Amin Younes

German footballer (born 1993)

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Amin Younes (born 6 August 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder.
After a one-season loan spell at 1.
In 2018 Younes moved to Italian side Napoli on a free transfer, winning the 2019–20 Coppa Italia.
He then spent half a season in Saudi Arabia at Al-Ettifaq in 2022, and one season on loan at Utrecht in 2022–23, before becoming a free agent in 2023.
Bundesliga in 2024.

Amin Younes (born 6 August 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder.

Coming through the youth system, Younes made his senior debut for Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2012. After a one-season loan spell at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Younes moved to Dutch club Ajax in 2015, with whom he was runner-up in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. In 2018 Younes moved to Italian side Napoli on a free transfer, winning the 2019–20 Coppa Italia. After two seasons, he moved back to Germany playing for Eintracht Frankfurt between 2020 and 2022. He then spent half a season in Saudi Arabia at Al-Ettifaq in 2022, and one season on loan at Utrecht in 2022–23, before becoming a free agent in 2023. He signed for Schalke 04 in the 2. Bundesliga in 2024.

Younes represented Germany at youth level between 2008 and 2015, and the senior team between 2017 and 2021. He was part of the squad that won the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Club career

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Born in Düsseldorf to a Lebanese father, a former footballer, and a German mother; Younes played as a youth for SG Unterrath. In 2000, at the age of 8, he joined the youth setup of Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach. In 2011, he made his debut for Borussia Mönchengladbach II, the reserve team, playing in the Regionalliga West.

Younes made his senior team debut at the end of the 2011–12 Bundesliga, coming on as a substitute against Hannover 96 on 1 April 2012.