Julian Pollersbeck

Julian Pollersbeck

Pollersbeck with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1994-08-16) 16 August 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth	Altötting, Germany
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	SSV Jahn Regensburg
Number	23
Youth career
0000–2010	DJK Emmerting
2010–2011	Wacker Burghausen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	Wacker Burghausen	0	(0)
2014–2017	1. FC Kaiserslautern	31	(0)
2017–2020	Hamburger SV	51	(0)
2020–2023	Lyon	6	(0)
2022–2023	Lyon B	1	(0)
2023	→ Lorient (loan)	0	(0)
2023–2024	1. FC Magdeburg	0	(0)
2024–	SSV Jahn Regensburg	0	(0)
International career‡
2016–2017	Germany U21	7	(0)
Medal record UEFA European Under-21 Championship Winner 2017
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:31, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

Julian Pollersbeck (born 16 August 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for 2. Bundesliga club SSV Jahn Regensburg. ^[1]

A prospect from the Wacker Burghausen academy, Pollersbeck made his breakthrough as part of the 1. FC Kaiserslautern team in the 2. Bundesliga. Ahead of the 2017–18 season, he moved to Bundesliga club Hamburger SV, but failed to convince during his time there, as the club suffered relegation from the league. In September 2020, he joined Lyon where he became the backup to Anthony Lopes.

Pollersbeck in a German youth international, having made seven appearances for the Germany under-21 team.

Club career

Burghausen and Kaiserslautern

Pollersbeck grew up in Emmerting in Upper Bavaria and initially played at the local club DJK Emmerting as a youth player, before moving to Wacker Burghausen at the age of 16, the 3. Liga club, which at that time was by far the most successful club in his home district Altötting. From the 2011–12 season, he was included in the squad of the under-19 team in the second-tier Under-19 Bayern League and the second men's team in the sixth-tier Landesliga Bayern. In 2012–13 he played seven games in the Bayernliga for the recently promoted second team, and sat on the bench in three games for the first team in the 3. Liga. After the season, Pollersbeck moved to 1. FC Kaiserslautern. For the 2014–15 season he moved up to the first-team squad and received a professional contract in November 2014. ^[2] The young goalkeeper made his professional debut in the 2. Bundesliga on 11 September 2016 in the 0–2 away defeat against SV Sandhausen after substituting for Stipe Vučur in the 74th minute, after regular goalkeeper André Weis had been sent-off. ^[3] Pollersbeck also represented the team in the following games and stayed in goal even after Weis' return from suspension. ^{[4] [5]} Pollersbeck's contract with Kaiserslautern ran until 2020. ^[6]

Hamburger SV

For the 2017–18 season, Pollersbeck moved to Bundesliga club Hamburger SV, where he signed a four-year contract. ^[7] In the pre-season, Pollersbeck competed with Christian Mathenia for the starting spot in the HSV goal. During the test matches as part of the preparation for the season against Holstein Kiel and Sparta Rotterdam, Pollersbeck made mistakes, each of which led to goals conceded. ^[8] Shortly before the start of the season, HSV coach Markus Gisdol finally decided on Mathenia as the starter. ^[9] In order to gain match experience, Pollersbeck made his first appearance for the second team in the fourth-tier Regionalliga Nord on 2 October 2017. ^[10] Due to poor form, Pollersbeck briefly lost his place as backup to regular third keeper Tom Mickel in November 2017. ^[11] After the last game before winter break, Gisdol held an open competition for the number one spot again. After the winter preparations, Pollersbeck finally replaced Mathenia as the starter. ^[12] He made his Bundesliga debut on 13 January 2018 in a 0–1 defeat in the away game against FC Augsburg. ^[13] After the second game of the spring season, Pollersbeck lost his place to Mathenia under the new coach Bernd Hollerbach. ^[14] After Christian Titz, the third coach of the season, had taken over the team, Pollersbeck became the starting goalkeeper again from matchday 27. ^[15] He played 10 Bundesliga games in his first season as HSV suffered relegation to the 2. Bundesliga.

