Kevin Kampl

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Kevin Kampl
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Kampl with Bayer Leverkusen in 2016
Personal information
Full name Kevin Kampl
Date of birth (1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 31)
Place of birth Solingen, Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 44
Youth career
1994–1997 VfB Solingen
1997–2009 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Bayer Leverkusen II 36 (5)
2010–2011 Bayer Leverkusen 0 (0)
2010 → Greuther Fürth (loan) 1 (0)
2010 → Greuther Fürth II (loan) 7 (0)
2011–2012 VfL Osnabrück 35 (2)
2012 VfR Aalen 3 (2)
2012–2015 Red Bull Salzburg 74 (18)
2015 Borussia Dortmund 14 (0)
2015–2017 Bayer Leverkusen 53 (4)
2017– RB Leipzig 98 (5)
National team
2009 Slovenia U20 1 (0)
2009–2012 Slovenia U21 17 (1)
2012–2018 Slovenia 28 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:16, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Kevin Kampl (born 9 October 1990) is a German-Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig. Born in Germany, he represented the Slovenia national team at international level. Besides Germany, he has played in Austria.[1]

Early life[]

Kampl was born in Solingen, Germany.[2] His parents moved to Germany from Maribor, a city near the Austrian border in northeastern Slovenia.[3] Kampl has dual citizenship and would have been eligible to play for Germany, but chose Slovenia early on.

Club career[]

Early career[]

Kampl began his career with Bayer Leverkusen. After some years in the youth team of Bayer Leverkusen II, he signed for SpVgg Greuther Fürth.

On 30 August 2010, he signed a one-season loan contract with SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Kampl made his first team debut on 29 October 2010 as a late substitute in a 2. Bundesliga tie with Erzgebirge Aue.[4] After only half a season for Greuther Fürth, he returned to Bayer Leverkusen during the 2010–11 winter transfer window.[5] Kampl made his Leverkusen 2010–11 season debut as a second-half substitute in the UEFA Europa League game against Metalist Kharkiv.

In the summer of 2011, Kampl transferred to 3. Liga side VfL Osnabrück.[6] After having played a great season for Osnabrück, he joined newly promoted 2. Bundesliga club VfR Aalen for a transfer fee of €250,000. However, he played only four matches for Aalen, scoring two goals and assisting another three.

Kampl with Salzburg in 2014

This marvelous start drew the attention of well-financed Austrian champion Red Bull Salzburg and they acquired him just before the end of the transfer window by fulfilling his release clause in the amount of €3 million.[7] He was nominated for the best player of the Austrian Bundesliga at the beginning of the 2013–14 season, but had to eventually concede to Philipp Hosiner.

Borussia Dortmund[]

On 22 December 2014, it was announced that he would join Borussia Dortmund on a five-year contract for a €12 million fee on 1 January 2015.[8] He was originally going to RB Leipzig.[2] He made his debut on 31 January 2015.[9] On 28 April 2015, in the DFB-Pokal semi–final against Bayern Munich, Kampl came on in the 83rd minute for Jakub Błaszczykowski and was sent–off after receiving a second yellow card; Dortmund went through to the final via a penalty shoot-out.[10]

Bayer Leverkusen[]

On 28 August 2015, Kampl returned to Bayer Leverkusen on a five-year deal.[11] He made his debut on 12 September 2015 versus SV Darmstadt 98. On 26 September, Kampl scored his first goal for Leverkusen in a 3–0 away win against Werder Bremen. Later, on 20 October, he scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 4–4 home group stage draw against Roma.

RB Leipzig[]

On 31 August 2017, Kampl joined RB Leipzig on a four-year contract for a transfer fee of €20 million.[12]

International career[]

Kampl made his senior debut for Slovenia on 12 October 2012, starting in a 2–0 away win against Cyprus.[13] He scored his first goal on 6 September 2013 against Albania, which Slovenia won 1–0.[14] Kampl scored his second goal in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against San Marino, the second of their 6–0 win. In October 2016, the Slovenian squad released a statement "condemning Kampl's absence from both games."[15] In response, Kampl stated "Firstly, I always play with pride and happiness for Slovenia and I intend to do so in the future" and secondly, I have made it clear I will be available next time, I just need some rest now."[15]

