Julian Köster

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Julian Köster
Köster in 2022
Personal information
Born (2000-03-16) 16 March 2000 (age 24)
Bielefeld, Germany
Nationality German
Height 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club VfL Gummersbach
Number 7
Youth career
Team
TuS SW Brauweiler
2015–2018
TSV Bayer Dormagen
Senior clubs
Years Team
2018–2020
TSV Bayer Dormagen
2020–
VfL Gummersbach
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–
Germany 58 (137)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Team
Youth World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 North Macedonia
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12 August 2024

Julian Köster (born 16 March 2000) is a German handball player for VfL Gummersbach and the German national team.[1][2]

Career

Club career

Having started out at TuS SW Brauweiler, Köster completed his youth team career at TSV Bayer Dormagen, a team he would make his senior handball debut with in 2018, playing in the 2. Bundesliga.[3] In 2020, the German switched to league rivals VfL Gummersbach, signing a contract until 2024.[4] His team earned promotion to the Bundesliga in the 2022 season, one which automatically triggered a one-year contract extension in Köster's contract.[5] He became captain of the team in 2022, and signed on to play for Gummersbach until 2026 following a tenth-placed finish in the 2022–23 Bundesliga campaign.[6][7]

National team

Köster made his international debut on the German national team on 21 September 2021. He participated at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt.[8] Afterwards, Köster took part in the 2022 European Championship, where he played in all seven matches and became Germany's second-highest scorer with 18 goals.[9] He once again became the second-highest scorer for Germany at the 2024 Euros, where his 31 goals helped Germany finish fourth.[10]

Individual awards

Best Defender

References

  1. ^ DHB profile
  2. ^ "Julian Köster - Career & Statistics". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Abschied nach sechs Jahren: Julian Köster verlässt TSV Bayer Dormagen". www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  4. ^ "VfL Gummersbach verpflichtet Juniorennationalspieler Julian Köster mit sofortiger Wirkung". www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  5. ^ "VfL Gummersbach bindet Nationalspieler Julian Köster langfristig". www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Gesamt-Tabelle | HBL Saison 22/23 | LIQUI MOLY HBL". www.liquimoly-hbl.de (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  7. ^ WDR (9 January 2024). "Handball-EM 2024: Julian Köster ist der Unverzichtbare". www1.wdr.de (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  8. ^ 2021 World Men's Handball Championship roster
  9. ^ Cumulative Statistics Germany, auf ehfeuro.eurohandball.com, retrieved 29 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Zahlen von Deutschlands Handballern bei der Handball-EM". handball-world (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  11. ^ "2019 Youth World Championship All-star Team". ihf.info. 18 August 2019.