Junior Malanda

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Junior Malanda

| image = Junior Malanda 2014-10-24 Krasnodar-Wolfsburg (15).jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Malanda with VfL Wolfsburg in 2014

| full_name = Bernard Malanda-Adje{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/bernard-malanda-adje/155083/ |title=B. Malanda: Summary |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=1 September 2022 |archive-date=7 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407071700/https://int.soccerway.com/players/bernard-malanda-adje/155083/ |url-status=live }}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1994|8|28|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/junior-malanda/ |title=Junior Malanda: Profile |website=worldfootball.net |date=10 January 2016 |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=1 September 2022 |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203074932/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/junior-malanda/ |url-status=live }}

| birth_place = Brussels, Belgium

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|1|10|1994|8|28|df=y}}

| death_place = Porta Westfalica, Germany

| height = 1.81 m{{cite web |url=https://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/info/profis/kader/mittelfeld/junior-malanda.html |title=Junior Malanda |publisher=Vfl Wolfsburg |access-date=1 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111080026/https://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/info/profis/kader/mittelfeld/junior-malanda.html |archive-date=11 January 2015 |url-status=dead}}

| position = Defensive midfielder

| youthyears1 = 2000–2001

| youthclubs1 = VK Sint-Agatha-Berchem

| youthyears2 = 2001–2003

| youthclubs2 = FC Ganshoren

| youthyears3 = 2003–2004

| youthclubs3 = RSCUP Dieleghem Jette

| youthyears4 = 2004–2005

| youthclubs4 = Brussels

| youthyears5 = 2005–2007

| youthclubs5 = Anderlecht

| youthyears6 = 2007–2012

| youthclubs6 = Lille

| years1 = 2011–2012

| clubs1 = Lille II

| caps1 = 17

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2012–2013

| clubs2 = Zulte Waregem

| caps2 = 35

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2013–2015

| clubs3 = VfL Wolfsburg

| caps3 = 17

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2013

| clubs4 = → Zulte Waregem (loan)

| caps4 = 17

| goals4 = 3

| totalcaps = 86

| totalgoals = 9

| nationalyears1 = 2009

| nationalteam1 = Belgium U15

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2009–2010

| nationalteam2 = Belgium U16

| nationalcaps2 = 10

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2010–2011

| nationalteam3 = Belgium U17

| nationalcaps3 = 9

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2011–2012

| nationalteam4 = Belgium U18

| nationalcaps4 = 4

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| nationalyears5 = 2012

| nationalteam5 = Belgium U19

| nationalcaps5 = 7

| nationalgoals5 = 0

| nationalyears6 = 2013–2014

| nationalteam6 = Belgium U21

| nationalcaps6 = 15

| nationalgoals6 = 2

}}

Bernard Malanda-Adje (28 August 1994 – 10 January 2015) known as his nickname Junior Malanda, was a Belgian professional footballer who last played for German club VfL Wolfsburg as a defensive midfielder.{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/player/185491/junior-malanda|title=Junior Malanda|publisher=Espnfc.com|accessdate=15 January 2015}}

He was a youth team player at Brussels, Anderlecht and Lille, going on to play in the reserve team of the latter. In 2012, he joined Zulte Waregem, and was a regular player as they finished runners-up of the 2012–13 Belgian Pro League. After that he was signed by Wolfsburg of the Bundesliga on a five-year contract, loaning him back for the first season before recalling him. He also represented Belgium up to under-21 level.

Malanda died at the age of 20, when a car in which he was travelling crashed in northern Germany, killing him instantly. The crash was attributed to excessive speed and wet conditions. Over 1,000 mourners attended his funeral at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in his native Brussels.

