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Björn Kopplin
German footballer
Björn Kopplin (born 7 January 1989) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Danish Superliga club Randers FC.[2][3]
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Kopplin with 1. FC Union Berlin in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Björn Kopplin[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-01-07) 7 January 1989 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | West Berlin, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Randers | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2004 | Union Berlin | ||
| 2004–2008 | Bayern Munich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Bayern Munich II | 55 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | VfL Bochum | 60 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Union Berlin II | 6 | (0) |
| 2012–2015 | Union Berlin | 37 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Preußen Münster | 38 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Hobro | 45 | (4) |
| 2018–2019 | Brøndby | 3 | (0) |
| 2019– | Randers | 151 | (9) |
| International career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Germany U17 | 13 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Germany U19 | 16 | (0) |
| 2009 | Germany U20 | 7 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 April 2024 | |||
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Kopplin was named in Bayern Munich's squad for the 2008–09 and 2009–10 UEFA Champions League.[4] He was given the number 37 in the first team. On 13 June 2010, VfL Bochum announced that they had signed Kopplin for the following season.[5]
In 2017, Kopplin was signed by Danish team, Hobro IK.[6]
On 26 October 2018, Randers FC announced that they had signed Kopplin from Brøndby IF. He would join the club at the end of 2018.[7]
Kopplin was part of the Germany squad that won the 2008 UEFA Under-19 Championship. Kopplin is member of the Germany U20 team and played with the team at 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup and scored two goals in the Round of 16.[8]
- As of 4 June 2023
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bayern Munich II | 2007–08 | Regionalliga Süd | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | 3. Liga | 20 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | 34 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | ||
| VfL Bochum | 2010–11 | 2. Bundesliga | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 34 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 29 | 1 | |||
| Total | 60 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 63 | 1 | |||
| Union Berlin | 2012–13 | 2. Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |||
| Union Berlin II | 2012–13 | Regionalliga Nordost | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Preußen Münster | 2015–16 | 3. Liga | 38 | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | 40 | 3 | |
| Hobro | 2016–17 | NordicBet Liga | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | Superliga | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 3 | |
| Total | 45 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 4 | ||
| Brøndby | 2018–19 | Superliga | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| Randers | 2018–19 | Superliga | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | |
| 2019–20 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 36 | 3 | |||
| 2020–21 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 28 | 2 | |||
| Total | 127 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 151 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 370 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 408 | 15 | ||
- "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.
- "Björn Kopplin" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- "Kopplin, Björn" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- "FC Bayern München". UEFA. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
- "Bochum schnappt sich U19-Europameister" (in German). DFL. 13 June 2010. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
- Hobro IK tilknytter tysk forsvarsspiller Archived 5 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine‚ hikfodbold.dk, 1 February 2017
- Randers FC henter Björn Kopplin i Brøndby IF Archived 24 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine, randersfc.dk, 26 October 2018
- "Deutschland - Nigeria" (in German). kicker.de. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
- Björn Kopplin at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Björn Kopplin at Soccerway
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