Jeremy Toljan
Toljan with Germany U21 in 2016
Personal information
Full name Jeremy Isaiah Richard Toljan[1]
Date of birth (1994-08-08) 8 August 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Stuttgart, Germany
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 22
Youth career
2004–2006 SV Grün-Weiss Sommerrain
2008 TSV Steinhaldenfeld
2008–2009 Stuttgarter Kickers
2009–2011 VfB Stuttgart
2011–2013 1899 Hoffenheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 1899 Hoffenheim II 25 (1)
2013–2017 1899 Hoffenheim 56 (2)
2017–2021 Borussia Dortmund 16 (1)
2018 → Borussia Dortmund II 1 (0)
2019 → Celtic (loan) 10 (0)
2019–2021 → Sassuolo (loan) 55 (1)
2021– Sassuolo 58 (0)
International career‡
2010–2011 Germany U17 7 (0)
2013 Germany U19 1 (0)
2013–2015 Germany U20 4 (0)
2015–2017 Germany U21 18 (1)
2016 Germany U23 6 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2017 Poland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 June 2017

Jeremy Isaiah Richard Toljan (pronounced [tôʎaːn];[3] born 8 August 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serie A club Sassuolo.

Club career

On 5 October 2013, Toljan made his debut for 1899 Hoffenheim in a Bundesliga game against 1. FSV Mainz 05. He played the full game, which ended in a 2–2 draw.[4]

In the summer of 2017 Toljan signed a five-year deal with Borussia Dortmund.[5][6]

In January 2019, Toljan signed a six-month loan deal with Celtic.[7]

In July 2019, Sassuolo announced the signing of Toljan on two seasons-long loan deal.[8] On 1 July 2021, Toljan moved to Sassuolo on a permanent transfer.[9]

International career

Toljan has played for German national teams at various age levels. He is also eligible to play for both the United States and Croatia and has rejected approaches from both teams to continue playing for Germany.[10][11]

He was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the silver medal.[12]

Personal life

He was born in Stuttgart to an African American father and a Croatian mother. His father, who was an artist, died before he was born.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 April 2022[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1899 Hoffenheim II 2012–13 Regionalliga Südwest 18 1 – – 18 1
2013–14 4 0 – – 4 0
2014–15 3 0 — — 3 0
Total 25 1 — — 25 1
1899 Hoffenheim 2013–14 Bundesliga 10 0 1 0 — 11 0
2014–15 6 0 2 0 — 8 0
2015–16 18 1 1 0 — 19 1
2016–17 20 1 1 0 — 21 1
2017–18 2 0 1 0 1[a] 0 4 0
Total 56 2 6 0 1 0 63 2
Borussia Dortmund 2017–18 Bundesliga 16 1 1 0 6[b] 0 23 1
2018–19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 16 1 1 0 6 0 23 1
Borussia Dortmund II 2018–19 Regionalliga West 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Celtic (loan) 2018–19 Scottish Premiership 10 0 2 0 2[c] 0 14 0
Sassuolo (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 29 1 1 0 — 30 1
2020–21 26 0 0 0 — 26 0
Sassuolo 2021–22 Serie A 20 0 0 0 — 20 0
Total 75 1 1 0 — 76 1
Career total 183 5 10 0 9 0 202 5
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Celtic

Germany

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016 – Men: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 January 2017. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Jeremy Toljan". U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  3. ^ "tòliti". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 February 2020. Tȍljān
  4. ^ "Mallis Rücken entzückt Mainz: 1. FSV Mainz 05 - TSG Hoffenheim 2:2 (0:2)". kicker (in German). Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Borussia Dortmund sign defender Jeremy Toljan, send Felix Passlack to Hoffenheim". India Today. Reuters. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Dortmund snap up Toljan from Hoffenheim". ESPN. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Jeremy Toljan joins Celtic on loan from Borussia Dortmund" (Press release). Celtic F.C. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Calciomercato: dal Borussia Dortmund arriva Jeremy Toljan" (Press release) (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 10 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Borussia Dortmund loanee Jeremy Toljan to join Sassuolo on permanent transfer". BVB Buzz. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Toljan Declines United States". Yanks Abroad. 29 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2017.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ Antolić, Dražen (17 July 2017). "Video: Prvak Europe Naših Korijena Ekspresno Odbio Hrvatsku S Hrvatima Ne Želi Ni Na Kavu, A Kamoli Da Bi Igrao Za Vatrene!". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Neymar's golden penalty sees Brazil to victory". FIFA.com. 20 August 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Jeremy Toljan Is Earning Minutes at Hoffenheim". American Soccer Now. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Jeremy Toljan". Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Weisers Kopfball macht den EM-Traum wahr". kicker.de (in German). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  16. ^ "The official Under-21 Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. July 2017.

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