# Herbert Bockhorn

Herbert Bockhorn (born 31 January 1995) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a right-back for 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Magdeburg.

## Club career
### Youth career

Bockhorn started playing football from TSV Melsdorf and FC Kilia Kiel before joining Werder Bremen's youth where he played for the U17 and U19 teams.

### Werder Bremen III, II and SC Wiedenbrück 2000

Bockhorn joined Werder Bremen's second reserves from the club's U19 team. He made his senior debut on 27 August 2014 against SG Aumund-Vegesack. On 21 September 2014 Bockhorn played his first game with the Werder Bremen's reserves against TSV Havelse. Bockhorn joined SC Wiedenbrück 2000 from Werder Bremen II. He made his debut on 1 August 2015 against Rot-Weiss Essen.

### Borussia Dortmund II

Bockhorn joined Borussia Dortmund II in 2016. He made his debut on 12 August 2016 against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. He scored his first goal on 27 August 2017 against Borussia Mönchengladbach II. Bockhorn played for Borussia Dortmund's senior team on two occasions: on 22 July 2018 at Bank of America Stadium. He played against Liverpool during International Champions Cup.

### Huddersfield Town

In July 2019, Bockhorn moved to English club Huddersfield Town, reuniting him with manager Jan Siewert, who had coached Bockhorn during his time with Borussia Dortmund's reserves. On 13 August 2019, Bockhorn made his debut for Huddersfield Town, in the first round of the EFL Cup against Lincoln City. However, on 16 August, Siewert was sacked; Bockhorn's services fell out of favour under new manager Danny Cowley, and he departed the club at the end of the season, without making a league appearance.

### VfL Bochum

In July 2020 Bockhorn signed a one-year contract with VfL Bochum.

### 1. FC Magdeburg

In September 2022 Bockhorn joined 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Magdeburg as a free agent.

## International career

On 9 March 2019, Bockhorn was invited by Uganda head coach Sébastien Desabre to be part of the final team preparing for the final 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying game against Tanzania.

## Personal life

Bockhorn was born to a Ugandan mother, Jean Marion Nansubuga, and a German father, Hartwig Bockhorn. Later the family moved to Germany, where Bockhorn started his career as a footballer at TSV Melsdorf.

## Career statistics

    As of 19 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Werder Bremen III | 2014–15 | Verbandsliga Bremen | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 |
| Werder Bremen II | 2014–15 | Regionalliga Nord | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| SC Wiedenbrück 2000 | 2015–16 | Regionalliga West | 28 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 0 |
| Borussia Dortmund II | 2016–17 | Regionalliga West | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 0 |
| Borussia Dortmund II | 2017–18 | Regionalliga West | 28 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 7 |
| Borussia Dortmund II | 2018–19 | Regionalliga West | 26 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 4 |
| Borussia Dortmund II | Total | Total | 71 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 71 | 11 |
| Huddersfield Town | 2019–20 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| VfL Bochum | 2020–21 | 2. Bundesliga | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 26 | 1 |
| VfL Bochum | 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 0 |
| VfL Bochum | Total | Total | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 44 | 1 |
| 1. FC Magdeburg | 2022–23 | 2. Bundesliga | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 1 |
| 1. FC Magdeburg | 2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 31 | 4 |
| 1. FC Magdeburg | Total | Total | 53 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 56 | 5 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 209 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 215 | 18 |
* ↑ Appearances in the Regionalliga promotion play-offs