Jan Olschowsky

Jan Olschowsky (born 18 November 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach. He played for SV Glehn from 2008 to 2009 and has played for Borussia Mönchengladbach since 2009.[1]

Jan Olschowsky
Personal information
Full name Jan Jakob Olschowsky
Date of birth (2001-11-18) 18 November 2001
Place of birth Neuss, Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number 41
Youth career
2008–2009 SV Glehn
2009–2020 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Borussia Mönchengladbach II 70 (0)
2020– Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 (0)
International career‡
2018 Germany U18 1 (0)
2018 Germany U19 1 (0)
2018 Germany U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:12, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:22, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Olschowsky began his football career in 2008 and in the youth of SV Glehn in the Glehn district of Korschenbroich.[2][3][4] In July 2009 he moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach and went through all the youth teams at the club. He played 29 games for the Mönchengladbach U17 team in the Under 17 Bundesliga and 27 games for the Mönchengladbach U19 selection in the Under 19 Bundesliga. On October 13, 2018, he made his debut for Borussia Mönchengladbach II in a 2–1 win over SV 19 Straelen at the age of 16, as the youngest goalkeeper in the Regionalliga West.[2]

In July 2020, Olschowsky signed a professional contract with Borussia Mönchengladbach that runs until June 30, 2023.[3][5] On September 27, 2022, he made his debut in the first-team matchday squad. With both first-choice goalkeeper Yann Sommer and his substitute Tobias Sippel being unavailable due to injury, Olschowsky made his Bundesliga debut against VfL Bochum on 8 November 2022.[4][6][7] Mönchengladbach lost the match by 2–1 and he was voted by fans as the club's player of the match.[8]

International career

Olschowsky has played for the German junior national teams at the U18, U19 and U20 levels.

References
  1. "Jan Jakob Olschowsky | Borussia M'gladbach | Player Profile | Bundesliga". Bundesliga. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  2. Sitterle, Dirk (2020-07-15). "Fußball: Glehner wird Profi bei Borussia Mönchengladbach". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  3. Hochrainer, Sebastian (2020-07-13). "Vertrag bis 2023 für Olschowsky: Borussia macht Torwarttalent zum Profi". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  4. "Gladbach: Dieses Versprechen gab Olschowsky seinem Heimatklub". GladbachLIVE (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  5. "Borussia Mönchengladbach macht Jan Olschowsky zum Profi". bundesliga.de – die offizielle Webseite der Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  6. "Gladbach: Olschowsky ist Spieler des Spiels gegen Bochum". GladbachLIVE (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  7. "Jan Olschowsky erhält viel Lob von Daniel Farke nach Gladbach-Debüt". Fussball Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  8. "Relegation-threatened Bochum stun Borussia Mönchengladbach". Bundesliga. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
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