Robin Koch ( german pronunciation : [ ˈʁɔbɪn ˈkɔx ] ; [ 3 ] [ 4 ] born 17 July 1996 ) is a german professional football player who plays as a defender for Premier League club Leeds United and the Germany home team. [ 5 ] Koch made his first-team debut for 1. FC Kaiserslautern after graduated from the club ‘s young system and besides played in Bundesliga with SC Freiburg. He has previously played for Eintracht Trier II, Eintracht Trier, 1. FC Kaiserslautern II, 1. FC Kaiserslautern and SC Freiburg. He besides represented Germany at under-21 level before joining the foremost team in November 2019. In August 2020, he signed for Leeds United ahead of their Premier League return and in 2021, represented them at UEFA Euro 2020.
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Club career [edit ]
early career [edit ]
Having played young football with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, SV Dörbach and Eintracht Trier, [ 6 ] Koch started his aged career at Eintracht Trier, where he made his introduction on 22 September 2014 in a 0–0 describe with TuS Koblenz. [ 5 ] He scored his first elder goal on 22 November 2014 in a 4–2 victory over SpVgg Neckarelz ; A humble blast in the twenty-fifth minute to put Eintracht Trier 1–0 up. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] He appeared in 23 league matches for Eintracht Trier across the 2014–15 season, scoring two goals, [ 5 ] whilst he besides appeared 6 times for their reserve english. [ 8 ]
1. FC Kaiserslautern [edit ]
In 2015, Koch moved to 1. FC Kaiserslautern, initially joining their reserve slope. [ 9 ] Koch signed his first professional compress with the golf club in September 2016, with the shrink lasting until the summer of 2019. [ 10 ] His debut for Kaiserslautern came on 2 October 2016, starting in a 0–0 draw against Arminia Bielefeld. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] He made 27 2. Bundesliga appearances in total for his hometown club, whilst he appeared 27 times for the reserve side of 1. FC Kaiserslautern, scoring once. [ 5 ]
SC Freiburg [edit ]
On 22 August 2017, Koch moved to Bundesliga side SC Freiburg. The transfer fee paid to Kaiserslautern was reported as €3.5 million. [ 13 ] He made his Bundesliga introduction for Freiburg on 22 October 2017 against Hertha Berlin in a 1–1 pull. [ 5 ] He scored his inaugural goal for the club on 13 January 2018 in a 1–1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt. [ 14 ]
Leeds United [edit ]
On 29 August 2020, Koch joined Leeds United on a four-year conduct, [ 15 ] [ 16 ] for a transfer fee that was reported to be £13 million. [ 17 ] Koch made his Premier League introduction for Leeds in the first match of the season against Liverpool on 12 September 2020, starting in the 3–4 frustration at Anfield to the reigning champions. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Koch was described as having a ‘rough introduction ‘, [ 18 ] having given away the punishment resulting in Liverpool ‘s first goal despite the fact that the ball deflected off his thigh, before failing to mark Virgil van Dijk for Liverpool ‘s second. [ 19 ] Koch was substituted in the one-ninth minute of a 3–1 frustration to Chelsea on 5 December after a recurrence of a stifle injury suffered in the open game of the temper, and subsequently undergo stifle surgery. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] He made his return key to the beginning team as a former substitute against Fulham on 19 March 2021. [ 22 ]
International career [edit ]
young [edit ]
Having first base been called up to Germany ‘s under-21 team in October 2018, [ 23 ] he was part of the Germany U21 ‘s police squad who finished runner up at the 2019 UEFA european Under-21 Championship after losing the final to Spain in June 2019. [ 24 ]
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aged [edit ]
Koch was first called up to the Germany national football team in October 2019, [ 25 ] and he made his introduction on 9 October 2019 in a friendly against Argentina in which he started the game and played the whole peer. [ 26 ] His competitive debut for Germany came in his following appearance for the elder national team on 16 November 2019, starting in the 4–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier victory against Belarus. [ 27 ] He was called up to the Germany team on 26 August 2020 for the UEFA Nations League fixtures against Spain and Switzerland. [ 28 ] On 19 May 2021, he was selected to the team for the UEFA Euro 2020. [ 29 ]
style of play [edit ]
Koch plays chiefly as a centre-back, but can besides play as a defensive midfielder or as a cardinal midfielder. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] He is described as a ball act center back and his style of looseness has been compared to that of Javi Martínez. [ 32 ]
personal animation [edit ]
He is the son of former professional football player Harry Koch. [ 13 ]
career statistics [edit ]
clubhouse [edit ]
- As of match played 8 May 2021
International [edit ]
- As of 2 June 2021[5]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
Honours [edit ]
Germany U21