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Welcome to FC Bayern, Jonas Urbig! The 21-year-old goalkeeper has joined the record champions from 1. FC Köln and will wear the number 40 jersey in Munich. We take a closer look at the Germany U21 international in our profile.
Jonas Urbig's playing style
Excellent reflexes, good build-up play - Jonas Urbig has lots of qualities. | © Getty
At club level and as a Germany youth international (22 caps), Jonas Urbig stands out not only with his excellent reflexes, but also as a goalkeeper who gets involved in the game. His ability to play out from the back is particularly impressive. The youngster boasts a very high pass completion rate and, last season in particular, when out on loan at Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth, he recorded a remarkably high rate of successful defensive clearances outside the penalty area.
Learned his trade in the Köln youth setup
Jonas Urbig played for 1 FC Köln from 2012. | © Imago
Urbig was born on 8 August 2003 in Euskirchen in the Rhineland. At the age of nine, he joined the youth setup of 1. FC Köln, a club steeped in tradition, and went on to progress through all of Effzeh's youth teams. In the 2018/19 season, Urbig celebrated winning the German championship with the Köln U17s. In the semi-finals, FC Köln defeated the FC Bayern U17s, but Urbig didn't get to play in the final as he was only 15 years old at the time.
Loan spells at Regensburg and Fürth
Last season, Jonas Urbig impressed with strong performances at SpVgg Greuther Fürth. | © Imago
After one and a half seasons with the Köln reserves in the Regionalliga West, Urbig was loaned out to SSV Jahn Regensburg for the second half of the 2022/23 campaign. He made his Bundesliga 2 debut there and played in all of the remaining 17 games. Last season, the goalkeeper went out on loan to Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth and made a total of 34 competitive appearances (33 games in Bundesliga 2, one in the DFB Cup) for the second-division outfit. After returning to 1. FC Köln in the summer, Urbig made 11 appearances for Effzeh this season (ten in Bundesliga 2, one in the DFB Cup).
22 international caps for Germany at youth level
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Urbig kas already played for all of the Germany youth teams at U17 to U21 level. He's currently part of the U21 squad and regularly impresses with strong performances there too. In Jonas Urbig, FC Bayern have secured one of the most promising goalkeeping talents in Germany. Especially as the 21-year-old has already gained plenty of experience at professional level with 60 appearances in Bundesliga 2.
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