Also in the 2018–19 season, Pollersbeck kept his starting place under Titz and his successor Hannes Wolf and made 31 appearances in the league. Although he finished 12 games without conceding a goal, which was the second best value behind Rafał Gikiewicz from Union Berlin who had 14, ^[16] he was rated the worst goalkeeper by kicker sports magazine among 16 goalkeepers rated. ^[17] His training performance was also criticised. ^[18] HSV finished in 4th place and missed out on promotion.

Before the 2019–20 season, a new goalkeeper was signed in Daniel Heuer Fernandes. Under new head coach Dieter Hecking, Pollersbeck was demoted to third goalkeeper behind Heuer Fernandes and Tom Mickel. He also had to give his shirt number 1 to Heuer Fernandes. ^[19] Until the winter break, Pollersbeck was in the matchday squad for both league and a DFB-Pokal games. In addition, he played five times for the second team in the Regionalliga Nord. In early January, during the winter break, Pollersbeck tore a ligament in his left ankle during practice and was unable to attend the winter training camp. ^[20] However, he returned to team practice at the beginning of February. ^[21] After Heuer Fernandes was unable to convince in league games, Pollersbeck returned in goal on matchday 29 and played the last 6 league games. ^[22] As in the previous year, HSV finished the season in 4th place and missed out on promotion.

Lyon

Pollersbeck joined Ligue 1 club Lyon in September 2020 on a four-year deal, for an initial fee of €250,000 that could rise to €300,000. ^[23] After the departure of backup keeper Ciprian Tătărușanu to Milan, Pollersbeck became the new backup to starter Anthony Lopes. ^[24] He did not make his debut with the French club until 6 March 2021, in a 5–2 victory against Sochaux in the Coupe de France. ^[25]

On 31 January 2023, Pollersbeck joined fellow Ligue 1 club Lorient on loan until the end of the season. ^[26] On 13 June 2023, Lyon announced that a mutual agreement had been reached with Pollersbeck to terminate his contract with the club upon his return from Lorient, making him a free agent on 1 July 2023. ^[27]

1. FC Magdeburg

On 15 June 2024, Pollersbeck signed a contract with 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Magdeburg. ^[28]

SSV Jahn Regensburg

On 27 June 2024, Pollersbeck moved to 2. Bundesliga club SSV Jahn Regensburg. ^[29]

International career

Pollersbeck made his Germany U21 debut in a 1–0 win over Turkey U21 on 10 November 2016. ^[30]

Career Statistics

Club

As of 9 August 2024 ^[31]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wacker Burghausen	2012-13	3. Liga	0	0	—		—		0	0
Kaiserslautern II	2013-14	Regionalliga	10	0	—		—		10	0
	2014-15		19	0	—		—		19	0
	2015-16		16	0	—		—		16	0
	2016-17		2	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		47	0	—		—		47	0
Kaiserslautern	2014-15	2. Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2015-16		0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2016-17		31	0	0	0	—		31	0
	Total		31	0	0	0	—		31	0
Hamburger SV	2017-18	Bundesliga	10	0	0	0	—		10	0
	2018-19	2. Bundesliga	31	0	4	0	—		35	0
	2019-20		6	0	0	0	—		6	0
	Total		47	0	4	0	—		51	0
Hamburger SV II	2017-18	Regionalliga	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2019-20		5	0	—		—		5	0
	Total		6	0	—		—		6	0
Lyon	2020-21	Ligue 1	0	0	3	0	—		3	0
	2021-22		6	0	—		2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	8	0
	Total		6	0	3	0	2	0	11	0
Lyon B	2021-22	Championnat National 2	1	0	—		—		1	0
Lorient (loan)	2022-23	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Magdeburg	2023-24	2. Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Jahn Regensburg	2024-25	2. Bundesliga	0	0	—		—		0	0
Career Total			138	0	7	0	2	0	147	0

