Gideon Jung
{{short description|German footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gideon Jung
| image = Gideon Jung 2017.jpg
| caption = Jung in 2017.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|9|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Düsseldorf, Germany
| height = {{convert|1.89|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| position = Defensive midfielder
| currentclub = Greuther Fürth
| clubnumber = 23
| youthyears1 = 2011–2012
| youthclubs1 = Sportfreunde Baumberg
| youthyears2 = 2012–2013
| youthclubs2 = Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
| years1 = 2013–2014
| clubs1 = Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
| caps1 = 22
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2014–2015
| clubs2 = Hamburger SV II
| caps2 = 29
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2014–2021
| clubs3 = Hamburger SV
| caps3 = 133
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2021–
| clubs4 = Greuther Fürth
| caps4 = 75
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2021–2022
| clubs5 = Greuther Fürth II
| caps5 = 3
| goals5 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2017
| nationalteam1 = Germany U21
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Under-21 Championship}}
{{Medal|W|2017|}}
| club-update = 24 May 2025
| ntupdate = 27 June 2017
}}
Gideon Jung (born 12 September 1994) is a German professional footballer who currently plays as a defender or defensive midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club Greuther Fürth.{{cite web | url = https://int.soccerway.com/players/gideon-jung/276424/ | title = G. Jung | website = SoccerwaySoccerway | access-date = 7 August 2021}}
Club career
He made his professional debut on 13 September 2013 for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen in a Regionalliga West match against Sportfreunde Lotte. On 5 April 2014, Jung scored his first professional goal in a game against SC Wiedenbrück 2000. He went on to make 22 appearances in the 2013-14 season before transferring to Hamburger SV on 1 July 2014.
Upon arrival at Hamburger SV, Jung was immediately sent down to the second team, Hamburger SV II. On 26 July 2014, Gideon made his debut for the side in a 4–0 rout of Goslarer SC 08. On 26 October 2014, Gideon scored 1 of 10 goals for the team during a 10–0 rout of FT Braunschweig. During the 2014–15 season, Gideon appeared 23 times for Hamburger SV II, but wasn't able to make his debut for Hamburger SV.
Having been called up to Hamburger SV, Jung started the 2015–16 on the first team, making his debut on Matchday 1 versus FC Bayern Munich.
International career
On 21 August 2015, Jung was invited by Horst Hrubesch, coach of the German U-21 national team for the first time when he was nominated for the test match against Denmark and for the European Championship qualifier against Azerbaijan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/brandt-26-co-_hrubesch-holt-17-neue-633965/artikel |title=Brandt & Co.: Hrubesch holt 17 Neue|author=aho|work=kicker online|publisher=Olympia Verlag GmbH|date=28 August 2015|access-date=4 December 2016|language=de}} He could not participate in the game due to a hit on the calf.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/huth-kommt-fuer-vlachodimos---jung-reist-ab-634140/artikel |title=Huth kommt für Vlachodimos – Jung reist ab|author=las/aho|work=kicker online|publisher=Olympia Verlag GmbH|date=1 September 2015|access-date=4 December 2016|language=de}} On 26 August 2016, Jung was again invited by Stefan Kuntz, Hrubesch's successor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/kohr-stefaniak-26-co-_kuntz-baut-um-659028/artikel |title=Kohr, Stefaniak & Co.: Kuntz baut um|author=aho|work=kicker online|publisher=Olympia Verlag GmbH|date=26 August 2016|access-date=4 December 2016|language=de}} Again he could not participate because of an injury.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bitter-jung-sagt-kuntz-ab-659109/artikel |title=Bitter! Jung sagt Kuntz ab|author=tru|work=kicker online|publisher=Olympia Verlag GmbH|date=28 August 2016|access-date=4 December 2016|language=de}}
Career statistics
{{Updated|21 August 2021}}{{Soccerway|276424}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|DFB-Pokal !colspan=2|Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
|22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| rowspan=4|Hamburger SV II
|rowspan=3|Regionalliga Nord |23 | 2 | colspan=2|— | 23 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16
|5 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17
|1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!29 | 2 | colspan=2|— | 29 | 2 | ||
| rowspan=7|Hamburger SV
|rowspan=3|Bundesliga |19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 2016–17
|29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 1 | |
| 2017–18
|30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
| 2018–19
|rowspan=3|2. Bundesliga |12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2019–20
|24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| 2020–21
|19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!133 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 143 | 3 | |
| SpVgg Greuther Fürth
|Bundesliga |1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| colspan=3|Career total
!185 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 196 | 6 |
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Honours
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140821041037/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2008-09/hamburger-sv-12/81470/spieler_jung-gideon.html kicker profile] {{in lang|de}}
{{SpVgg Greuther Fürth squad}}
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Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Germany men's youth international footballers
Category:Germany men's under-21 international footballers
Category:German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
Category:Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players
Category:Hamburger SV II players
Category:SpVgg Greuther Fürth players
Category:Footballers from Düsseldorf
Category:2. Bundesliga players