: 1. FSV Mainz 05 - TSG Hoffenheim 2:2 (0:2)". kicker (in German). Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Borussia Dortmund sign defender Jeremy Toljan, send Felix Passlack to Hoffenheim". India Today. Reuters. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Dortmund snap up Toljan from Hoffenheim". ESPN. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Jeremy Toljan joins Celtic on loan from Borussia Dortmund" (Press release). Celtic F.C. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Calciomercato: dal Borussia Dortmund arriva Jeremy Toljan" (Press release) (in Italian). US Sassuolo Calcio. 10 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Borussia Dortmund loanee Jeremy Toljan to join Sassuolo on permanent transfer". BVB Buzz. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Toljan Declines United States". Yanks Abroad. 29 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ Antolić, Dražen (17 July 2017). "Video: Prvak Europe Naših Korijena Ekspresno Odbio Hrvatsku S Hrvatima Ne Želi Ni Na Kavu, A Kamoli Da Bi Igrao Za Vatrene!". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Neymar's golden penalty sees Brazil to victory". FIFA.com. 20 August 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Jeremy Toljan Is Earning Minutes at Hoffenheim". American Soccer Now. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Jeremy Toljan". Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Weisers Kopfball macht den EM-Traum wahr". kicker.de (in German). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  16. ^ "The official Under-21 Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. July 2017.
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