Club career

=Early career=

Formerly of the youth teams of the Belgian clubs RWDM Brussels FC and R.S.C. Anderlecht, Malanda joined French Ligue 1 club Lille OSC in 2007. He spent the 2010–11 season with their reserves in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth tier of football in the country. He made his debut on 9 October 2011, playing the entirety of a 1–0 win away to Drancy.{{cite web|title=Drancy 0-1 Lille II|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/10/09/france/cfa/jeanne-d-arc-de-drancy/lille-osc-ii/1164969/|website=Soccerway|accessdate=23 February 2015|archive-date=18 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418224840/https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/10/09/france/cfa/jeanne-d-arc-de-drancy/lille-osc-ii/1164969/|url-status=live}} Malanda made 17 league appearances that season, scoring a solitary goal, an 88th-minute equaliser in a 1–1 home draw against Poissy on 20 May 2012.{{cite web|title=Lille II 1-1 Poissy|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/05/20/france/cfa/lille-osc-ii/as-poissy/1165186/|website=Soccerway|accessdate=23 February 2015|archive-date=6 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506072901/https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/05/20/france/cfa/lille-osc-ii/as-poissy/1165186/|url-status=live}}

=Zulte Waregem=

On 7 July 2012, 17-year-old Malanda returned to Belgium, signing a three-year deal with Zulte Waregem, with the option of an additional two.{{cite news|title=Zulte Waregem neemt Junior Malanda (17) over van Lille|trans-title=Zulte Waregem take Junior Malanda (17) from Lille|url=http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/1285/Jupiler-Pro-League/article/detail/1466495/2012/07/07/Zulte-Waregem-neemt-Junior-Malanda-17-over-van-Lille.dhtml|accessdate=23 February 2015|work=Het Laatste Nieuws|date=7 July 2012|language=Dutch|archive-date=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223072822/http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/1285/Jupiler-Pro-League/article/detail/1466495/2012/07/07/Zulte-Waregem-neemt-Junior-Malanda-17-over-van-Lille.dhtml|url-status=live}} He made his debut in the Belgian Pro League on 5 August, replacing Hernán Hinostroza in the 57th minute of a 3–1 win against Gent at the Regenboogstadion.{{cite web|title=Zulte-Waregem 3-1 Gent|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/08/05/belgium/pro-league/sv-zulte-waregem/koninklijke-atletiek-associatie-gent/1289737/|website=Soccerway|accessdate=23 February 2015|archive-date=27 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027123357/http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/08/05/belgium/pro-league/sv-zulte-waregem/koninklijke-atletiek-associatie-gent/1289737/|url-status=live}} Malanda played 36 league matches as his team finished as runners-up to Anderlecht, scoring 3 goals, starting with an equaliser on 16 December as Zulte Waregem came from a goal down to defeat Genk in a home fixture.{{cite web|title=Zulte-Waregem 3-2 Genk|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/12/16/belgium/pro-league/sv-zulte-waregem/krc-genk/1289882/|website=Soccerway|accessdate=23 February 2015|archive-date=27 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027123213/http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/12/16/belgium/pro-league/sv-zulte-waregem/krc-genk/1289882/|url-status=live}} He also scored the decisive goal on 21 April 2013, when his team defeated the eventual champions 2–1.{{cite web|title=Zulte-Waregem 2-1 Anderlecht|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/04/21/belgium/pro-league/sv-zulte-waregem/royal-sporting-club-anderlecht/1460955/|website=Soccerway|accessdate=23 February 2015|archive-date=30 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230122551/http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/04/21/belgium/pro-league/sv-zulte-waregem/royal-sporting-club-anderlecht/1460955/|url-status=live}}

On 1 August 2013, VfL Wolfsburg signed Malanda on a five-year deal, with him being loaned back to Zulte Waregem for the rest of the season.{{cite news|title=Malanda revient à Zulte Waregem|trans-title=Malanda returns to Zulte Waregem|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Malanda-a-wolfsburg/389950|accessdate=23 February 2015|work=L'Equipe|date=1 August 2013|language=French|archive-date=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223084204/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Malanda-a-wolfsburg/389950|url-status=live}} Six days later, he made his debut in a European competition, featuring in a 0–3 home defeat against Dutch club PSV Eindhoven which saw Zulte Waregem eliminated from the UEFA Champions League.{{cite news|title=PSV finish the job in style in Brussels|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/020c-0e859540dd20-351e72a36a1a-1000--psv-finish-the-job-in-style-in-brussels/|access-date=23 February 2015|publisher=UEFA|archive-date=12 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012222219/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2014/matches/round=2000477/match=2011737/postmatch/report/index.html|url-status=live}} Malanda played 8 matches in the club's UEFA Europa League campaign, and scored twice: opening a 1–1 draw against APOEL Nicosia in the play-offs,{{cite news|title=Zulte Waregem 1-1 APOEL|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2012415--zulte-waregem-vs-apoel/|access-date=23 February 2015|publisher=UEFA|date=22 August 2013|archive-date=27 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927172429/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2014/matches/round=2000468/match=2012415/postmatch/report/index.html|url-status=live}} and netting an 88th-minute winner in a 2–1 group stage triumph away to Wigan Athletic on 28 November 2013.{{cite news|last1=Rose|first1=Gary|title=Wigan 1-2 SV Zulte Waregem|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25128256|accessdate=23 February 2015|work=BBC Sport|date=28 November 2013|archive-date=28 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228085600/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25128256|url-status=live}}

