 Weigl withBenfica 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 | 56 | (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 23:04, 15 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:39, 26 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
Julian Weigl (born 8 September 1995) is a German professionalfootballer who plays as adefensive midfielder forBundesliga clubBorussia Mönchengladbach. He has also represented theGermany national team.
Weigl is a youth export from1860 Munich. He made his2. Bundesliga debut at 14 February 2014 againstIngolstadt 04. He replacedYannick 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 the2014–15 season againstKaiserslautern. 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 teammatesVitus Eicher,Daniel Adlung andYannick 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 byChristopher Schindler.[7]
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 againstBorussia Mönchengladbach. He made hisEuropa League debut a month after, when he came on in the 60th minute as a substitute againstFC 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 byLiverpool. He scored his first goal for Dortmund which was also his first professional goal againstSporting CP in theUEFA 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 againstFC 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 againstBorussia Mönchengladbach.[12]
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.
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]
Weigl started to represent Germany at youth levels during thequalification 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 theNetherlands U20.[20] Weigl made his debut for theGermany U-21 team on 3 September 2015, in a friendly match againstDenmark.[21]
Rewarded for a fine Bundesliga debut with a place in Germany's provisional squad forEuro 2016, Weigl debuted for the Germany senior squad when he came off the bench in a 3–1 friendly defeat againstSlovakia.[22]
| 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 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 79 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 86 | 3 | |||||
| Career total | 335 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 63 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 437 | 12 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | |
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