Julian Draxler

Julian Draxler
Draxler playing for Germany in 2019
Personal information
Full name Julian Draxler[1]
Date of birth (1993-09-20) 20 September 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Gladbeck, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Club information
Current team
 Al Ahli
Number 7
Youth career
1998–2000 BV Rentfort
2000–2001 SSV Buer 07/28
2001–2011 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Schalke 04 119 (18)
2015–2016 VfL Wolfsburg 34 (5)
2017–2023 Paris Saint-Germain 131 (17)
2022–2023 → Benfica (loan) 10 (1)
2023– Al Ahli 10 (5)
National team‡
2010–2011 Germany U18 8 (1)
2011 Germany U19 2 (1)
2011 Germany U21 1 (1)
2012– Germany 58 (7)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Germany
FIFA World Cup
Winner 2014 Brazil
FIFA Confederations Cup
Winner 2017 Russia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:08, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:34, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Julian Draxler (born 20 September 1993) is a German association football attacking midfielder. He plays for Qatar Stars League club Al Ahli and the Germany national team.

He made his first national appearance in a loss against Switzerland. He scored his first national goal against the United States on 2 June 2013. He also made his first FIFA World Cup appearance in 2014, when he came on as a substitute in Germany's 7–1 victory against Brazil.[3] Since 2011, Draxler has made more than 100 appearances for Schalke 04.[4]

In January 2014, he was named by The Guardian as one of the ten most promising young players in Europe.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 March 2024[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Schalke 04 2010–11 Bundesliga 15 1 3 2 — 6[c] 0 — 24 3
2011–12 30 2 2 1 — 13[d] 2 1[e] 0 46 5
2012–13 30 10 3 2 — 6[c] 1 — 39 13
2013–14 26 2 2 0 — 10[c] 4 — 38 6
2014–15 15 2 1 0 — 3[c] 0 — 19 2
2015–16 3 1 1 0 — 0 0 — 4 1
Total 119 18 12 5 — 38 7 1 0 170 30
VfL Wolfsburg 2015–16 Bundesliga 21 5 1 0 — 9[c] 3 0 0 31 8
2016–17 13 0 1 0 — — — 14 0
Total 34 5 2 0 — 9 3 0 0 45 8
Paris Saint-Germain 2016–17 Ligue 1 17 4 5 4 1 1 2[c] 1 — 25 10
2017–18 30 4 6 0 3 1 8[c] 0 0 0 47 5
2018–19 31 3 6 2 2 0 7[c] 0 0 0 46 5
2019–20 11 0 4 0 2 0 5[c] 0 0 0 22 0
2020–21 24 4 5 0 — 5[c] 0 0 0 34 4
2021–22 18 2 1 0 — 4[c] 0 1[f] 0 24 2
Total 131 17 27 6 8 2 31 1 1 0 198 26
Benfica (loan) 2022–23 Primeira Liga 10 1 2 0 3 1 3[c] 0 — 18 2
Al Ahli 2023–24 QSL 10 5 0 0 2 1 — — 12 6
Career total 304 46 42 12 13 4 81 11 2 0 443 72
  1. ↑ Includes DFB-Pokal, Coupe de France, Taça de Portugal
  2. ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, Taça da Liga, Qatari Stars Cup
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearance in DFL-Supercup
  6. ↑ Appearance in Trophée des Champions

International

As of match played 29 March 2022[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany
2012 3 0
2013 7 1
2014 5 0
2015 1 0
2016 11 2
2017 13 3
2018 9 0
2019 2 0
2020 4 1
2022 2 0
Total 58 7
As of match played 7 October 2020. Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first.[7]
List of international goals scored by Julian Draxler
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 June 2013 RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States  United States 3–4 3–4 Friendly
2 26 June 2016 Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France  Slovakia 3–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2016
3 11 October 2016 HDI Arena, Hanover, Germany  Northern Ireland 1–0 2–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 10 June 2017 Stadion Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany  San Marino 1–0 7–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 19 June 2017 Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia  Australia 2–1 3–2 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
6 4 September 2017 Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Germany  Norway 2–0 6–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 7 October 2020 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany  Turkey 1–0 3–3 Friendly

Honours

Schalke 04[8][9]

Paris Saint-Germain[9][8]

Benfica

Germany

Individual

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
  3. ↑ FIFA.com. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ - Matches - Brazil-Germany". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2013-14/fc-schalke-04-2/54639/spieler_julian-draxler.html (German)
  5. ↑ staff, Observer Sport (19 January 2014). "Europe's top youngsters and stars of the future - Observer Sport staff" – via www.theguardian.com.
  6. ↑ "Julian Draxler » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Julian Draxler at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "J. Draxler". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Julian Draxler". Eurosport.
  10. ↑ Whitehead, Luke Bosher and Jacob. "PSG crowned Ligue 1 champions after draw against Lens". The Athletic. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  11. ↑ "Eis os 32 campeões de 2022/2023 (oito já tinham saído) - Fotogaleria". A Bola (in Portuguese). 27 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "Match report: Germany – Argentina". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019.
  13. ↑ "Match report: Chile – Germany". FIFA. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019.
  14. ↑ Whitney, Clark (22 July 2011). "Bayern Munich's Emre Can, Schalke's Julian Draxler & Borussia Monchengladbach's Marc-Andre ter Stegen honoured with 2011 Fritz Walter Medals". goal.com. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  15. ↑ "Draxler erhält Preis für das Tor des Jahres" (in German). sportschau.de. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  16. ↑ Anderson, Cammy (21 April 2014). "Analysing Julian Draxler". Vavel. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  17. ↑ Strachan, Iain (2 July 2017). "Draxler named Confederations Cup Player of the Tournament". Goal.com. Retrieved 27 January 2018.