Kevin Kampl
Kampl with RB Leipzig in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Solingen, Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 44
Youth career
1994–1997 VfB Solingen
1997–2009 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Bayer Leverkusen II 36 (5)
2010–2011 Bayer Leverkusen 0 (0)
2010 → Greuther Fürth (loan) 1 (0)
2010 → Greuther Fürth II (loan) 7 (0)
2011–2012 VfL Osnabrück 35 (2)
2012 VfR Aalen 3 (2)
2012–2014 Red Bull Salzburg 74 (18)
2015 Borussia Dortmund 14 (0)
2015–2017 Bayer Leverkusen 53 (4)
2017– RB Leipzig 166 (8)
International career
2009 Slovenia U20 1 (0)
2009–2012 Slovenia U21 17 (1)
2012–2018 Slovenia 28 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:26, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Kevin Kampl (born 9 October 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig. Born in Germany, he has represented the Slovenia national team at international level. Besides Germany, he has played in Austria.[2]

Early life

Kampl was born in Solingen, Germany.[3] His parents moved to Germany from Maribor, a city near the Austrian border in northeastern Slovenia.[4] Kampl has dual citizenship and could have played for Germany, but opted for Slovenia early on.

Club career

Kampl with Salzburg in 2014

Early career

Kampl began his career with Bayer Leverkusen. After some years in the youth team of Bayer Leverkusen II, he signed for SpVgg Greuther Fürth.

On 30 August 2010, he signed a one-season loan contract with SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Kampl made his first team debut on 29 October 2010 as a late substitute in a 2. Bundesliga tie with Erzgebirge Aue.[5] After only half a season for Greuther Fürth, he returned to Bayer Leverkusen during the 2010–11 winter transfer window.[6] Kampl made his Leverkusen 2010–11 season debut as a second-half substitute in the UEFA Europa League game against Metalist Kharkiv.

In the summer of 2011, Kampl transferred to 3. Liga side VfL Osnabrück.[7] After having played a great season for Osnabrück, he joined newly promoted 2. Bundesliga club VfR Aalen for a transfer fee of €250,000. However, he played only four matches for Aalen, scoring two goals and assisting another three.

This marvelous start drew the attention of well-financed Austrian champion Red Bull Salzburg and they acquired him just before the end of the transfer window by fulfilling his release clause in the amount of €3 million.[8] He was nominated for the best player of the Austrian Bundesliga at the beginning of the 2013–14 season, but had to eventually concede to Philipp Hosiner.

Borussia Dortmund

Kampl with Borussia Dortmund in 2015

On 22 December 2014, it was announced that he would join Borussia Dortmund on a five-year contract for a €12 million fee on 1 January 2015.[9] He was originally going to RB Leipzig.[3] He made his debut on 31 January 2015.[10] On 28 April 2015, in the DFB-Pokal semi–final against Bayern Munich, Kampl came on in the 83rd minute for Jakub Błaszczykowski and was sent–off after receiving a second yellow card; Dortmund went through to the final via a penalty shoot-out.[11]

Bayer Leverkusen

On 28 August 2015, Kampl returned to Bayer Leverkusen on a five-year deal.[12] He made his debut on 12 September 2015 versus SV Darmstadt 98. On 26 September, Kampl scored his first goal for Leverkusen in a 3–0 away win against Werder Bremen. Later, on 20 October, he scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 4–4 home group stage draw against Roma.

RB Leipzig

On 31 August 2017, Kampl joined RB Leipzig on a four-year contract for a transfer fee of €20 million.[13]

International career

Kampl made his senior debut for Slovenia on 12 October 2012, starting in a 2–0 away win against Cyprus.[14] He scored his first goal on 6 September 2013 against Albania, which Slovenia won 1–0.[15] Kampl scored his second goal in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against San Marino, the second of their 6–0 win. In October 2016, the Slovenian squad released a statement "condemning Kampl's absence from both games."[16] In response, Kampl stated "Firstly, I always play with pride and happiness for Slovenia and I intend to do so in the future, and secondly, I have made it clear I will be available next time, I just need some rest now."[16]

