{{short description|German footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Gideon Jung | image = Gideon Jung 2017.jpg | caption = Jung in 2017. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|9|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Düsseldorf, Germany | height = {{convert|1.89|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | position = Defensive midfielder | currentclub = Alemannia Aachen | clubnumber = 21 | youthyears1 = 2011–2012 | youthclubs1 = Sportfreunde Baumberg | youthyears2 = 2012–2013 | youthclubs2 = Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | years1 = 2013–2014 | clubs1 = Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | caps1 = 22 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2014–2015 | clubs2 = Hamburger SV II | caps2 = 29 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2014–2021 | clubs3 = Hamburger SV | caps3 = 133 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2021–2025 | clubs4 = Greuther Fürth | caps4 = 75 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2021–2022 | clubs5 = Greuther Fürth II | caps5 = 3 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2025–2026 | clubs6 = Kayserispor | caps6 = 4 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2026– | clubs7 = Alemannia Aachen | caps7 = 5 | goals7 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2017 | nationalteam1 = Germany U21 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Under-21 Championship}} {{Medal|W|2017|}} | club-update = 28 May 2026 | ntupdate = 27 June 2017 }} '''Gideon Jung''' (born 12 September 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender or defensive midfielder for {{German football updater|AAachen}} club Alemannia Aachen.<ref name="Soccerway">{{Soccerway|gideon-jung/276424}}</ref>

==Club career== He made his professional debut on 13 September 2013 for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen in a Regionalliga West match against Sportfreunde Lotte. On 5 April 2014, Jung scored his first professional goal in a game against SC Wiedenbrück 2000. He went on to make 22 appearances in the 2013-14 season before transferring to Hamburger SV on 1 July 2014.

Upon arrival at Hamburger SV, Jung was immediately sent down to the second team, Hamburger SV II. On 26 July 2014, Gideon made his debut for the side in a 4–0 rout of Goslarer SC 08. On 26 October 2014, Gideon scored 1 of 10 goals for the team during a 10–0 rout of FT Braunschweig. During the 2014–15 season, Gideon appeared 23 times for Hamburger SV II, but wasn't able to make his debut for Hamburger SV.

Having been called up to Hamburger SV, Jung started the 2015–16 on the first team, making his debut on Matchday 1 versus FC Bayern Munich.

In August 2025 the player moved to Central Anatolian side Kayserispor, signing a one year contract.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trtspor.com.tr/haber/futbol/kayserisporda-8-transfer-birden-27214273|title=Kayserispor'da 8 transfer birden|access-date=2025-08-10|website=TRT Spor|language=tr}}</ref>

On 2 February 2026, Jung signed with Alemannia Aachen in 3. Liga.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Alemannia Aachen|url=https://www.alemannia-aachen.de/aktuelles/nachrichten/details/Gideon-Jung-verstaerkt-Alemannia-Aachen-26872z/|title=Gideon Jung verstärkt Alemannia Aachen|trans-title=Gideon Jung strengthens Alemannia Aachen|date=2 February 2026|access-date=2 February 2026|language=de}}</ref>

==International career== On 21 August 2015, Jung was invited by Horst Hrubesch, coach of the German U-21 national team for the first time when he was nominated for the test match against Denmark and for the European Championship qualifier against Azerbaijan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/brandt-26-co-_hrubesch-holt-17-neue-633965/artikel |title=Brandt & Co.: Hrubesch holt 17 Neue|author=aho|work=kicker online|publisher=Olympia Verlag GmbH|date=28 August 2015|access-date=4 December 2016|language=de}}</ref> He could not participate in the game due to a hit on the calf.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/huth-kommt-fuer-vlachodimos---jung-reist-ab-634140/artikel |title=Huth kommt für Vlachodimos – Jung reist ab|author=las/aho|work=kicker online|publisher=Olympia Verlag GmbH|date=1 September 2015|access-date=4 December 2016|language=de}}</ref> On 26 August 2016, Jung was again invited by Stefan Kuntz, Hrubesch's successor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/kohr-stefaniak-26-co-_kuntz-baut-um-659028/artikel |title=Kohr, Stefaniak & Co.: Kuntz baut um|author=aho|work=kicker online|publisher=Olympia Verlag GmbH|date=26 August 2016|access-date=4 December 2016|language=de}}</ref> Again he could not participate because of an injury.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bitter-jung-sagt-kuntz-ab-659109/artikel |title=Bitter! Jung sagt Kuntz ab|author=tru|work=kicker online|publisher=Olympia Verlag GmbH|date=28 August 2016|access-date=4 December 2016|language=de}}</ref>

==Career statistics== {{Updated|21 August 2021}}<ref name="Soccerway" /> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan=2|Club !rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|DFB-Pokal !colspan=2|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Rot-Weiß Oberhausen |2013–14 |Regionalliga West |22||1||0||0||22||1 |- |rowspan=4|Hamburger SV II |2014–15 |rowspan=3|Regionalliga Nord |23||2||colspan=2|—||23||2 |- |2015–16 |5||0||colspan=2|—||5||0 |- |2016–17 |1||0||colspan=2|—||1||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !29!!2!!colspan=2|—!!29!!2 |- |rowspan=7|Hamburger SV |2015–16 |rowspan=3|Bundesliga |19||0||1||0||20||0 |- |2016–17 |29||0||4||1||33||1 |- |2017–18 |30||1||1||0||31||1 |- |2018–19 |rowspan=3|2. Bundesliga |12||0||2||0||14||0 |- |2019–20 |24||1||2||0||26||1 |- |2020–21 |19||0||0||0||19||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !133!!2!!10!!1!!143!!3 |- |SpVgg Greuther Fürth |2021–22 |Bundesliga |1||0||1||0||2||0 |- !colspan=3|Career total !185!!5!!11!!1!!196!!6 |} {{notelist}}

==Honours== ;Germany * UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2017<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/deutschland-gegen-spanien-2017-u-em-3796218/analyse | title = Weisers Kopfball macht den EM-Traum wahr | language = de | website = Kicker | date = 30 June 2017 | access-date = 30 June 2017}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Kicker|gideon-jung}}

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