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Jens Hegeler
Hegeler playing for Bayer Leverkusen in 2012
Personal information
Full name Jens Hegeler[1]
Date of birth (1988-01-22) 22 January 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Cologne, West Germany
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1995 SV Westhoven
1995–1998 SpVgg Porz
1998–2004 1. FC Köln
2004–2005 Yurdumspor Köln
2005–2006 VfL Leverkusen
2006–2008 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Bayer Leverkusen II 38 (5)
2008–2014 Bayer Leverkusen 48 (3)
2009–2010 → FC Augsburg (loan) 35 (1)
2010–2012 → 1. FC Nürnberg (loan) 65 (4)
2011 → 1. FC Nürnberg II (loan) 2 (0)
2014–2017 Hertha BSC 46 (1)
2014 Hertha BSC II 1 (0)
2017–2018 Bristol City 16 (0)
Total 251 (14)
International career
2009 Germany U-21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jens Hegeler (born 22 January 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Youth and early career

Hegeler began his career at SV Westhoven in 1993 and moved after two years to SpVgg Porz. He left Porz after three years when he was scouted by 1. FC Köln in 1998. He played six years in Köln's youth team before he moved to Yurdumspor Köln in the German Oberliga in 2004. After one year he left Cologne and moved to VfL Leverkusen. In June 2006 he joined Bayer Leverkusen. He was loaned out to FC Augsburg on 7 January 2009 until the end of the 2009–10 season.[2] In July 2010, he joined 1. FC Nürnberg on a two-season-long loan.[3] Hegeler became a key player in Nürnberg's successful squad and played in every 34 matches of the season. Hegeler returned to Leverkusen at the start of the 2012–13 season.

On 2 October 2013, Hegeler secured a 2–1 win for Leverkusen over Real Sociedad in the Champions League with a stoppage-time free-kick.[4]

Hertha BSC

On 8 May 2014, he signed a three-year contract with Hertha BSC.[5]

Bristol City

On 4 January 2017, it was announced by Bristol City that Hegeler had joined them on a 2+1⁄2-year deal for an undisclosed fee. On 7 January 2017, he made his debut in the FA Cup third-round tie against Fleetwood Town.[6] He scored his first goal for Bristol City in a 5–0 EFL Cup win against Plymouth Argyle on 8 August 2017.[7] On 19 December 2018, it was announced Hegeler had left Bristol City by mutual consent.[8]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[9]
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bayer Leverkusen II 2006–07[10] Regionalliga Nord 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
2007–08[10] Oberliga Nordrhein 31 3 1 0 — 0 0 32 3
2008–09[10] Regionalliga West 6 2 0 0 — 0 0 6 2
Total 38 5 1 0 — 0 0 39 5
Bayer Leverkusen 2007–08 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
2008–09 Bundesliga 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 2 0
2009–10 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2010–11 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2011–12 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2012–13 Bundesliga 27 3 2 1 — 6 1 35 5
2013–14 Bundesliga 18 0 3 0 — 5 1 26 1
Total 48 3 5 1 — 11 2 64 6
FC Augsburg (loan) 2008–09 2. Bundesliga 11 0 0 0 — 0 0 11 0
2009–10 2. Bundesliga 24 1 4 0 — 2 0 30 1
Total 35 1 4 0 — 2 0 41 1
1. FC Nürnberg (loan) 2010–11 Bundesliga 34 3 4 0 — 0 0 38 3
2011–12 Bundesliga 31 1 3 0 — 0 0 34 1
Total 65 4 7 0 — 0 0 72 4
1. FC Nürnberg II (loan) 2011–12 Regionalliga West 2 0 — — — 2 0
Hertha BSC II 2014–15 Regionalliga West 1 0 — — — 1 0
Hertha BSC 2014–15 Bundesliga 24 1 2 0 — 0 0 26 1
2015–16 Bundesliga 16 0 5 0 — 0 0 21 0
2016–17 Bundesliga 6 0 0 0 — 0 0 6 0
Total 46 1 7 0 — 0 0 53 1
Bristol City 2016–17 EFL Championship 12 0 3 0 0 0 — 15 0
2017–18 EFL Championship 4 0 0 0 3 1 — 7 1
Total 16 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 22 1
Career total 251 14 27 1 3 1 13 2 294 18

References

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Bristol City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 9. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  2. ^ "FCA verpflichtet Abwehrspieler". FCAugsburg.de. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2009. Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Hegeler ist da!". fcn.de. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  4. ^ Potter, Steffen (2 October 2013). "Last-gasp Hegeler helps Leverkusen beat Real". UEFA. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Hegeler zieht es an die Spree". kicker (in German). 8 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  6. ^ "German midfielder Hegeler signs". Bristol City F.C. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Bristol C 5-0 Plymouth". BBC. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Jens Hegeler leaves City".
  9. ^ Jens Hegeler at Soccerway
  10. ^ a b c "Jens Hegeler » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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