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Germany U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2017 ^[32]

Individual

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2017 ^[33]

References

1. Julian Pollersbeck at WorldFootball.net
2. "Julian Pollersbeck wird FCK-Profi". Der Betze Brennt (in German). 28 November 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
3. "Höler ebnet den Weg, Vollmann macht alles klar". kicker (in German). 11 September 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
4. "Rollentausch: Pollersbeck bleibt gesetzt". kicker (in German). 29 September 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
5. "FCK-Keeper Pollersbeck macht auf sich aufmerksam". kicker (in German). 6 December 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
6. "FCK bindet Torwarttalent Pollersbeck". kicker (in German). 27 September 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
7. "HSV verpflichtet Pollersbeck". hsv.de (in German). Hamburger SV. 25 June 2017. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
8. "HSV-Testspiel gegen Rotterdam: Erneuter Patzer von Pollersbeck". GOAL (in German). 25 July 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
9. "Gisdol: Mathenia ist die Nummer 1". kicker (in German). 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
10. "U21 dominiert Hannover 96, siegt aber nur 1:0". hsv.de (in German). Hamburger SV. 2 October 2017. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
11. Wolff, Sebastian (20 November 2017). "Pollersbeck ist vorerst nur noch die Nummer drei". kicker (in German). Retrieved 11 February 2021.
12. "Pollersbeck als Nummer eins in du Rückrunde". hsv.de (in German). Hamburger SV. 12 January 2018. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
13. "0:1 - HSV unterliegt in Augsburg". hsv.de (in German). Hamburger SV. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
14. "Hollerbach wechselt wieder auf der Torwartposition". Welt (in German). 27 January 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
15. "Joker Kalou sticht mitten ins HSV-Herz". kicker (in German). 17 March 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
16. "Die Weisse Weste 2. Bundesliga". sport1.de. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
17. "Topspieler - Tor - 2. Bundesliga 2018/19". kicker.de. kicker. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
18. "Plötzlich unerwünscht: Jagt der HSV Pollersbeck vom Hof?". sport.de (in German). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
19. "Hamburger SV auf Twitter" (in German). Hamburger SV. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2021. 🎙 Zur Torwartfrage beantwortet #Hecking: "Daniel #HeuerFernandes wird die Nummer 1 sein und diese auch auf dem Rücken tragen. Tom #Mickel wird vorerst dahinter als Ersatzmann auf der Auswechselbank sein." #nurderHSV #HSVSVD
20. "Bitter: Bänderriss bei Julian Pollersbeck". hsv.de (in German). Hamburger SV. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
21. Braasch, Simon (3 February 2020). "Blitz-Comeback: Julian Pollersbeck greift beim HSV wieder an". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). Retrieved 11 February 2021.
22. "Kinsombi kontert Letschert: HSV schlägt Wiesbaden mit Dusel". kicker (in German). 31 May 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
23. "Julian Pollersbeck". OL.fr/en (Press release). Olympique Lyonnais. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
24. "Julian Pollersbeck to undergo Lyon medical". One Football. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
25. "OL-Sochaux: Cruising into the Round of 16 (5-2)". Olympique Lyonnais. 6 March 2021.
26. "Julian Pollersbeck et Ayman Kari prêtés au FC Lorient". FC Lorient (in French). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
27. "Communiqué de presse : Résiliation de contrat entre l'Olympique Lyonnais et Julian Pollersbeck". www.ol.fr. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
28. "FCM verpflichtet Julian Pollersbeck". FC Magdeburg (in German). 15 June 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
29. ""Die Finger jucken": Pollersbeck will bei Regensburg neu angreifen". kicker.de (in German). 27 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
30. "Julian Pollersbeck". dfb.de (in German). Retrieved 30 June 2017.
31. Julian Pollersbeck at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
32. "Weisers Kopfball macht den EM-Traum wahr". kicker.de (in German). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
33. "The official Under-21 Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com.

External links

• Julian Pollersbeck at WorldFootball.net