Amin Younes

Amin Younes (Arabic: أمين يونس‎; born 6 August 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Napoli.[2] A technical forward, Younes' main characteristics are his dribbling and vision of play.[3]

Amin Younes
Younes playing for Ajax in 2016
Personal information
Full name Amin Younes[1]
Date of birth (1993-08-06) 6 August 1993[1]
Place of birth Düsseldorf, Germany
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Left winger, attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Napoli
Number 34
Youth career
1997–2000 SG Unterrath
2000–2011 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 37 (4)
2012–2015 Borussia Mönchengladbach 26 (1)
2014–2015 → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) 14 (2)
2015–2018 Jong Ajax 5 (2)
2015–2018 Ajax 69 (12)
2018– Napoli 21 (4)
National team‡
2008–2009 Germany U16 1 (1)
2009–2010 Germany U17 10 (4)
2010–2011 Germany U18 6 (1)
2011–2012 Germany U19 8 (2)
2012–2013 Germany U20 2 (0)
2013–2015 Germany U21 18 (3)
2017– Germany 5 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:54, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2017

Younes started his youth career at SG Unterrath, before moving to Borussia Mönchengladbach's youth side aged 8. In 2011 he made his debut for the reserve team, Borussia Mönchengladbach II, before making his debut for the senior team in 2012. After a one-season loan spell at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Younes moved to Dutch club Ajax in 2015, with whom he was runner-up at the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. In 2018 Younes moved to Italian side Napoli on a free transfer.

Born in Germany to a German mother, Younes also holds Lebanese citizenship on the basis of having a Lebanese father. He represented Germany at youth level since 2008, before playing for the senior team five times in 2017, scoring twice.

Club career

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Born in Düsseldorf to a former Lebanese footballer and a German mother,[4] Younes played as a youth for SG Unterrath. In 2000, at the age of 8, he joined the youth setup of Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach. In 2011, he made his debut for Borussia Mönchengladbach II, the reserve team, playing in the Regionalliga West.

Younes made his senior team debut at the end of the 2011–12 Bundesliga, coming on as a substitute against Hannover 96 on 1 April 2012.[5]

1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan)

In August 2014, he joined 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern on a season-long loan.[6]

AFC Ajax

On 16 July 2015, Younes signed a three-year contract for Dutch club Ajax, until 30 June 2018, with an option for an additional year for €2,5 million.[7] After an injury, which kept him out for the start of the championship, he made his debut as a starter against Groningen (2–0) on 26 September.[8] The following week he scored his first goal for Ajax, against PSV in a 1–2 defeat.[9] Over the weeks, the player found continuity and concluded his first season with eight goals and nine assists in 35 total games. On 20 October 2016, he scored his first goal in a UEFA competition by scoring against Celta Vigo (2–2) in the UEFA Europa League.[10] At the end of the season he played in the 2017 UEFA Europa League final lost to Manchester United.[11] Younes was the player with the most dribbles in the competition.[3]

Napoli

In July 2018 Younes moved to Serie A side Napoli on a free transfer. When Younes moved to Napoli, he requested number 34 shirt in tribute to former Ajax teammate Abdelhak Nouri, who collapsed and suffered brain damage, ending his career.[12] His league debut came on 8 December 2018, against Frosinone in a 4–0 win.[13] Younes' first goal for Napoli, and in the Serie A, came on 17 March 2019, in a 4–2 home victory over Udinese.[14]

International career

On 17 May 2017, Germany manager Joachim Löw called Younes up to the German national team for the first time as part of the squad for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.[15]

His senior debut came on 6 June 2017, coming on as a sub in a 1–1 draw with Denmark. Younes scored his first goal for the national team against San Marino on 10 June 2017.

On 29 June 2017, he scored his 2nd goal (4th for Germany in the game) in the semi-final of 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup where Germany knocked Mexico out of the tournament to reach the final and won the tournament eventually.[16][17]

Personal life

Younes is a Muslim.[18]

Career statistics

Club
As of matches played on 22 July 2020[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup[lower-alpha 1]EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Borussia Mönchengladbach II2010–11Regionalliga West60——60
2011–12Regionalliga West203——203
2012–13Regionalliga West110——110
Total373——373
Borussia Mönchengladbach2011–12Bundesliga1000—10
2012–13Bundesliga111002[lower-alpha 2]0131
2013–14Bundesliga14000—140
Total2610020281
Kaiserslautern (loan) 2014–15 2. Bundesliga 14210—152
Kaiserslautern II (loan) 2014–15 Regionalliga Südwest 30——30
Jong Ajax2015–16Eerste Divisie 4100—41
2017–18Eerste Divisie1100—11
Total5200—52
Ajax2015–16 Eredivisie 278206[lower-alpha 2]0358
2016–17 Eredivisie 2931018[lower-alpha 3]4487
2017–18 Eredivisie 131004[lower-alpha 4]1172
Total69123028510017
Napoli2018–19Serie A 123103[lower-alpha 2]0163
2019–20 Serie A 91101[lower-alpha 5]0111
Total 2142040274
Career total 175246034521529
  1. Includes DFB-Pokal, KNVB Cup, and Coppa Italia
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, fifteen appearances and four goals in UEFA Europa League
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International
As of 8 October 2017[20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany
201752
Total52
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Amin Younes
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 June 2017Stadion Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany San Marino4–07–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.29 June 2017Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia Mexico4–14–12017 FIFA Confederations Cup

Honours

Club

Ajax

Jong Ajax

Napoli

International

Germany

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: List of players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 2 July 2017. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  2. "Amin Younes". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  3. "Cosa sappiamo del caso Younes". L'Ultimo Uomo (in Italian). 1 May 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  4. Fussballstadt (22 May 2017). "Amin Younes - Introducing Germany's Latest National Team Star". Fussball Stadt. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  5. "Hannover 96 vs. Borussia M'gladbach". Soccerway. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  6. "Amin Younes wird ein Roter Teufel" [Amin Younes becomes a Red Devil] (in German). 1. FC Kaiserslautern. 22 August 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  7. "Ajax contracteert Amin Younes" (in Dutch). Ajax. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  8. "Ajax vs. Groningen - 26 settembre 2015 - Soccerway". it.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  9. "Ajax vs. PSV - 4 ottobre 2015 - Soccerway". it.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  10. "Celta Vigo vs. Ajax - 20 ottobre 2016 - Soccerway". it.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  11. "Ajax vs. Manchester United - 24 maggio 2017 - Soccerway". it.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  12. Ciaran Varley (8 January 2019). "The touching reason players are wearing the number 34". BBC. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  13. "Napoli-Frosinone 4-0: gol di Zielinski, Ounas e Milik (2). La Juve torna a +8". La Gazzetta dello Sport - Tutto il rosa della vita (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  14. "Napoli-Udinese 4-2, Mertens torna al gol". La Gazzetta dello Sport - Tutto il rosa della vita (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  15. "Confed Cup: Löw nominiert Plattenhardt und Wagner". kicker online (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  16. FIFA.com (1 January 1900). "Younes: We have a very bright future". FIFA.com. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  17. Murray, Scott (29 June 2017). "Germany 4–1 Mexico: 2017 Confederations Cup semi-final – as it happened". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  18. "Appie Nouri: My little brother who was ready to conquer the world | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  19. "Amin Younes » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  20. "Younes, Amin". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  21. "Meet the Germany international who Napoli are going to buy and sell this summer". The Sun Dream Team. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  22. "Coppa: Napoli beat Juventus on penalties". Football Italia. 17 June 2020.
  23. "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season". UEFA. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
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