Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robin Everardus Gosens [1] | ||
Date of birth | 5 July 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Emmerich am Rhein, Germany | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Left midfielder, left wing-back [3] [4] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Fiorentina (on loan from Union Berlin) | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2007 | Fortuna Elten | ||
2007–2009 | 1. FC Bocholt | ||
2009–2012 | VfL Rhede | ||
2012–2014 | Vitesse | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Vitesse | 0 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Dordrecht (loan) | 47 | (3) |
2015–2017 | Heracles Almelo | 60 | (4) |
2017–2022 | Atalanta | 121 | (25) |
2022 | → Inter Milan (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Inter Milan | 32 | (3) |
2023– | Union Berlin | 31 | (6) |
2024– | → Fiorentina (loan) | 11 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2020– | Germany | 23 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:06, 21 November 2024 (UTC) |
Robin Everardus Gosens (born 5 July 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder or left wing-back for Italian Serie A club Fiorentina, on loan from Bundesliga club Union Berlin. He also plays for the Germany national team.
Born in Emmerich am Rhein, Gosens appeared for local clubs such as Fortuna Elten, 1. FC Bocholt and VfL Rhede, [5] before joining Vitesse's youth setup on 4 July 2012. [6] On 13 August 2013, he signed his first professional deal with the club. [7] Prior to this, he failed at a trial workout with Bundesliga giant Borussia Dortmund. [8] Gosens himself called it a fiasco. [9]
On 14 January 2014, Gosens was loaned to FC Dordrecht until the end of the season. [10] He made his professional debut three days later, starting in a 1–1 home draw against SBV Excelsior. [11]
Gosens scored his first professional goal on 7 February, netting the second in a 6–1 home victory against FC Emmen. [12] He appeared in 20 matches during the campaign (play-offs included), as his side finished second and returned to Eredivisie after a nineteen-year absence.
On 29 May 2014, Gosens' loan was renewed for a further year, [13] and he made his Eredivisie debut on 9 August, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 away win against SC Heerenveen. [14] He scored his first goal in the competition on 20 September, netting his side's only goal in a 1–1 away draw against Excelsior. [15]
On 4 June 2015, it was announced that Gosens had moved on a free transfer to Heracles Almelo. [16]
On 2 June 2017, it was announced that Gosens had transferred to Italian side Atalanta. [17] On 18 September 2019, Gosens made his Champions League debut against Dinamo Zagreb. [18] On 11 December 2019, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 3–0 away win over Shakhtar Donetsk. [19] On 25 November 2020, he scored his second Champions League goal in a 2–0 away win over Liverpool at Anfield. [20]
Gosens established himself as one of the top wing-backs in the Serie A, excelling both offensively and defensively. During the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons, he was one of Atalanta's top goalscorers of the season scoring 10 goals and 12 goals, unprecedentedly high numbers for a defender. On 14 September 2021, he scored the equalizing goal for Atalanta in a 2–2 away draw against Villarreal in the first fixture of the 2021–22 Champions League season. [21]
On 27 January 2022, Inter Milan announced the signing of Gosens on a loan until the end of the season, with an obligation to buy if certain conditions were met. [22] On 12 April, it was announced that Gosens would join Inter permanently following the season, by activating the buy option in his loan deal. [23] [24] On 12 October, he scored his first Champions League goal with Inter in a 3–3 away draw against Barcelona at Camp Nou. [25]
On 10 June 2023, he played in the Champions League final as a substitute in the second half, which ended in a 1–0 defeat against Manchester City. [26]
After a year and a half with Inter Milan, Gosens moved to Champions League contender 1. FC Union Berlin in August 2023. [27] With this move, he fulfilled his Bundesliga dream. [28] According to media reports, the transfer fee was around €15 million, making him 1. FC Union Berlin's record transfer. [29] Previously, VfL Wolfsburg also expressed interest in the left back. [30]
Gosens made his club and Bundesliga debut as a substitute on August 20 at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei in a 4–1 home win over Mainz on the first matchday of the Bundesliga season. The following week, on August 26, he would make his first start in the Bundesliga at the Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor and made an immediate impact, scoring two goals for Union Berlin in a 4–1 away victory over Darmstadt. [31]
On 30 August 2024, Gosens joined Serie A side Fiorentina on loan with a conditional obligation to buy. [32]
On 25 August 2020, Gosens received his first call-up to represent the Germany national football team. [33] He made his debut on 3 September, starting in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League match against Spain. [34]
On 19 May 2021, he was included in the UEFA Euro 2020 squad. [35] On 19 June 2021, he scored a goal and provided an assist in a 4–2 win over Portugal in a group stage game at the tournament, [36] for which he was awarded the Star of the Match. [37]
Gosens was excluded from the Germany squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, [38] with coach Hansi Flick stating the reason was Gosens' loss of rhythm over the previous year due to a lack of appearances. [39]
After also not being nominated for the UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany, he was called up to the team again by new Bundestrainer Julian Nagelsmann for the UEFA Nations League games in October 2024. [40]
Gosens was born in Germany to a German mother and a Dutch father, and holds both Dutch and German citizenships. [41] During a press conference for the Germany national team, Gosens mentioned that he grew up as a Schalke 04 fan. [42] In June 2022, he married his girlfriend Rabea Böhlke, with whom he has two sons born in 2021 and 2023 respectively. [43] [44]
He departed the national team in November 2023 to take parental leave for the birth of his second son. [45]
On 22 February 2023, Gosens earned his B.Sc. in Psychology from the SRH Fernhochschule. [46]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dordrecht (loan) | 2013–14 | Eerste Divisie | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 [b] | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
2014–15 | Eredivisie | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 2 | |||
Total | 47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 53 | 3 | |||
Heracles Almelo | 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 32 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 [b] | 0 | 38 | 3 | |
2016–17 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 [c] | 0 | – | 32 | 2 | |||
Total | 60 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 5 | ||
Atalanta | 2017–18 | Serie A | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 [c] | 1 | – | 26 | 2 | |
2018–19 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 [c] | 0 | – | 36 | 3 | |||
2019–20 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 [d] | 1 | – | 43 | 10 | |||
2020–21 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 7 [d] | 1 | – | 44 | 12 | |||
2021–22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 [d] | 1 | – | 8 | 2 | |||
Total | 121 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 4 | – | 157 | 29 | |||
Inter Milan (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | |
Inter Milan | 2022–23 | Serie A | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 [d] | 1 | 1 [e] | 0 | 49 | 4 |
Total | 39 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 5 | ||
Union Berlin | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 [d] | 1 | – | 37 | 7 | |
2024–25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
Total | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | 39 | 7 | |||
Fiorentina (loan) | 2024–25 | Serie A | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 [f] | 1 | – | 13 | 3 | |
Career total | 309 | 43 | 27 | 2 | 46 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 390 | 52 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Germany | 2020 | 4 | 0 |
2021 | 9 | 2 | |
2022 | 1 | 0 | |
2023 | 6 | 0 | |
2024 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 23 | 2 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 7 June 2021 | Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany | 7 | Latvia | 1–0 | 7–1 | Friendly |
2 | 19 June 2021 | Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany | 9 | Portugal | 4–1 | 4–2 | UEFA Euro 2020 |
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