Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 10 October 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bad Nauheim, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Mainz 05 | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
–2012 | SC Germania Nieder-Mockstadt | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | KSV Klein-Karben | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Kickers Offenbach | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2020 | Mainz 05 | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2020– | Mainz 05 II | 34 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2020– | Mainz 05 | 48 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2024 | → Karlsruher SC (loan) | 65 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2017 | Germany U15 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Germany U16 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Germany U17 | 10 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Germany U19 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Germany U20 | 14 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2025 | Germany U21 | 14 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:15, 29 June 2025 (UTC) |
Paul Nebel (born 10 October 2002) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Bundesliga club Mainz 05. [1]
Nebel made his debut for Mainz 05 in the first round of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal on 11 September 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute for Levin Öztunalı against fourth-division side TSV Havelse. He assisted Jean-Philippe Mateta's 90th minute goal to complete a hat-trick, with the match finishing as a 5–1 win. [2] He made his Bundesliga debut the following week on 20 September, coming on as a substitute for Mateta in the 90+1st minute of Mainz's away match against RB Leipzig, which finished as a 3–1 loss. [3]
Nebel is a youth international for Germany. [4] Nebel is eligible to represent the Republic of Ireland under FIFA's grandparent rule through his maternal grandmother. [5]
In August 2025, Nebel earned his first call-up to the German senior national team, with coach Julian Nagelsmann selecting him for the World Cup 2026 qualifiers. [6]
Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Mainz 05 II | 2020–21 | Regionalliga Südwest | 21 | 4 | — | — | 21 | 4 | ||
2021–22 | Regionalliga Südwest | 13 | 3 | — | — | 13 | 3 | |||
Total | 34 | 7 | — | — | 34 | 7 | ||||
Mainz 05 | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
2021–22 | Bundesliga | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||
2024–25 | Bundesliga | 31 | 10 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 10 | ||
2025–26 | Bundesliga | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
Total | 48 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 11 | ||
Karlsruher SC (loan) | 2022–23 | 2. Bundesliga | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 4 | |
2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 5 | ||
Total | 65 | 9 | 3 | 0 | — | 68 | 9 | |||
Career total | 147 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 156 | 27 |
Germany U21