Timo Horn
{{short description|German footballer (born 1993)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Timo Horn
| image = FC RB salzburg gegen SK Sturm Graz (2024-02-09) 08.jpg
| caption = Horn with FC Red Bull Salzburg in 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|5|12|df=y}}{{cite web | url = http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/timo-horn/ | title = Timo Horn | publisher = worldfootball.net | access-date = 10 October 2012}}
| birth_place = Cologne, Germany
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = VfL Bochum
| clubnumber = 1
| youthyears1 = 1999–2002
| youthclubs1 = SC Rondorf
| youthyears2 = 2002–2010
| youthclubs2 = 1. FC Köln
| years1 = 2010–2012
| clubs1 = 1. FC Köln II
| caps1 = 29
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2012–2023
| clubs2 = 1. FC Köln
| caps2 = 299
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2024
| clubs3 = Red Bull Salzburg
| caps3 =3
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2024–
| clubs4= VfL Bochum
| caps4 = 9
| goals4= 0
| nationalyears1 = 2007–2008
| nationalteam1 = Germany U15
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2008–2009
| nationalteam2 = Germany U16
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2009–2010
| nationalteam3 = Germany U17
| nationalcaps3 = 11
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2010–2011
| nationalteam4 = Germany U18
| nationalcaps4 = 5
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| nationalyears5 = 2011–2012
| nationalteam5 = Germany U19
| nationalcaps5 = 5
| nationalgoals5 = 0
| nationalyears6 = 2012–2013
| nationalteam6 = Germany U20
| nationalcaps6 = 2
| nationalgoals6 = 0
| nationalyears7 = 2013–2015
| nationalteam7 = Germany U21
| nationalcaps7 = 4
| nationalgoals7 = 0
| nationalyears8 = 2016
| nationalteam8 = Germany U23
| nationalcaps8 = 6
| nationalgoals8 = 0
| medaltemplates = {{medalSport|Men's football}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|GER}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team}}
| club-update = 17:26, 12 April 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update =
}}
Timo Phil Horn (born 12 May 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club VfL Bochum.
Club career
= Youth career =
Horn started his youth career at SC Rondorf and joined 1. FC Köln, a club he supported, in 2002.{{cite news|title=Timo Horn discusses goalkeeping and rejecting Liverpool ahead of Koln's 'unimaginable' Arsenal clash|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/arsenal-europa-league-koln-cologne-timo-horn-reject-liverpool-manuel-neuer-a7942421.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/arsenal-europa-league-koln-cologne-timo-horn-reject-liverpool-manuel-neuer-a7942421.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Independent|date=12 September 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/timo-horn/spieler/2-bundesliga/2012-13/1-fc-koeln|title=Horn, Timo|publisher=kicker|language=de|access-date=9 October 2012}} At the age of 15, he rejected Liverpool. He was on both the senior and reserve team squads for both the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons.{{cite web|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/horntimo/2013/|title=Timo Horn|language=de|access-date=9 October 2012 | publisher = fussballdaten.de}} However, Horn only made appearances for the reserve squad in those two seasons.
