Julian Draxler

Julian Draxler (born 20 September 1993) is a German association football attacking midfielder. He plays for Qatar Stars League club Al Ahli and the Germany national team.

Julian Draxler
2019-06-11 Fußball, Männer, Länderspiel, Deutschland-Estland StP 2278 LR10 by Stepro - Julian Draxler (cropped).jpg
Draxler playing for Germany in 2019
Personal information
Full nameJulian Draxler[1]
Date of birth20 September 1993
     (aged 33)
[1]
Place of birthGladbeck, Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Playing positionAttacking midfielder, winger
Club information
Current team
Al Ahli
Number7
Youth career
1998–2000BV Rentfort
2000–2001SSV Buer 07/28
2001–2011Schalke 04
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2015Schalke 04119(18)
2015–2016VfL Wolfsburg34(5)
2017–2023Paris Saint-Germain131(17)
2022–2023→ Benfica (loan)10(1)
2023–Al Ahli10(5)
National team‡
2010–2011Germany U188(1)
2011Germany U192(1)
2011Germany U211(1)
2012–Germany58(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:08, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:34, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

He made his first national appearance in a loss against Switzerland. He scored his first national goal against the United States on 2 June 2013. He also made his first FIFA World Cup appearance in 2014, when he came on as a substitute in Germany's 7–1 victory against Brazil.[3] Since 2011, Draxler has made more than 100 appearances for Schalke 04.[4]

In January 2014, he was named by The Guardian as one of the ten most promising young players in Europe.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 March 2024[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Schalke 04 2010–11 Bundesliga 15 1 3 2 — 6[c] 0 — 24 3
2011–12 30 2 2 1 — 13[d] 2 1[e] 0 46 5
2012–13 30 10 3 2 — 6[c] 1 — 39 13
2013–14 26 2 2 0 — 10[c] 4 — 38 6
2014–15 15 2 1 0 — 3[c] 0 — 19 2
2015–16 3 1 1 0 — 0 0 — 4 1
Total 119 18 12 5 — 38 7 1 0 170 30
VfL Wolfsburg 2015–16 Bundesliga 21 5 1 0 — 9[c] 3 0 0 31 8
2016–17 13 0 1 0 — — — 14 0
Total 34 5 2 0 — 9 3 0 0 45 8
Paris Saint-Germain 2016–17 Ligue 1 17 4 5 4 1 1 2[c] 1 — 25 10
2017–18 30 4 6 0 3 1 8[c] 0 0 0 47 5
2018–19 31 3 6 2 2 0 7[c] 0 0 0 46 5
2019–20 11 0 4 0 2 0 5[c] 0 0 0 22 0
2020–21 24 4 5 0 — 5[c] 0 0 0 34 4
2021–22 18 2 1 0 — 4[c] 0 1[f] 0 24 2
Total 131 17 27 6 8 2 31 1 1 0 198 26
Benfica (loan) 2022–23 Primeira Liga 10 1 2 0 3 1 3[c] 0 — 18 2
Al Ahli 2023–24 QSL 10 5 0 0 2 1 — — 12 6
Career total 304 46 42 12 13 4 81 11 2 0 443 72

International

As of match played 29 March 2022[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany
2012 3 0
2013 7 1
2014 5 0
2015 1 0
2016 11 2
2017 13 3
2018 9 0
2019 2 0
2020 4 1
2022 2 0
Total 58 7
As of match played 7 October 2020. Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first.[7]
List of international goals scored by Julian Draxler
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 June 2013 RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States  United States 3–4 3–4 Friendly
2 26 June 2016 Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France  Slovakia 3–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2016
3 11 October 2016 HDI Arena, Hanover, Germany  Northern Ireland 1–0 2–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 10 June 2017 Stadion Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany  San Marino 1–0 7–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 19 June 2017 Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia  Australia 2–1 3–2 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
6 4 September 2017 Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Germany  Norway 2–0 6–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 7 October 2020 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany  Turkey 1–0 3–3 Friendly

Honours

Schalke 04[8][9]

Paris Saint-Germain[9][8]

Benfica

Germany

Individual

Julian Draxler Media

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players (11 June 2014)FIFA. p. 16. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. ↑ FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Germany (15 July 2018)FIFA. p. 12.
  3. ↑ FIFA.com. 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ - Matches - Brazil-Germany. FIFA.com. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  4. ↑ http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2013-14/fc-schalke-04-2/54639/spieler_julian-draxler.html (German)
  5. ↑ staff, Observer Sport. Europe's top youngsters and stars of the future - Observer Sport staff (19 January 2014).
  6. ↑ Julian Draxler » Club matchesWorld Football. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Julian Draxler at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 J. DraxlerSoccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Julian Draxler. Eurosport.
  10. ↑ Whitehead, Luke Bosher and Jacob. PSG crowned Ligue 1 champions after draw against Lens (in en). The Athletic. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  11. ↑ Eis os 32 campeões de 2022/2023 (oito já tinham saído) - Fotogaleria (in pt). A Bola (27 May 2023). Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  12. ↑ Match report: Germany – ArgentinaFIFA.
  13. ↑ Match report: Chile – GermanyFIFA.
  14. ↑ Whitney, Clark. Bayern Munich's Emre Can, Schalke's Julian Draxler & Borussia Monchengladbach's Marc-Andre ter Stegen honoured with 2011 Fritz Walter Medals (22 July 2011)goal.com. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  15. ↑ Draxler erhält Preis für das Tor des Jahres (in de) (1 February 2014)sportschau.de. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  16. ↑ Anderson, Cammy. Analysing Julian Draxler. Vavel (21 April 2014). Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  17. ↑ Strachan, Iain. Draxler named Confederations Cup Player of the Tournament. Goal.com (2 July 2017). Retrieved 27 January 2018.

Other websites

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