Julian Köster
Julian Köster | |||
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![]() Köster in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
Born |
Bielefeld, Germany | 16 March 2000||
Nationality | German | ||
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | VfL Gummersbach | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
Team | |||
TuS SW Brauweiler | |||
2015–2018 | TSV Bayer Dormagen | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2018–2020 | TSV Bayer Dormagen | ||
2020– | VfL Gummersbach | ||
National team 1 | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Germany | 37 | (70) |
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 18 January 2024 |
Julian Köster (born 16 March 2000) is a German handball player for VfL Gummersbach and the German national team.[1][2]
Career
Club career
Having started out at TuS SW Brauweiler, Köster completed his youth team career at TSV Bayer Dormagen, a team he would make his senior handball debut with in 2018, playing in the 2. Bundesliga.[3] In 2020, the German switched to league rivals VfL Gummersbach, signing a contract until 2024.[4] His team earned promotion to the Bundesliga in the 2022 season, one which automatically triggered a one-year contract extension in Köster's contract.[5] He became captain of the team in 2022, and signed on to play for Gummersbach until 2026 following a tenth-placed finish in the 2022–23 Bundesliga campaign.[6][7]
National team
Köster made his international debut on the German national team on 21 September 2021. He participated at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt.[8] Afterwards, Köster took part in the 2022 European Championship, where he played in all seven matches and became Germany's second-highest scorer with 18 goals.[9] He once again became the second-highest scorer for Germany at the 2024 Euros, where his 31 goals helped Germany finish fourth.[10]
Individual awards
- Best Defender
- Best Defender of the IHF Men's Youth World Championship: 2019[11]
References
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- ^ DHB profile
- ^ "Julian Köster - Career & Statistics". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Abschied nach sechs Jahren: Julian Köster verlässt TSV Bayer Dormagen". www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "VfL Gummersbach verpflichtet Juniorennationalspieler Julian Köster mit sofortiger Wirkung". www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "VfL Gummersbach bindet Nationalspieler Julian Köster langfristig". www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Gesamt-Tabelle | HBL Saison 22/23 | LIQUI MOLY HBL". www.liquimoly-hbl.de (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ WDR (9 January 2024). "Handball-EM 2024: Julian Köster ist der Unverzichtbare". www1.wdr.de (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ 2021 World Men's Handball Championship roster
- ^ Cumulative Statistics Germany, auf ehfeuro.eurohandball.com, retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Zahlen von Deutschlands Handballern bei der Handball-EM". handball-world (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "2019 Youth World Championship All-star Team". ihf.info. 18 August 2019.