= 1. FC Köln =
Upon Köln's relegation to the 2. Bundesliga following the 2011–12 season, their top two keepers, Michael Rensing and Miro Varvodić, were released from the club, allowing Horn to become the team's first choice goalkeeper entering the 2012–13 season, receiving a vote of confidence from ex-caretaker manager Frank Schaefer.{{cite web |url=https://www.fc-koeln.de/fc-info/news/detailseite/details/timo-horn-wird-die-neue-nummer-eins/ |title="TIMO HORN WIRD DIE NEUE NUMMER EINS" |work=1. FC Köln |date=30 May 2012 |language=de |trans-title=Timo Horn becomes the new number 1}}
Köln proceeded to spend two seasons in the 2. Bundesliga, finishing 5th in 2012–13, and 1st the following year, earning a promotion back to the Bundesliga. Horn started all but three games in net over those two seasons, finishing with 27 combined clean sheets, including a league-leading 16 in 2013–14. As a team, Köln gave up merely 20 goals during the season, well ahead of the next fewest FC Ingolstadt, who allowed 33. Following the season, Horn was voted by Köln fans as the Player of the Season.{{cite web |url=https://www.fc-koeln.de/fc-info/news/detailseite/details/timo-horn-ist-spieler-der-saison/ |title=TIMO HORN IST SPIELER DER SAISON |work=FC Köln |date=9 May 2014 |language=de |trans-title=Timo Horn is Player of the Season}}
Horn made his Bundesliga debut against Hamburger SV on 23 August 2014, recording a clean sheet. In fact, Horn began his Bundesliga career by not allowing a goal in his first four matches, a feat previously never accomplished.{{cite web |url=http://www.ran.de/fussball/bundesliga/bildergalerien/die-rekorde-der-bundesliga-saison-2014-15 |title=Die Rekorde der Bundesliga-Saison 2014/15 |work=ran |language=de |trans-title=The records of the 2014-15 Bundesliga}} On 19 December 2014, Horn signed a contract extension to stay at Köln until 2019,{{cite web |url=http://www.express.de/sport/fussball/1--fc-koeln/-starkes-signal--fc-bestaetigt-vertragsverlaengerung-mit-timo-horn-und-matthias-lehmann-481516 |title="Starkes Signal" FC bestätigt Vertragsverlängerung mit Timo Horn und Matthias Lehmann |work=Express |date=19 December 2014 |language=de |trans-title="Strong Signal" FC confirms contract extensions with Timo Horn and Matthias Lehmann}} citing his childhood dream of playing for Köln in the Bundesliga as a hometown player.
File:2018-08-19 BFC Dynamo vs. 1. FC Köln (DFB-Pokal) by Sandro Halank–400.jpg
Following the 2015–16 season, Horn was once again voted as the team's Player of the Season.{{cite web |url=https://www.fc-koeln.de/fc-info/news/detailseite/details/timo-horn-ist-spieler-der-saison-1/ |title=TIMO HORN IST SPIELER DER SAISON |work=1. FC Köln |date=26 July 2016 |language=de |trans-title=Timo Horn is Player of the Season}} Making 33 starts, Horn recorded 8 clean sheets while giving up 40 goals.
On 8 April 2018, Horn signed a contract extension with Köln, keeping him at the club until 2022.{{cite web |url=https://fc.de/en/fc-info/news/detailpage/details/horn-extends-until-2022/|title=Horn extends until 2022|work=1. FC Köln |date=4 April 2018|access-date=8 May 2018}} He left Köln in July 2023, having spent 21 years at the club.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kicker.de/faellt-mir-unheimlich-schwer-horn-verlaesst-nach-21-jahren-den-1-fc-koeln-948719/artikel |title="Fällt mir unheimlich schwer": Horn verlässt nach 21 Jahren den 1. FC Köln |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=kicker |language=de}}
= Red Bull Salzburg =
On 6 January 2024, Horn joined Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg on a six-month contract.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-06 |title=Timo Horn wechselt an die Salzach |trans-title=Timo Horn is moving to the Salzach |url=https://www.redbullsalzburg.at/de/aktuelles/news/timo-horn-wechselt-zu-den-roten-bullen |access-date=2024-01-06 |website= |publisher=FC Red Bull Salzburg |language=de}} However, he was unable to displace Alexander Schlager as Salzburg's first-choice goalkeeper and made only three Bundesliga appearances late in the season after Schlager sustained an injury.{{cite news |title=Timo Horn: "Not lacking in potential, but …" |url=https://www.krone.at/3382886 |access-date=11 March 2025 |work=Kronen |date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619044244/https://www.krone.at/3382886 |archive-date=19 June 2024}} Salzburg finished as runners-up for the first time since 2013. Following the expiration of his contract, Horn left the club at the end of the 2023–24 season.{{cite web |title=Timo Horn verlässt unsere Roten Bullen |url=https://www.redbullsalzburg.at/de/aktuelles/news/timo-horn-verlaesst-salzburg |website=FC Red Bull Salzburg |access-date=11 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109003653/https://www.redbullsalzburg.at/de/aktuelles/news/timo-horn-verlaesst-salzburg |archive-date=9 November 2024 |language=de |date=14 June 2024}}
