Julian Weigl

Julian Weigl

Weigl with Benfica in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Julian Weigl[1]
Date of birth	(1995-09-08) 8 September 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Bad Aibling, Germany
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number	8
Youth career
2001–2006	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)
2015–2020	Borussia Dortmund	116	(3)
2020–2023	Benfica	77	(3)
2022–2023	→ Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan)	23	(1)
2023–	Borussia Mönchengladbach	35	(2)
International career^‡
2013–2014	Germany U19	4	(0)
2014–2015	Germany U20	7	(1)
2015–2016	Germany U21	5	(0)
2016–	Germany	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:21, 21 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:39, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Julian Weigl (born 8 September 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach. He has also represented the Germany national team.

Club career

1860 Munich

Weigl with 1860 Munich in 2015

Weigl is a youth export from 1860 Munich. He made his 2. Bundesliga debut at 14 February 2014 against Ingolstadt 04. He replaced Yannick Stark after 66 minutes in a 2–0 away defeat.^[3] 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, being only 18 years old, was named captain. He is therefore the youngest captain in the history of 1860 Munich.^[4] 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.^[5][6] Weigl was relieved of the captaincy and succeeded by Christopher Schindler.^[7]

Borussia Dortmund

After the 2014–15 season, Weigl transferred to Borussia Dortmund, where he signed a contract until 2019.^[8] Julian Weigl made his official Dortmund debut on Saturday 15 August 2015 in a 4–0 home victory against Borussia Mönchengladbach. He made his Europa League debut a month after, when he came on in the 60th minute as a substitute against FC Krasnodar. Weigl's remarkable play earned him a starting place in Dortmund and helped them finish 2nd in the Bundesliga and also played regularly as Dortmund went deep into the Europa league, before being knocked out by Liverpool. He scored his first goal for Dortmund which was also his first professional goal against Sporting CP in the UEFA Champions League, scoring the winner from outside the box in the 2–1 win. Weigl signed a new contract with Borussia on 21 December, keeping him at the club until 2021.^[9] On 13 May 2017, he suffered a fractured ankle in BVB's 1–1 away draw against FC Augsburg.^[10] On 18 May 2017, Weigl underwent a successful surgery on his injury, but would be out for three to four months.^[11] He returned to Dortmund's XI on 24 September 2017 in BVB's 6–1 home victory against Borussia Mönchengladbach.^[12]

Benfica

On 31 December 2019, Benfica announced an agreement with Dortmund to sign Weigl for €20 million.^[13][14] On 2 January 2020, Weigl arrived in Lisbon, where he completed the required physical examination before getting to know his new stadium, signing a contract through 30 June 2024 and being officially introduced to the supporters of his new club.

Borussia Mönchengladbach

On 1 September 2022, Borussia Mönchengladbach announced an agreement to sign Weigl on loan from Benfica.^[15]

On 5 May 2023, Borussia Mönchengladbach triggered Weigl's buyout clause of €7 million,^[16] signing him on a permanent five-year deal.^[17]

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.^[18] He was part of the U-20 squad in August 2014.^[19] On 13 October 2014, Weigl scored his first international goal in a 1–1 draw against the Netherlands U20.^[20] Weigl made his debut for the Germany U-21 team on 3 September 2015, in a friendly match against Denmark.^[21]

