Nico Schulz
Schulz with Germany in 2019
Personal information
Full name Nico Schulz
Date of birth (1993-04-01) 1 April 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
BSC Rehberge Berlin
2000–2010 Hertha BSC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Hertha BSC II 23 (0)
2010–2015 Hertha BSC 92 (2)
2015–2017 Borussia Mönchengladbach 13 (1)
2017–2019 1899 Hoffenheim 57 (2)
2019–2023 Borussia Dortmund 40 (1)
International career‡
2008–2009 Germany U16 11 (0)
2009–2010 Germany U17 12 (0)
2010–2011 Germany U18 2 (0)
2011–2012 Germany U19 11 (4)
2013–2015 Germany U21 14 (2)
2018–2020 Germany 12 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:21, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2020

Nico Schulz (German pronunciation: [ˈniːko ˈʃʊlts];[2][3] born 1 April 1993) is a German professional footballer who last played as a left-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.

Club career

Schulz played for BSC Rehberge Berlin until 2000 before joining Hertha BSC at the age of seven. He performed convincingly as a youth player, attracting the attention of scouts from Liverpool whose offers he eventually refused.[4] In the following years he played for Hertha's youth teams and reached the final of the U19 DFB-Pokal in 2009–10, but lost 1–2 against 1899 Hoffenheim.

In the following summer break, Schulz joined the training camp with the professional players.[5] He made his first competitive match for the first team in the first round of the DFB-Pokal against SC Pfullendorf with a 2–0 win on 14 August 2010, coming on as a substitute for Valeri Domovchiyski in the 81st minute.[6] Over the next two seasons, Schulz became a regular substitute and occasional starter. He scored his first goal for Hertha BSC on 30 March 2013 against VfL Bochum.

On 18 August 2015, Schulz joined Borussia Mönchengladbach on a four-year deal.[7] In 2017, he signed a three-year contract with 1899 Hoffenheim.[8]

On 22 May 2019, Schulz joined Borussia Dortmund, along with Julian Brandt and Thorgan Hazard.[9] Under coach Edin Terzić, Schulz played no competitive matches with the senior team, he only featured once in a friendly match for Borussia Dortmund II against Go Ahead Eagles in September 2022.[10] On 20 July 2023, his contract with Dortmund was terminated with one year left.[11]

International career

Schulz was called up to the full Germany squad for the first time on 29 August 2018, for Germany's opening 2018–19 UEFA Nations League match against France and the friendly against Peru.[12] He made his international début in the latter match, scoring the game-winning goal in the 85th minute.[13] He was also eligible to play for Italy through his father, who hails from Ischia.[14]

Personal life

His brother Gian Luca Schulz is also a professional footballer.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 May 2022[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hertha BSC II 2010–11 Regionalliga Nord 8 0 — — — 8 0
2011–12 14 0 — — — 14 0
2012–13 Regionalliga Nordost 1 0 — — — 1 0
2013–14 1 0 — — — 1 0
Total 24 0 — — — 24 0
Hertha BSC 2010–11 2. Bundesliga 21 0 2 0 — — 23 0
2012–13 20 1 0 0 — — 20 1
2013–14 Bundesliga 23 0 1 0 — — 24 0
2014–15 28 1 1 0 — — 29 1
2015–16 1 0 1 0 — — 2 0
Total 93 2 5 0 — — 98 2
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2015–16 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 1 0 — 2 0
2016–17 12 1 1 0 3 0 — 16 1
Total 13 1 1 0 4 0 — 18 1
Borussia Mönchengladbach II 2016–17 Regionalliga West 2 0 — — — 2 0
1899 Hoffenheim 2017–18 Bundesliga 27 1 2 0 5 1 — 34 2
2018–19 30 1 2 1 5 0 — 37 2
Total 57 2 4 1 10 1 — 71 4
Borussia Dortmund 2019–20 Bundesliga 11 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 18 1
2020–21 13 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 19 0
2021–22 16 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 24 0
2022–23 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 40 1 6 0 12 0 3 0 61 1
Career total 229 6 16 1 26 1 3 0 274 8

International

As of match played 11 November 2020[17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2018 4 1
2019 6 1
2020 2 0
Total 12 2
As of match played 24 March 2019
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Schulz goal.
List of international goals scored by Nico Schulz
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 September 2018 Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim, Germany  Peru 2–1 2–1 Friendly
2 24 March 2019 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands  Netherlands 3–2 3–2 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Honours

Hertha BSC

Borussia Dortmund

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Nico Schulz". Archived from the original on 20 April 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. ^ Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. pp. 632, 770. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
  3. ^ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 776, 913. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
  4. ^ "Vom Kind zum Profi" (in German). Focus. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Der Tag bei Hertha" (in German). bz-berlin.de. 10 July 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  6. ^ Einsiedler, Martin (14 August 2010). "Herthas erste Pflicht ist erfüllt". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Borussia verpflichtet Nico Schulz von Hertha BSC". Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  8. ^ "TSG VERPFLICHTET NICO SCHULZ". achtzehn99.de (in German). 8 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Thorgan Hazard, Julian Brandt, Nico Schulz: Borussia Dortmund buy big and early". dw.com. 23 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Borussia Dortmund: Schulz-Entscheidung gefallen? BVB-Star wohl endgültig am Boden" (in German). DerWesten.de. 30 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Borussia Dortmund und Nico Schulz beenden Zusammenarbeit" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 20 July 2023.
  12. ^ Penfold, Chuck (29 August 2018). "Joachim Löw unveils first post-World Cup squad". dw.com. Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Germany 2–1 Peru: Nico Schulz scores late winner for hosts". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  14. ^ "Nico, l'ischitano di Berlino volto nuovo della Germania". Il Mattino.
  15. ^ Warning, Rene (9 July 2020). "Hansa verpflichtet Gian Luca Schulz als ersten Neuzugang". Sportbuzzer.de (in German). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Nico Schulz » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  17. ^ Nico Schulz at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata
  18. ^ "Die kicker-Elf des Jahres – mit Sancho und vier Bayern (2018/19)" (in German). kicker. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

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