Kampl retired from the national team in late 2018 due to personal reasons.[16][17] He earned 28 caps and scored 2 goals.[13]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 16 October 2021.[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bayer Leverkusen II 2008–09[19] Regionalliga West 1 0 — — 1 0
2009–10[20] Regionalliga West 21 1 — — 21 1
2010–11 Regionalliga West 14 4 — — 14 4
Total 36 5 — — 36 5
Greuther Fürth 2010–11 2. Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Greuther Fürth II 2010–11 Regionalliga Süd 7 0 — — 7 0
Bayer Leverkusen 2010–11 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
VfL Osnabrück 2011–12[21] 3. Liga 35 2 1 0 — 36 2
VfR Aalen 2012–13[22] 2. Bundesliga 3 2 1 0 — 4 2
Red Bull Salzburg 2012–13 Austrian Bundesliga 23 4 4 0 0 0 27 4
2013–14 Austrian Bundesliga 33 9 5 2 13[b] 3 51 14
2014–15 Austrian Bundesliga 18 5 3 2 10[c] 4 31 11
Total 74 18 12 4 23 7 109 29
Borussia Dortmund 2014–15 Bundesliga 13 0 2 0 1[d] 0 16 0
2015–16 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 2[a] 0 3 0
Total 14 0 2 0 3 0 19 0
Bayer Leverkusen 2015–16 Bundesliga 22 3 3 0 6[d] 1 31 4
2016–17[23] Bundesliga 30 1 2 0 7[d] 1 39 2
2017–18 Bundesliga 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Total 53 4 6 0 13 2 72 6
RB Leipzig 2017–18 Bundesliga 26 1 1 0 10[e] 0 37 1
2018–19 Bundesliga 27 2 5 0 8[a] 1 40 3
2019–20 Bundesliga 11 2 0 0 4[d] 0 15 2
2020–21 Bundesliga 27 0 5 0 7[d] 0 39 0
2021–22 Bundesliga 7 0 1 0 1[d] 0 9 0
Total 98 5 12 0 30 1 140 6
Career total 322 36 34 4 70 10 425 50
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and four goals in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b c d e f Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League

International[]

Source:[13]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Slovenia 2012 3 0
2013 6 1
2014 5 0
2015 7 1
2016 3 0
2017 1 0
2018 3 0
Total 28 2

International goals[]

Slovenia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kampl goal.[13]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 6 September 2013 Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia 6  Albania 1–0 1–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [13]
2 27 March 2015 15  San Marino 2–0 6–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification [13]

Honours[]

Red Bull Salzburg

Individual

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Kevin Kampl in njegova ura sprave s slovensko javnostjo siol.net
  2. ^ a b Kneer, Christof (24 December 2014). "Ribéry aus Salzburg". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  3. ^ Matej Rijavec (10 October 2012). "Kampl: Treniram, o drugem pa odloča selektor" [I train, everything else its up to the national team manager] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija.
  4. ^ "Kern: Eine Aktion, drei Punkte für Aue" (in German). kicker. 29 October 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  5. ^ "Stocksauer auf den Schiedsrichter" [Very angry at the referee] (in German). Nürnberger Zeitung. 19 December 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Erstes Training, weitere Verpflichtungen" [First training, more signings]. official website (in German). VfL Osnabrück. 19 June 2011. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Paukenschlag! Kampl geht – Aydemir kommt" [Sensation! Kampl leaves - Aydemir arrives] (in German). kicker.de. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  8. ^ Hennecke, Thomas (22 December 2014). "Dortmund verpflichtet Kampl". kicker (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  9. ^ Wöckener, Lutz (31 January 2015). "Dortmund startet mit Punktlandung auf Platz 18" (in German). Die Welt. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Bayern Mun 1 1 Bor Dortmd". BBC Sport. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Kampl-Rückkehr zu Bayer ist fix". kicker (in German). 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  12. ^ R. K. (31 August 2017). "Rekord: Kampl za 20 milijonov evrov v Leipzig in Ligo prvakov" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  13. ^ a b c d e f "Kevin Kampl". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Slovenia 1–0 Albania". FIFA. 6 September 2013. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  15. ^ a b "Kevin Kampl branded a 'deserter' by teammates after withdrawing from qualifiers". Deutsche Welle. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  16. ^ VČ (24 January 2019). "Kevin Kampl ne bo prekinil reprezentančne upokojitve". Večer (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  17. ^ Uredništvo (8 November 2018). "Kevin Kampl nikoli več za Slovenijo! - Novica - Nogomania". nogomania.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  18. ^ "Kevin Kampl » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  19. ^ "Kevin Kampl". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  20. ^ "Kevin Kampl". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  21. ^ "Kevin Kampl". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  22. ^ "Kevin Kampl". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  23. ^ "Kevin Kampl". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

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