Kampl retired from the national team in late 2018 due to personal reasons.[17][18] He earned 28 caps and scored 2 goals.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 February 2024.[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bayer Leverkusen II 2008–09 Regionalliga West 1 0 — — — 1 0
2009–10 Regionalliga West 21 1 — — — 21 1
2010–11 Regionalliga West 14 4 — — — 14 4
Total 36 5 — — — 36 5
Greuther Fürth 2010–11 2. Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Greuther Fürth II 2010–11 Regionalliga Süd 7 0 — — — 7 0
Bayer Leverkusen 2010–11 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 — 1 0
VfL Osnabrück 2011–12 3. Liga 35 2 1 0 — — 36 2
VfR Aalen 2012–13 2. Bundesliga 3 2 1 0 — — 4 2
Red Bull Salzburg 2012–13 Austrian Bundesliga 23 4 4 0 0 0 — 27 4
2013–14 Austrian Bundesliga 33 9 5 2 13[c] 3 — 51 14
2014–15 Austrian Bundesliga 18 5 3 2 10[d] 4 — 31 11
Total 74 18 12 4 23 7 — 109 29
Borussia Dortmund 2014–15 Bundesliga 13 0 2 0 1[e] 0 — 16 0
2015–16 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 2[b] 0 — 3 0
Total 14 0 2 0 3 0 — 19 0
Bayer Leverkusen 2015–16 Bundesliga 22 3 3 0 6[e] 1 — 31 4
2016–17 Bundesliga 30 1 2 0 7[e] 1 — 39 2
2017–18 Bundesliga 1 0 1 0 0 0 — 2 0
Total 53 4 6 0 13 2 — 72 6
RB Leipzig 2017–18 Bundesliga 26 1 1 0 10[f] 0 — 37 1
2018–19 Bundesliga 27 2 5 0 8[b] 1 — 40 3
2019–20 Bundesliga 11 2 0 0 4[e] 0 — 15 2
2020–21 Bundesliga 27 0 5 0 7[e] 0 — 39 0
2021–22 Bundesliga 27 0 5 0 8[g] 0 — 40 0
2022–23 Bundesliga 30 2 4 0 5[e] 0 1[h] 0 40 2
2023–24 Bundesliga 18 1 2 0 5[e] 0 0 0 25 1
Total 166 8 22 0 47 1 1 0 236 9
Career total 389 39 44 4 87 10 1 0 521 53
  1. ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, Austrian Cup
  2. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and four goals in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  6. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  8. ^ Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[14]
National team Year Apps Goals
Slovenia 2012 3 0
2013 6 1
2014 5 0
2015 7 1
2016 3 0
2017 1 0
2018 3 0
Total 28 2
Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kampl goal.[14]
List of international goals scored by Kevin Kampl
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 September 2013 Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia 6  Albania 1–0 1–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 27 March 2015 Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia 15  San Marino 2–0 6–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

RB Leipzig

Individual

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kevin Kampl". RB Leipzig. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. ^ Viškovič, Rok (21 October 2017). "Kevin Kampl in njegova ura sprave s slovensko javnostjo" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b Kneer, Christof (24 December 2014). "Ribéry aus Salzburg". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. ^ Matej Rijavec (10 October 2012). "Kampl: Treniram, o drugem pa odloča selektor" [I train, everything else its up to the national team manager] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija.
  5. ^ "Kern: Eine Aktion, drei Punkte für Aue" (in German). kicker. 29 October 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  6. ^ "Stocksauer auf den Schiedsrichter" [Very angry at the referee] (in German). Nürnberger Zeitung. 19 December 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  7. ^ "Erstes Training, weitere Verpflichtungen" [First training, more signings] (in German). VfL Osnabrück. 19 June 2011. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Paukenschlag! Kampl geht – Aydemir kommt" [Sensation! Kampl leaves - Aydemir arrives] (in German). kicker.de. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  9. ^ Hennecke, Thomas (22 December 2014). "Dortmund verpflichtet Kampl". kicker (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  10. ^ Wöckener, Lutz (31 January 2015). "Dortmund startet mit Punktlandung auf Platz 18" (in German). Die Welt. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Bayern Mun 1 1 Bor Dortmd". BBC Sport. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  12. ^ "Kampl-Rückkehr zu Bayer ist fix". kicker (in German). 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  13. ^ R. K. (31 August 2017). "Rekord: Kampl za 20 milijonov evrov v Leipzig in Ligo prvakov" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  14. ^ a b c d "Kevin Kampl". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Slovenia 1–0 Albania". FIFA. 6 September 2013. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  16. ^ a b "Kevin Kampl branded a 'deserter' by teammates after withdrawing from qualifiers". Deutsche Welle. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  17. ^ "Kevin Kampl ne bo prekinil reprezentančne upokojitve". Večer (in Slovenian). 24 January 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  18. ^ Uredništvo (8 November 2018). "Kevin Kampl nikoli več za Slovenijo!". nogomania.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  19. ^ "Kevin Kampl » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  20. ^ Peeters, Thomas (23 May 2022). "A thriller in Berlin: how relentless RB Leipzig won their first major title". Red Bull. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  21. ^ "Christopher Nkunku-inspired RB Leipzig beat Eintracht Frankfurt to win DFB Cup". Bundesliga. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  22. ^ Lisjak, Mitja (12 August 2023). "Olmo s hat-trickom pokvaril veliki debi Kana pri Bayernu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  23. ^ "Vier Klubs vertreten: Die kicker-Elf des Jahres (2015/16)". kicker.de (in German). 20 May 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

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