Rewarded for a fine Bundesliga debut with a place in Germany's provisional squad for Euro 2016, Weigl debuted for the Germany senior squad when he came off the bench in a 3–1 friendly defeat against Slovakia.^[22]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 September 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1860 Munich II	2013–14[23]	Regionalliga Bayern	23	0	—		—		—		—		23	0
1860 Munich	2013–14[23]	2. Bundesliga	14	0	0	0	—		—		—		14	0
	2014–15[24]	2. Bundesliga	24	0	1	0	—		—		1[a]	0	26	0
	Total		38	0	1	0	—		—		1	0	40	0
Borussia Dortmund	2015–16[25]	Bundesliga	30	0	5	0	—		16[b]	0	—		51	0
	2016–17[23][26]	Bundesliga	30	0	3	0	—		9[c]	1	1[d]	0	43	1
	2017–18[23]	Bundesliga	25	1	1	0	—		7[e]	0	0	0	33	1
	2018–19[23]	Bundesliga	18	1	2	0	—		4[c]	0	—		24	1
	2019–20[23]	Bundesliga	13	1	2	0	—		4[c]	0	1[d]	0	20	1
	Total		116	3	13	0	—		40	1	2	0	171	4
Borussia Dortmund II	2017–18[23]	Regionalliga West	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	2018–19[23]	Regionalliga West	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	Total		2	0	—		—		—		—		2	0
Benfica	2019–20[2]	Primeira Liga	18	1	2	0	0	0	1[b]	0	0	0	21	1
	2020–21[2]	Primeira Liga	28	0	4	0	2	0	8[f]	1	1[g]	0	43	1
	2021–22[2]	Primeira Liga	29	2	3	0	3	0	13[c]	1	—		48	3
	2022–23[2]	Primeira Liga	2	0	0	0	0	0	1[c]	0	—		3	0
	Total		77	3	9	0	5	0	23	2	1	0	115	5
Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan)	2022–23	Bundesliga	23	1	1	0	—		—		—		24	1
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2023–24	Bundesliga	31	2	4	0	—		—		—		35	2
	2024–25	Bundesliga	4	0	1	0	—		—		—		5	0
	Total		58	3	6	0	—		—		—		64	3
Career total			314	9	29	0	5	0	63	3	4	0	415	12

1. Appearance in 2. Bundesliga relegation play-offs
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
4. Appearance in DFL-Supercup
5. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
7. Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

International

As of match played 26 March 2022^[2]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany	2016	4	0
	2017	1	0
	2022	1	0
Total		6	0

Honours

Borussia Dortmund^[2]

• DFB-Pokal: 2016–17
• DFL-Supercup: 2019

Benfica

• Primeira Liga: 2022–23^[27]

Individual

• Facebook FA Bundesliga Newcomer of the Year: 2016
• VDV Newcomer of the Season: 2015–16

References

1. "Comunicado Oficial N. 371" [Official Announcement No. 371] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 8 May 2021. p. 8. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
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3. "FC Ingolstadt 04 vs. 1860 München 2–0". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
4. "Mit 18: Weigl neuer "Löwen"-Kapitän" [With 18: Weigl new "Lions"-captain] (in German). kicker.de. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
5. "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.
6. "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.
7. "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.
8. "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.
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10. KGaA, Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. "Long spell on the sidelines for Julian Weigl". www.bvb.de. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
11. KGaA, Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. "Julian Weigl undergoes successful ankle surgery". www.bvb.de. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
12. KGaA, Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. ""An indescribable feeling"". www.bvb.de. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
13. "Benfica Weigl Transfer Agreement CMVM Football". SLBenfica.pt. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
14. "O pedido de Weigl que o levou ao Benfica". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Record. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
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16. "Venda de Vlachodimos rendeu cerca de cinco milhões de euros ao Benfica" [Sale of Vlachodimos made Benfica around five million euros] (in European Portuguese). Jornal de Notícias. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
17. "Borrusia sign Julian Weigl from Benfica permanently". Borussia Mönchengladbach. 5 May 2023.
18. "Weigl in der Zwickmühle: U19-EM oder 1860?" [Weigl's dilemma: U-19 Euro Cup or 1860?]. tz.de (in German). 23 July 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
19. "Weigl wieder im Einsatz – bei der DFB-Elf" [Weigl in action again | in the DFB-team]. tz.de (in German). 8 September 2014.
20. "Löwe Weigl trifft für deutsche U20-Auswahl" [Lion Weigl scores for German U20-squad] (in German). tz.de. 14 October 2014.
21. "Länderspiel 2015/2016 Saison" [International game 2015/16 season]. German Football Association (in German). 3 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
22. "Slovakia stun green Germany in storm-hit friendly". BeIN Sports. 29 May 2016.
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27. "Eis os 32 campeões de 2022/2023 (oito já tinham saído) - Fotogaleria". A Bola (in Portuguese). 27 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.