Nicolas Kühn

German footballer (born 2000)

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Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (born 1 January 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Serie A club Como.
FC Wunstorf, before joining the youth academy of FC St.
In 2011, Kühn moved to Hannover 96, where he joined the U13 team.
For the 2015–16 season, Kühn moved to the U17 team of RB Leipzig, for whom he scored 18 goals in 22 appearances in the Under 17 Bundesliga.
Upon his return for the second half of the season, he was already a part of the team competing in the Under 19 Bundesliga.

Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (born 1 January 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Serie A club Como.

Club career

Early years

Born in Wunstorf, Hanover Region, Kühn began playing football at TSV Klein Heidorn and 1. FC Wunstorf, before joining the youth academy of FC St. Pauli, where he played for two years. In 2011, Kühn moved to Hannover 96, where he joined the U13 team. In the 2014–15 season, at the age of 15, he had already made two appearances for their U17 team in the Under 17 Bundesliga. For the 2015–16 season, Kühn moved to the U17 team of RB Leipzig, for whom he scored 18 goals in 22 appearances in the Under 17 Bundesliga. In the 2016–17 season, the striker scored 6 goals in 13 matches in the Under 17 Bundesliga, but fell out with a high ankle sprain. Upon his return for the second half of the season, he was already a part of the team competing in the Under 19 Bundesliga. In the 2017–18 season he was permanently moved up to the U19-team, for whom he also competed in the UEFA Youth League, and regularly trained with the first team.

Ajax

Kühn signed for Dutch club Ajax from RB Leipzig in January 2018 for a fee of €2 million.

Bayern Munich

In January 2020, Kühn moved on loan to FC Bayern Munich for six months. The move was made permanent on 14 July 2020, when Kühn signed a three-year contract and was placed in the reserve team Bayern Munich II.

In June 2021, Kühn moved on loan for the 2021–22 season to Erzgebirge Aue, with an option to purchase, however the team was relegated and did not activate the option.