Sebastian Alexander Jung (born 22 June 1990) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the DF ...

in the

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Club career

Jung played his first

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match for

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

, and first fully professional game, on 8 March 2009 in a 0–0 draw against

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

, as a substitute for

Patrick Ochs Patrick Ochs (born 14 May 1984) is a German former footballer who played as a right-back or right winger. Ochs spent the majority of his professional career with Eintracht Frankfurt. Club career In the 2009–10 season, Eintracht Frankfurt mana ...

. On 7 February 2010, he scored his first Bundesliga goal at

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against

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional foot ...

. He became a regular in the Frankfurt first team during the 2010–11 season, during which they were surprisingly relegated from the Bundesliga, but was almost ever-present the following season as they bounced back at the first attempt. He extended his contract on 4 April 2013 until 30 June 2015. He joined

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

on 22 May 2014 and signed a contract until 30 June 2018. Although he was still under contract with Frankfurt, Wolfsburg were able to acquire his services by fulfilling a release clause in the amount of €2.5 million. His annual salary at Wolfsburg was reported as €4 million. On 23 June 2019, Jung joined

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), Hannover, HSV or simply 96, is a German professional football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years betw ...

on a one-year contract. After his contract in Hannover had expired, Jung joined

on 22 September 2020 on a one-year contract.

International career

Jung played for the German U18, U21, and U21 national teams. On 11 November 2012, Jung was first called up to the German senior squad, following injury related withdrawals by several players, including

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and

Jérôme Boateng Jérôme Agyenim Boateng (born 3 September 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for French Ligue 1 club Lyon. Boateng started his career at Hertha BSC where he developed from the youth ranks to the first team. Aft ...

, before a friendly against

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on 14 November 2012. He is the first

player to be called up to the national team since

Horst Heldt Horst Heldt (born 9 December 1969) is a German football executive and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the former general manager of 1. FC Köln. Playing career Heldt was born in Königswinter. He played at 1. FC Köln from 199 ...

in 1999. Nevertheless, he did not play in the match. Almost two years later, in May 2014, he was called up for the second time. In a 0–0 draw in a friendly against

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in Hamburg he made his debut by being substituted in the 71st minute for fellow debutant

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. Originally this match was scheduled as a test for the

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. But unfortunately its date collided with the DFB-Pokal final between

FC Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

and

, the

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including

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and the

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including

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. The players of these four teams made up the vast majority of the regular German squad at that time. Consequently, only ten of the 30 nominated players of the preliminary world cup squad were available and in the end twelve players made their debuts in the match.

Career statistics

Honours

Eintracht Frankfurt *

Runners-up: 2011–12 VfL Wolfsburg *

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...

: 2014–15

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jung, Sebastian 1990 births Living people German men's footballers Men's association football defenders Germany men's international footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Eintracht Frankfurt players Eintracht Frankfurt II players VfL Wolfsburg players Hannover 96 players Karlsruher SC players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players