=VfL Wolfsburg=

Malanda was recalled by Wolfsburg manager Dieter Hecking on 1 January 2014.{{cite news|title=Wolfsburg recall Malanda from loan|url=http://www.espnfc.com/story/1667732/wolfsburg-recall-junior-malanda-from-loan-spell-at-zulte-waregem|accessdate=23 February 2015|publisher=ESPN|date=1 January 2014|archive-date=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223092146/http://www.espnfc.com/story/1667732/wolfsburg-recall-junior-malanda-from-loan-spell-at-zulte-waregem|url-status=live}} On the 25 January, he was included in a Wolfsburg matchday squad for the first time, an unused substitute in a 1–3 home defeat against Hannover 96.{{cite web|title=Wolfsburg 1-3 Hannover|url=http://www.goal.com/en-gb/match/wolfsburg-vs-hannover-96/1487180/lineups|website=Goal.com|accessdate=23 February 2015}} He made his debut on 8 February, replacing Christian Träsch for the last 8 minutes of a 3–0 home win against Mainz 05.{{cite news|title=Wolfsburg win in style|url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/291177/report|accessdate=23 February 2015|work=Sky Sports|date=8 February 2014|archive-date=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223084825/http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/291177/report|url-status=live}}

On 25 March, he scored his first goal for the club, opening a 3–1 win at Werder Bremen in the second minute.{{cite news|title=Wolfsburg keep up Europe hopes with away victory at Werder Bremen|url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/309485/report|accessdate=23 February 2015|work=Sky Sports|date=25 March 2014|archive-date=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223085043/http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/309485/report|url-status=live}} He added a second on 12 April, finishing off a 4–1 win against 1. FC Nürnberg.{{cite news|title=Wolfsburg bounce back|url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/291298/report|accessdate=23 February 2015|work=Sky Sports|date=12 April 2014|archive-date=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223084208/http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/291298/report|url-status=live}} However, an injury then put Malanda out for the remainder of the 2013–14 season.{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/wolfsburgs-malanda-miss-rest-season-130202433.html|title=Wolfsburg's Malanda to miss rest of season|date=16 April 2014|work=Yahoo News|accessdate=15 January 2015|archive-date=20 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120163543/http://news.yahoo.com/wolfsburgs-malanda-miss-rest-season-130202433.html|url-status=live}}

International career

While aged 17, Malanda captained the Belgium national under-19 football team.

Style of play

Earlier in his career, Malanda played as a right back before establishing himself as a defensive midfielder.

Personal life

Malanda was from a Belgian family of Congolese descent, and was survived by his brother named Rudy. He was a close friend of Kevin De Bruyne and Ivan Perišić, teammates at Wolfsburg.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/20/junior-malanda-funeral-wolfsburg-belgium|title = Mourners pay respects at funeral of Wolfsburg midfielder Junior Malanda|website = TheGuardian.com|date = 20 January 2015}}

Death

=Crash and funeral=

File:Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Brussels (1).jpg]]

