Robin Koch

Robin Koch
Personal information
Full name Robin Leon Koch[1]
Date of birth (1996-07-17) 17 July 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Kaiserslautern, Germany
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 4
Youth career
2001–2003 1. FC Kaiserslautern
2003–2009 SV Dörbach
2009–2014 Eintracht Trier
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Eintracht Trier II 6 (0)
2014–2015 Eintracht Trier 23 (2)
2015–2016 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 27 (1)
2016–2017 1. FC Kaiserslautern 27 (0)
2017–2020 SC Freiburg 82 (4)
2020–2024 Leeds United 73 (0)
2023–2024Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 31 (2)
2024– Eintracht Frankfurt 10 (0)
International career
2018–2019 Germany U21 5 (0)
2019– Germany 10 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Germany
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up 2019
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:25, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:23, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Robin Leon Koch (German pronunciation: [ˈʁɔbɪn ˈkɔx];[3][4] born 17 July 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Germany national team.[5]

Koch made his first-team debut for 1. FC Kaiserslautern after graduated from the club's youth system and also played in Bundesliga with SC Freiburg. He has previously played for Eintracht Trier II, Eintracht Trier, 1. FC Kaiserslautern II, 1. FC Kaiserslautern and SC Freiburg. He was included in the Germany U21 team before joining the first-team in November 2019. In August 2020, he signed for Leeds United ahead of their Premier League return and in 2021, represented Germany at UEFA Euro 2020.

  1. ^ "Robin Koch". DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Robin Koch". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  3. ^ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 675, 878. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
  4. ^ Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. p. 514. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
  5. ^ "Robin Koch". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 4 October 2016.