Julian Draxler

**Julian Draxler** (born 20 September 1993) is a German association football attacking midfielder. He plays for Qatar Stars League club Al Ahli and the Germany national team.

He made his first national appearance in a loss against Switzerland. He scored his first national goal against the United States on 2 June 2013. He also made his first FIFA World Cup appearance in 2014, when he came on as a substitute in Germany's 7–1 victory against Brazil. Since 2011, Draxler has made more than 100 appearances for Schalke 04.

In January 2014, he was named by _The Guardian_ as one of the ten most promising young players in Europe.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Schalke 04|2010–11|rowspan="6"|Bundesliga|15|1|3|2|—|6|0|—|24|3||
|2011–12|30|2|2|1|—|13|2|1|0|46|5|||||
|2012–13|30|10|3|2|—|6|1|—|39|13||||||
|2013–14|26|2|2|0|—|10|4|—|38|6||||||
|2014–15|15|2|1|0|—|3|0|—|19|2||||||
|2015–16|3|1|1|0|—|0|0|—|4|1||||||
|rowspan="3"|VfL Wolfsburg|2015–16|rowspan="2"|Bundesliga|21|5|1|0|—|9|3|0|0|31|8|
|2016–17|13|0|1|0|—|—|—|14|0|||||||
|rowspan="7"|Paris Saint-Germain|2016–17|rowspan="6"|Ligue 1|17|4|5|4|1|1|2|1|—|25|10|
|2017–18|30|4|6|0|3|1|8|0|0|0|47|5||||
|2018–19|31|3|6|2|2|0|7|0|0|0|46|5||||
|2019–20|11|0|4|0|2|0|5|0|0|0|22|0||||
|2020–21|24|4|5|0|—|5|0|0|0|34|4|||||
|2021–22|18|2|1|0|—|4|0|1|0|24|2|||||
|Benfica (loan)|2022–23|Primeira Liga|10|1|2|0|3|1|3|0|—|18|2|||
|Al Ahli|2023–24|QSL|10|5|0|0|2|1|—|—|12|6||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="11"|Germany|||
|2012|3|0||
|2013|7|1||
|2014|5|0||
|2015|1|0||
|2016|11|2||
|2017|13|3||
|2018|9|0||
|2019|2|0||
|2020|4|1||
|2022|2|0||

- _As of match played 7 October 2020. Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first._

|No.|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|2 June 2013|RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States||3–4|3–4|Friendly|
|2|26 June 2016|Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France||3–0|3–0|UEFA Euro 2016|
|3|11 October 2016|HDI Arena, Hanover, Germany||1–0|2–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|4|10 June 2017|Stadion Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany||1–0|7–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|5|19 June 2017|Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia||2–1|3–2|2017 FIFA Confederations Cup|
|6|4 September 2017|Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Germany||2–0|6–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|7|7 October 2020|RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany||1–0|3–3|Friendly|

## Honours

**Schalke 04**
- DFB-Pokal: 2010–11
- DFL-Supercup: 2011

**Paris Saint-Germain**
- Ligue 1: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22
- Coupe de France: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21; runner-up: 2018–19
- Coupe de la Ligue: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
- Trophée des Champions: 2017, 2020
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2019–20

**Benfica**
- Primeira Liga: 2022–23

**Germany**
- FIFA World Cup: 2014
- FIFA Confederations Cup: 2017

**Individual**
- Fritz Walter Medal U18 Gold: 2011
- Sportschau Goal of the Year Award: 2013 (shared with Raúl)
- _kicker_ Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2013–14
- Bundesliga Young Player of the Year: 2013–14
- FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Ball: 2017

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Julian Draxler
- **image**: 2019-06-11 Fußball, Männer, Länderspiel, Deutschland-Estland StP 2278 LR10 by Stepro - Julian Draxler (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Draxler playing for Germany national football team , Germany in 2019
- **full name**: Julian Draxler
- **birth place**: Gladbeck, Germany
- **height**: 1.85 m
- **position**: Attacking midfielder, Winger (association football), winger
- **currentclub**: Al Ahli SC (Doha), Al Ahli
- **clubnumber**: 7
- **youthyears1**: 1998–2000
- **youthclubs1**: BV Rentfort
- **youthyears2**: 2000–2001
- **youthclubs2**: SSV Buer 07/28
- **youthyears3**: 2001–2011
- **youthclubs3**: FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04
- **years1**: 2011–2015
- **clubs1**: FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04
- **caps1**: 119
- **goals1**: 18
- **years2**: 2015–2016
- **clubs2**: VfL Wolfsburg
- **caps2**: 34
- **goals2**: 5
- **years3**: 2017–2023
- **clubs3**: Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain
- **caps3**: 131
- **goals3**: 17
- **years4**: 2022–2023
- **clubs4**: → S.L. Benfica, Benfica (loan)
- **caps4**: 10
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2023–
- **clubs5**: Al Ahli SC (Doha), Al Ahli
- **caps5**: 10
- **goals5**: 5
- **nationalyears1**: 2010–2011
- **nationalteam1**: Germany national youth football team, Germany U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2011
- **nationalteam2**: Germany national youth football team, Germany U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 2
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2011
- **nationalteam3**: Germany national under-21 football team, Germany U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **nationalyears4**: 2012–
- **nationalteam4**: Germany national football team, Germany
- **nationalcaps4**: 58
- **nationalgoals4**: 7
- **club-update**: 16:08, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 20:34, 29 March 2022 (UTC)