Julian Köster

Julian Köster (born 16 March 2000) is a German handball player for VfL Gummersbach and the German national team.^[1][2]

Julian Köster
Köster in 2022
Personal information
Born	(2000-03-16) 16 March 2000 (age 24) Bielefeld, Germany
Nationality	German
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	VfL Gummersbach
Number	7
Youth career
Team
	TuS SW Brauweiler
2015–2018	TSV Bayer Dormagen
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2018–2020	TSV Bayer Dormagen
2020–	VfL Gummersbach
National team ^1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–	Germany	37	(70)
Medal record Youth World Championship 2019 North Macedonia
^1 National team caps and goals correct as of 18. January 2024

Career

Club career

Having started out at TuS SW Brauweiler, Köster completed his youth team career at TSV Bayer Dormagen, a team he would make his senior handball debut with in 2018, playing in the 2. Bundesliga.^[3] In 2020, the German switched to league rivals VfL Gummersbach, signing a contract until 2024.^[4] His team earned promotion to the Bundesliga in the 2022 season, one which automatically triggered a one-year contract extension in Köster's contract.^[5] He became captain of the team in 2022, and signed on to play for Gummersbach until 2026 following a tenth-placed finish in the 2022–23 Bundesliga campaign.^[6][7]

National team

Köster made his international debut on the German national team on 21 September 2021. He participated at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt.^[8] Afterwards, Köster took part in the 2022 European Championship, where he played in all seven matches and became Germany's second-highest scorer with 18 goals.^[9] He once again became the second-highest scorer for Germany at the 2024 Euros, where his 31 goals helped Germany finish fourth.^[10]

Individual awards

Best Defender

• Best Defender of the IHF Men's Youth World Championship: 2019^[11]

References

 

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1. DHB profile
2. "Julian Köster - Career & Statistics". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
3. "Abschied nach sechs Jahren: Julian Köster verlässt TSV Bayer Dormagen". www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
4. "VfL Gummersbach verpflichtet Juniorennationalspieler Julian Köster mit sofortiger Wirkung". www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
5. "VfL Gummersbach bindet Nationalspieler Julian Köster langfristig". www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
6. "Gesamt-Tabelle | HBL Saison 22/23 | LIQUI MOLY HBL". www.liquimoly-hbl.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-29.
7. WDR (2024-01-09). "Handball-EM 2024: Julian Köster ist der Unverzichtbare". www1.wdr.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-29.
8. 2021 World Men's Handball Championship roster
9. Cumulative Statistics Germany, auf ehfeuro.eurohandball.com, abgerufen am 29. Januar 2022
10. "Zahlen von Deutschlands Handballern bei der Handball-EM". handball-world (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-29.
11. "2019 Youth World Championship All-star Team". ihf.info. 18 August 2019.