Erik Durm (born 12 May 1992) is a German former professional

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who played as a full-back. He made his senior debut for the Germany national team in 2014, and later that year was part of their squad which won the

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Club career

Early career

Durm began his club career in 1998 at the academy of SG Rieschweiler, before joining the academy of

1. FC Saarbrücken 1. Fußball-Club Saarbrücken () is a German Football in Germany, football club based in Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club plays in the 3. Liga, which is the third tier of football in Germany. History The club began its existence as the footbal ...

in 2008 where he became youth league top scorer of the 2009–2010 season with 13 goals. In July 2010, Durm was enrolled at the academy of

Mainz 05 1. Fußball- und Sport-Verein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05 or simply Mainz 05 (), is a German professional sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top tie ...

and won the 2010–11 Youth Federation Cup in Germany and Durm debuted and played his only game of the 2010–11 season for the second team of Mainz 05 on 4 December 2010 against

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in the German

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. In the 2011–12 season, Durm succeeded to the second team of Mainz 05 and scored seven goals in

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's and his first 10 games. Then Durm went on to score two goals in a 1. FSV Mainz 05 II 3–0 away win on matchday 7 against the second team of

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. Following the scoring of nine goals in the first half of the 2011–12 season, Durm scored four goals in the second half of the 2011–12 season and in January 2012, both Mainz 05 and Borussia Dortmund offered Durm a professional contract, but Durm declined the offer from Mainz 05 to sign with BVB.

Borussia Dortmund

In the 2012–13 season, Durm signed a contract with

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until June 2014 and Durm was inducted into

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competing in the German third league. In the 2012–13 3. Liga season, on 21 July 2012, Durm made his professional football debut in a game for Borussia Dortmund II against

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. On 18 May 2013, Durm featured in the 38th and last matchday in a 1–0 away win over the second team of

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. In the 2013–14 Bundesliga season, Durm was inducted into Borussia Dortmund's first team and, on 10 August 2013, debuted for BVB in the Bundesliga; coming on in the 87th minute for

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as a substitute in BVB's 4–0 win over

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. Durm debuted in the UEFA Champions League on 1 October 2013 in a 3–0 victory over French club Olympique Marseille. At the start of the 2014–15 season, Durm came on as a substitute in the

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. He scored his first

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goal in a 2–0 victory over

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on 9 May 2015.

Huddersfield Town

On 13 July 2018, it was announced that Durm had completed a transfer to

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for an undisclosed fee. Durm signed a one-year contract, with the club having the option to extend for a further year.

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 3 July 2019, Durm joined

club

on a four-year contract.

1. FC Kaiserslautern

On 22 June 2022, Durm moved to

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. On 24 January 2024, Durm announced he had agreed the termination of his contract with Kaiserslautern citing injury problems and lack of playing time and would retire from playing with immediate effect, thus missing the DFB-Pokal final at the end of the season.

International career

Youth

Durm played in 2011 for both the German under-19 team and the German under-20 team; and he debuted for the under-19 team on 31 May 2011 in a 3–0 victory against

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, and scored two goals. On 12 November 2011, Durm debuted for the German under-20 team against

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. Durm debuted for the German under-21 team on 13 August 2013, in a 0–0 draw against

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Senior

On 1 June 2014, Durm debuted for the German senior team in a 2–2 draw against

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at the

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. He played 85 minutes before being substituted for

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. The following day, he was named in Germany's squad for the

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. The team won the tournament with Durm as an unused substitute for all of the games.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Borussia Dortmund *

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2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

DFL-Supercup The Franz Beckenbauer Supercup or ''German Super Cup'' is a one-off association football, football match in Germany that features the winners of the Bundesliga championship and the DFB-Pokal. The competition is run by the Deutsche Fußball Liga (E ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

Eintracht Frankfurt *

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2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

1. FC Kaiserslautern *

runner-up:

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

Germany *

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Durm, Erik 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Pirmasens German men's footballers Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate Men's association football fullbacks Germany men's international footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers UEFA Europa League–winning players 2014 FIFA World Cup players FIFA World Cup–winning players 1. FSV Mainz 05 II players Borussia Dortmund II players Borussia Dortmund players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Eintracht Frankfurt players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Premier League players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England 21st-century German sportsmen