Hector in May 2014
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 27 May 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Saarbrücken, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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1. FC Köln | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2009 | SV Auersmacher | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2010 | SV Auersmacher | 34 | (9) |
2010–2013 | 1. FC Köln II | 63 | (5) |
2013– | 1. FC Köln | 144 | (4) |
National team‡ | |||
2014– | Germany | 25 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:59 26 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:55, 20 November 2016 (UTC) |
Jonas Matthias Hector (born 27 May 1990) is a German footballer who plays as a left back for 1. FC Köln and the Germany national football team.
After beginning his youth career with SV Auersmacher in his home state of Saarland, Hector transferred to 1. FC Köln in 2010. He was promoted to the first team by coach Holger Stanislawski for the 2012–13 season and was given a debut in the first round of the DFB-Pokal against SpVgg Unterhaching on 1 August 2012. On 27 August, he made his league debut in a 2. Bundesliga match against FC Erzgebirge Aue. He established himself as a starting player for Köln during the season, making 24 appearances in the league.
In 2013–14, Hector started 33 of Köln's 34 matches as the FC won the second division championship, gaining promotion to the Bundesliga. On 4 November 2013, he scored his first professional goal in a 4–0 defeat of 1. FC Union Berlin.
The following season, he again played in all but one of FC Köln's league matches, making his Bundesliga debut against Hamburger SV on the first matchday. On 4 October 2014, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 3–2 loss at Eintracht Frankfurt. He was named Köln's Player of the Season for 2014–15 by the club's official website with 54.41% of the vote. On 31 December 2015, Hector was also named FC Köln's "Winner of the Year" by Cologne newspaper Express, who named the defender the club's "Mr. Reliable".