On 10 January 2015, at 15:25 local time (CET), Malanda was travelling in the back seat of a Volkswagen Touareg, on the A2 near the town of Porta Westfalica{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/junior-malanda-vom-vfl-wolfsburg-ist-nach-autounfall-tot-a-1012359.html |title=Fußballprofi vom VfL Wolfsburg: Junior Malanda stirbt bei Autounfall' |work=Spiegel Online |date=10 January 2015 |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-date=15 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815163428/http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/junior-malanda-vom-vfl-wolfsburg-ist-nach-autounfall-tot-a-1012359.html |url-status=live }} in northern Germany, to catch a flight to a training camp in South Africa. Apparently without outside influence, the car cleared the guardrail on the side of the road and crashed into a tree and overturned multiple times, Malanda was catapulted from the back seat of the car. The police confirmed Malanda was not wearing his seat-belt at the time of the crash, resulting in him being thrown forward at the collision and being killed instantly, Malanda was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:00 PM.{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/junior-malanda-dead-20-wolfsburg-4956112 |title=Junior Malanda dead at 20: Wolfsburg youngster 'suffers fatal injuries in car accident' |work=Daily Mirror |date=10 January 2015 |first=Jack |last=Lang}}{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/junior-malanda-dies-20yearold-wolfsburg-midfielder-killed-in-car-accident-on-german-motorway-9970172.html |title=Junior Malanda dies: 20-year-old Wolfsburg midfielder 'killed in car accident' on German motorway |first=Jack |last=de Menezes |work=The Independent |date=10 January 2015 |access-date=3 November 2017 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925131750/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/junior-malanda-dies-20yearold-wolfsburg-midfielder-killed-in-car-accident-on-german-motorway-9970172.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.focus.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga1/polizei-bestaetigt-malanda-war-auf-seiner-todesfahrt-nicht-angeschnallt_id_4397819.html|title=Polizei bestätigt: Malanda war auf seiner Todesfahrt nicht angeschnallt|author=|date=12 January 2015|work=FOCUS Online|accessdate=15 January 2015|archive-date=2 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802200212/http://www.focus.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga1/polizei-bestaetigt-malanda-war-auf-seiner-todesfahrt-nicht-angeschnallt_id_4397819.html|url-status=live}}

According to the police report, the crash was caused due to inappropriate speed for the very rainy weather, and an investigation into possible manslaughter was opened.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com/soccer/story/junior-malanda-not-wearing-seat-belt-during-deadly-crash-wolfsburg-tragedy-car-accident-011215|title=Police: Junior Malanda not wearing seat belt during deadly crash|author=|work=FOX Sports|accessdate=15 January 2015|archive-date=15 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115054552/http://www.foxsports.com/soccer/story/junior-malanda-not-wearing-seat-belt-during-deadly-crash-wolfsburg-tragedy-car-accident-011215?|url-status=live}} His agent Peter Smeets stated Malanda's car was caught speeding 21 times in the last 6 months, of which it was faster than 200 km/h in ten instances. He reported that Malanda was almost never driving the car himself. The road was blocked for two hours to clear the scene after the crash.{{cite news|last1=Meinhardt|first1=Gunnar|title=Auto von Malanda in sechs Monaten 21 Mal geblitzt|trans-title=Malanda's car caught speeding 21 times in six months|url=https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/vfl-wolfsburg/article136324719/Auto-von-Malanda-in-sechs-Monaten-21-Mal-geblitzt.html|accessdate=23 February 2015|work=Die Welt|date=13 January 2015|language=German|archive-date=1 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201133217/https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/vfl-wolfsburg/article136324719/Auto-von-Malanda-in-sechs-Monaten-21-Mal-geblitzt.html|url-status=live}}

Malanda's funeral was held on 20 January at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Brussels. It drew over 1,000 mourners, among them Wolfsburg manager Dieter Hecking and Sporting Director Klaus Allofs as well as Marc Wilmots, the former manager of the Belgium national football team. Songs and dances from his family's ancestral Congo were performed.{{cite news|title=Mourners pay respects at funeral of Wolfsburg midfielder Junior Malanda|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/20/junior-malanda-funeral-wolfsburg-belgium|accessdate=23 February 2015|work=The Guardian|agency=Associated Press|date=20 January 2015}} After the funeral his body was buried in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, where he grew up.

