Björn Kopplin

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Björn Kopplin
Kopplin with 1. FC Union Berlin in 2013
Personal information
Full name Björn Kopplin[1]
Date of birth (1989-01-07) 7 January 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth West Berlin, West Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Randers
Number 15
Youth career
1996–2004 Union Berlin
2004–2008 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Bayern Munich II 55 (0)
2010–2012 VfL Bochum 60 (1)
2012–2013 Union Berlin II 6 (0)
2012–2015 Union Berlin 37 (0)
2015–2016 Preußen Münster 38 (2)
2017–2018 Hobro 45 (4)
2018–2019 Brøndby 3 (0)
2019– Randers 151 (9)
International career
2005–2006 Germany U17 13 (3)
2007–2008 Germany U19 16 (0)
2009 Germany U20 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 April 2024

Björn Kopplin (born 7 January 1989) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Danish Superliga club Randers FC.[2][3]

Club career[edit]

Kopplin was named in Bayern Munich's squad for the 2008–09 and 2009–10 UEFA Champions League.[4] He was given the number 37 in the first team. On 13 June 2010, VfL Bochum announced that they had signed Kopplin for the following season.[5]

In 2017, Kopplin was signed by Danish team, Hobro IK.[6]

On 26 October 2018, Randers FC announced that they had signed Kopplin from Brøndby IF. He would join the club at the end of 2018.[7]

International career[edit]

Kopplin was part of the Germany squad that won the 2008 UEFA Under-19 Championship. Kopplin is member of the Germany U20 team and played with the team at 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup and scored two goals in the Round of 16.[8]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 4 June 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bayern Munich II 2007–08 Regionalliga Süd 1 0 – – 1 0
2008–09 3. Liga 20 0 – – 20 0
2009–10 34 0 – – 34 0
Total 55 0 0 0 0 0 55 0
VfL Bochum 2010–11 2. Bundesliga 34 0 0 0 – 34 0
2011–12 26 1 3 0 – 29 1
Total 60 1 3 0 — 63 1
Union Berlin 2012–13 2. Bundesliga 11 0 0 0 — 11 0
2013–14 8 0 1 0 — 9 0
2014–15 18 0 0 0 — 18 0
Total 37 0 1 0 — 38 0
Union Berlin II 2012–13 Regionalliga Nordost 1 0 — — 1 0
2013–14 5 0 — — 5 0
Total 6 0 0 0 — 6 0
Preußen Münster 2015–16 3. Liga 38 2 – 2 1 40 3
Hobro 2016–17 NordicBet Liga 14 1 0 0 — 14 1
2017–18 Superliga 31 3 4 0 2 0 37 3
Total 45 4 4 0 2 0 51 4
Brøndby 2018–19 Superliga 3 0 2 0 — 5 0
Randers 2018–19 Superliga 13 2 0 0 — 13 2
2019–20 33 3 3 0 — 36 3
2020–21 26 0 7 0 — 33 0
2021–22 29 0 2 0 10 0 41 0
2022–23 26 2 2 0 — 28 2
Total 127 7 14 0 10 0 151 7
Career total 370 14 24 0 14 1 408 15

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Björn Kopplin" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Kopplin, Björn" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  4. ^ "FC Bayern München". UEFA. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  5. ^ "Bochum schnappt sich U19-Europameister" (in German). DFL. 13 June 2010. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  6. ^ Hobro IK tilknytter tysk forsvarsspiller Archived 5 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine‚ hikfodbold.dk, 1 February 2017
  7. ^ Randers FC henter Björn Kopplin i Brøndby IF Archived 24 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine, randersfc.dk, 26 October 2018
  8. ^ "Deutschland - Nigeria" (in German). kicker.de. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

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