Paul Seguin
{{short description|German footballer (born 1995)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Paul Seguin
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|03|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Magdeburg, Germany
| currentclub = Hertha BSC
| clubnumber = 30
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 = 1999–2007
| youthclubs1 = 1. FC Lok Stendal
| youthyears2 = 2007–2014
| youthclubs2 = VfL Wolfsburg
| years1 = 2014–2017
| clubs1 = VfL Wolfsburg
| caps1 = 26
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2014–2018
| clubs2 = VfL Wolfsburg II
| caps2 = 41
| goals2 = 7
| years3 = 2017–2018
| clubs3 = → Dynamo Dresden (loan)
| caps3 = 23
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2018–2019
| clubs4 = → Greuther Fürth (loan)
| caps4 = 12
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2019–2022
| clubs5 = Greuther Fürth
| caps5 = 92
| goals5 = 8
| years6 = 2022–2023
| clubs6 = Union Berlin
| caps6 = 20
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2023–2025
| clubs7 = Schalke 04
| caps7 = 55
| goals7 = 5
| years8 = 2025–
| clubs8 = Hertha BSC
| caps8 = 0
| goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2016
| nationalteam1 = Germany U21
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 24 May 2025
}}
Paul Seguin (born 29 March 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{German football updater|HerthaBe}} club Hertha BSC.
Club career
Born in Magdeburg, Seguin came through the academy system at 1. FC Lok Stendal in 1999. In 2007, he joined the VfL Wolfsburg Academy.{{cite web|url=https://www.football.com/en/paul-seguin/|title=Paul Seguin - Football.com|website=Football.com|accessdate=30 January 2016}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He was called up the second team in 2014. He made his professional debut in the Regionalliga Nord on 24 August 2014 against Hamburger SV II and on 6 December 2014, he scored his first goal of his career against VfR Neumünster.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/paul-seguin/259550/|title=Germany – P. Seguin – Profile with news, career statistics and history |website=Us.soccerway.com|accessdate=28 January 2016}} He has played 36 games and scored 7 goals for VfL Wolfsburg II since 2014. On 4 March 2015, he made his debut for first team in DFB-Pokal against RB Leipzig. He played one minute after he replaced Kevin De Bruyne.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/03/04/germany/dfb-pokal/rb-leipzig/vfl-wolfsburg/1962045/|title=RB Leipzig vs. Wolfsburg – 4 March 2015 – Soccerway |website=Us.soccerway.com|accessdate=30 January 2016}}
On 17 January 2019, Seguin was loaned out to Greuther Fürth for the rest of the season with an option to buy.[https://www.greuther-fuerth.de/aktuell/nachrichten/profis/story-des-tages/2018-2019/20190117-kleeblatt-verpflichtet-seguin SEGUIN WIRD FÜRTHER], greuther-fuerth.de, 17 January 2019 On 7 May it was confirmed, that Greuther Fürth had decided to activate the option and he signed a three-year contract with the club.{{cite web |title=Paul Seguin bleibt bei Greuther Fürth |url=https://www.kicker.de/paul-seguin-bleibt-bei-greuther-fuerth-748594/artikel |website=kicker |access-date=20 August 2020 |language=German |date=7 May 2019}}
On 21 June 2023, Seguin agreed to join Schalke 04, newly relegated from the Bundesliga, signing a three-year contract.{{cite news|url=https://schalke04.de/en/team/paul-seguin-signs/|title=Paul Seguin joins Schalke with immediate effect|website=FC Schalke 04|date=21 June 2023}} On 18 June 2025, he agreed to a contract with Hertha BSC lasting until 2027.{{cite web |url=https://www.herthabsc.com/de/nachrichten/2025/06/verpflichtung-paul-seguin-2526 |title=Paul Seguin wird Herthaner |publisher=Hertha BSC |language=de |date=18 June 2025 }}
International career
Seguin made his Germany U21 debut in a 1–0 win over Turkey U21 on 10 November 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://datencenter.dfb.de/profil/300551?historize_title=U+21-Nationalmannschaft&historize_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dfb.de%2Fu-21-maenner%2Fteam-und-trainer%2F|title = Julian Pollersbeck - Spielerprofil}}
Career statistics
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{{Updated|match played 2 May 2025}}{{cite web|title=Paul Seguin - Club matches|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/paul-seguin/2/|website=Worldfootball}}
| 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"|Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals | ||||||
| rowspan="4"|VfL Wolfsburg
|0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 |
| 2015–16
|Bundesliga |4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 |
| 2016–17
|Bundesliga |22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 1 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!26||1||3||0||colspan="2"|—||29||1 | ||||||
| rowspan="5"|VfL Wolfsburg II
|20 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 3 | |
| 2015–16
|Regionalliga Nord |20 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|Appearances in Promotion play-offs 3. Liga.}} | 0 | 22 | 4 |
| 2016–17
|Regionalliga Nord |0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017–18
|Regionalliga Nord |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!41||7||colspan="2"|—||2||0||43||7 | ||||||
| Dynamo Dresden (loan)
|23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 0 |
| Greuther Fürth (loan)
|2. Bundesliga |12 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 2 | |
| rowspan="4"|Greuther Fürth
|2. Bundesliga |32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 1 |
| 2020–21
|2. Bundesliga |33 | 7 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 36 | 7 |
| 2021–22
|Bundesliga |27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!104||10||5||0||colspan="2"|—||109||10 | ||||||
| Union Berlin
|Bundesliga |20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 1 |
| rowspan="3"|Schalke 04
|2. Bundesliga |30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 4 |
| 2024–25
|2. Bundesliga |25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 2 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!55 | 5 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 57 | 6 |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!269||24||13||1||2||0||284||25 |
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Honours
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://schalke04.de/en/teams/profis/person/paul-seguin/ Profile] at the Schalke 04 website
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Category:Footballers from Magdeburg
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:VfL Wolfsburg II players
Category:VfL Wolfsburg players
Category:Dynamo Dresden players
Category:SpVgg Greuther Fürth players
Category:1. FC Union Berlin players
Category:FC Schalke 04 players
Category:2. Bundesliga players