=Reactions=

Notable footballers including Thibaut Courtois, Ivan Perišić, Nicklas Bendtner, Benedikt Höwedes, Kevin De Bruyne, Mario Götze, and others, paid tribute to him on social media.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/junior-malanda-dies-20yearold-wolfsburg-midfielder-killed-in-car-accident-on-german-motorway-9970172.html|title=Junior Malanda dies: 20-year-old Wolfsburg midfielder 'killed in car accident' on German motorway|work=The Independent|date=11 January 2015|accessdate=15 January 2015|archive-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925131750/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/junior-malanda-dies-20yearold-wolfsburg-midfielder-killed-in-car-accident-on-german-motorway-9970172.html|url-status=live}} Fellow Belgian Romelu Lukaku dedicated his next goal to him after scoring for Everton in the FA Cup on 13 January.{{Cite web|url = https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/everton-striker-romelu-lukaku-speaks-9217907|title = Everton striker Romelu Lukaku speaks of heartache at death of Junior Malanda|date = 8 May 2015|access-date = 23 September 2020|archive-date = 30 October 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231030022916/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/everton-striker-romelu-lukaku-speaks-9217907|url-status = live}} Bundesliga club Bayern Munich observed a minute's silence for Malanda at their training camp in Qatar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/0000311951.jsp|title=Wolfsburg confirm minute's applause in memory of Junior Malanda | VFL Wolfsburg|access-date=23 September 2020|archive-date=2 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002041200/https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/0000311951.jsp|url-status=live}}

Fans marched outside the Volkswagen Arena in tribute to Malanda in Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg played its first match since his death, against Bayern Munich on 30 January, a giant banner with Malanda's name and image was displayed by fans at the stadium.{{cite news|last1=Begley|first1=Emlyn|title=VfL Wolfsburg 4-1 Bayern Mun|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30991047|accessdate=23 February 2015|work=BBC Sport|date=30 January 2015|archive-date=12 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212075835/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30991047|url-status=live}}

At the end of his final season, Wolfsburg reached the 2015 DFB-Pokal Final against Borussia Dortmund, where they wore shirts with his squad number 19 within a heart.{{cite news|title=Wolfsburg make Junior Malanda tribute ahead of Dortmund final|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32917629|accessdate=28 May 2015|work=BBC Sport|date=28 May 2015|archive-date=29 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529111805/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32917629|url-status=live}} They subsequently retired his number for the upcoming season.{{cite news|title=Wolfsburg retire le numéro de Malanda pour la saison prochaine|trans-title=Wolfsburg retire Malanda's number for next season|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Wolfsburg-retire-le-numero-de-malanda-pour-la-saison-prochaine/571050|accessdate=2 July 2015|work=L'Equipe|date=2 July 2015|language=French|archive-date=3 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703005852/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Wolfsburg-retire-le-numero-de-malanda-pour-la-saison-prochaine/571050|url-status=live}}

Career statistics

As of 20 December 2014 .

Appearances and goals by club, season and competitions.

rowspan=2\|Club !rowspan=2\|Season !colspan=3\|League !colspan=2\|National Cup{{efn\|Includes Belgian Cup & DFB-Pokal}} !colspan=2\|Europe !colspan=2\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text align center "
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
Lille II \|2011−12	Championnat de France amateur	17	1	colspan=2\|−	colspan=2\|−	17	1
rowspan=2\|Zulte Waregem \|2012–13	Belgian Pro League	35	3	4	0	colspan=2\|−	39	3
colspan=2\|Total ! 35 ! 3 ! 4 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 56 ! 3
rowspan=3\|VfL Wolfsburg \|2013−14 \| rowspan=2\|Bundesliga	7	2	1	0	colspan=2\|−	8	2
2014–15	10	0	2	0	3{{efn\|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}	0	15	0
colspan=2\|Total !17 !2 !2 !0 !3 !0 !22 !2
Zulte Waregem (loan)	2013–14	Belgian Pro League	17	3	1	0	9{{efn\|One appearance in the UEFA Champions League and eight appearances and one goal in the UEFA Europa League}}	1	17	3
colspan=3\|Career total !86 !9 !8 !0 !12 !1 !96 !9

Honours

VfL Wolfsburg

DFB-Pokal: 2014–15{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ger/news/newsid=2252793.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603005958/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ger/news/newsid=2252793.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 June 2015|title=Wolfsburg break cup duck, dashing Klopp hopes|date=30 May 2015|work=UEFA|access-date=6 August 2015}} (posthumous)