Amin Younes

Amin Younes
Younes with Ajax in 2016
Personal information
Full name Amin Younes[1]
Date of birth (1993-08-06) 6 August 1993[1]
Place of birth Düsseldorf, Germany
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position Left winger / Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Napoli
Number 34
Youth career
1997–2000 SG Unterrath
2000–2011 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 37 (4)
2012–2015 Borussia Mönchengladbach 26 (1)
2014–2015 → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) 14 (2)
2015–2018 Jong Ajax 5 (2)
2015–2018 Ajax 69 (12)
2018– Napoli 0 (0)
National team‡
2008–2009 Germany U16 1 (1)
2009–2010 Germany U17 10 (4)
2010–2011 Germany U18 6 (1)
2011–2012 Germany U19 8 (2)
2012–2013 Germany U20 2 (0)
2013–2015 Germany U21 18 (3)
2017– Germany 5 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 April 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2017

Amin Younes (born 6 August 1993) is a German professional footballer[2] who currently plays as a winger for Serie A club Napoli and for the German national team.[3]

Club career

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Born in Düsseldorf, to a Lebanese father and a German mother, Younes played as a youth for SG Unterrath. In 2000, at the age of 8, he joined the youth setup of Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach. In 2011, he made his debut for Borussia Mönchengladbach II, the reserve team, playing in the Regionalliga West.

Younes made his senior team debut at the end of the 2011–12 Bundesliga, coming on as a substitute against Hannover 96 on 1 April 2012.[4]

1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan)

In August 2014, he joined 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern on a season-long loan.[5]

AFC Ajax

On 16 July 2015, Younes signed a three-year contract for Dutch club Ajax, until 30 June 2018, with an option for an additional year.[6]

International career

Germany

On 17 May 2017, Germany manager Joachim Löw called Younes up to the German national team for the first time as part of the squad for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.[7]

On 6 June 2017, he made his senior debut coming on as a sub in a 1–1 draw with Denmark. He scored his first goal for the national team against San Marino on 10 June 2017.

On 29 June 2017, he scored his 2nd goal(4th for Germany in the game) in the semi-final of 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup where Germany knocked Mexico out of the tournament to reach the final and won the tournament eventually.[8][9]

Career statistics

Club performance

As of matches played on 17 April 2018.
ClubSeasonLeagueCup1Continental2Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Borussia Mönchengladbach II2010–11Regionalliga West60—60
2011–12203203
2012–13110110
Totals373—373
Borussia Mönchengladbach2011–12Bundesliga1000—10
2012–131110020131
2013–1414000—140
Totals2610020281
Kaiserslautern (loan)2014–152. Bundesliga14210—152
Kaiserslautern II (loan)2014–15Regionalliga Südwest30—30
Jong Ajax2015–16Eerste Divisie410041
2017–18110011
Totals5200—52
Ajax2015–16Eredivisie2782060358
2016–1729310184487
2017–181310041172
Totals69123028510017
Career totals154204030518825
Reference:[10]

International

International statistics

As of 8 October 2017
National teamYearApp.Goals
Germany
201752
Total52

International Goals

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 June 2017Stadion Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany San Marino4–07–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.29 June 2017Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia Mexico4–14–12017 FIFA Confederations Cup

Honours

Club

Ajax[11]
Jong Ajax

International

Germany

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: List of players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 2 July 2017. p. 4. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Younes, Amin" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Amin Younes". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Hannover 96 vs. Borussia M'gladbach". Soccerway. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Amin Younes wird ein Roter Teufel" [Amin Younes becomes a Red Devil] (in German). 1. FC Kaiserslautern. 22 August 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ajax contracteert Amin Younes" (in Dutch). Ajax. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Confed Cup: Löw nominiert Plattenhardt und Wagner". kicker online (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  8. ↑ FIFA.com (1900-01-01). "Younes: We have a very bright future". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  9. ↑ Murray, Scott (2017-06-29). "Germany 4-1 Mexico: 2017 Confederations Cup semi-final – as it happened". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  10. ↑ "Amin Younes » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "A. Younes-Trophies". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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