= VfL Bochum =
After the expiration of his contract with Red Bull Salzburg, Horn returned to Germany, signing with Bundesliga club VfL Bochum on 2 August 2024.{{Cite web |date=2 August 2024 |title=Keeper Horn returns to Bundesliga with Bochum |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/keeper-horn-returns-bundesliga-bochum-082301406.html?guccounter=1 |access-date=31 January 2025 |website=Yahoo Sports |language=en-US}}{{cite news |title=Timo Horn verstärkt den VfL Bochum |url=https://www1.wdr.de/sport/fussball/zweite-bundesliga/1-fc-koeln-timo-horn-100.html |access-date=11 March 2025 |work=WDR |date=2 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250223124532/https://www1.wdr.de/sport/fussball/zweite-bundesliga/1-fc-koeln-timo-horn-100.html |archive-date=23 February 2025 |language=de}} Initially serving as a backup to Patrick Drewes, he made his competitive debut on 15 February 2025, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 victory over Borussia Dortmund after Drewes was sidelined with illness. Following his performance, manager Dieter Hecking promoted Horn to the starting role, keeping him in goal even after Drewes' return.{{cite news |title=Hecking schenkt Horn das Vertrauen |url=https://www.kicker.de/hecking-schenkt-horn-das-vertrauen-1092181/artikel |access-date=11 March 2025 |work=kicker |date=20 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222202716/https://www.kicker.de/hecking-schenkt-horn-das-vertrauen-1092181/artikel |archive-date=22 February 2025 |language=de-DE}} On 1 March, Horn made a critical error in a 1–0 defeat to TSG Hoffenheim,{{cite news |title=Schwere Wochen für Bochum? "Dann sehen wir mal, was passiert" |url=https://www.kicker.de/schwere-wochen-fuer-bochum-dann-sehen-wir-mal-was-passiert-1094600/artikel |access-date=11 March 2025 |work=kicker |date=1 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250301183537/https://www.kicker.de/schwere-wochen-fuer-bochum-dann-sehen-wir-mal-was-passiert-1094600/artikel |archive-date=1 March 2025 |language=de-DE}}{{cite news |title=Bochum goalkeeper Timo Horn gutted after critical error leads to loss: "I should have held the ball." |url=https://onefootball.com/en/news/bochum-goalkeeper-timo-horn-gutted-after-critical-error-leads-to-loss-i-should-have-held-the-ball-40777222 |access-date=11 March 2025 |work=OneFootball |date=11 March 2025}} but recovered with a standout performance a week later, playing a key role in Bochum's 3–2 away victory over Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena on 8 March. His display earned him a place in kicker's Team of the Week.{{cite news |title=Mainzer Viererpack und drei Bochumer: Die kicker-Elf des 25. Spieltags |url=https://www.kicker.de/mainzer-viererpack-und-drei-bochumer-die-kicker-elf-des-25-spieltags-1096772/slideshow |access-date=11 March 2025 |work=kicker |date=9 March 2025 |language=de-DE}}
International career
Horn was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the silver medal.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/y=2016/m=8/news=neymar-s-golden-penalty-sees-brazil-to-victory-2823069.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821102147/http://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/y=2016/m=8/news=neymar-s-golden-penalty-sees-brazil-to-victory-2823069.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 August 2016|title=Neymar's golden penalty sees Brazil to victory|date=20 August 2016|work=fifa.com}}
Career statistics
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Honours
References
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{{Germany men's football squad 2016 Summer Olympics}}
{{Fritz Walter Medal Under-17}}
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Category:Footballers from Cologne
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Category:1. FC Köln II players
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:Germany men's youth international footballers
Category:Germany men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic footballers for Germany
Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Germany
Category:Olympic medalists in football
Category:German expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Austria