Kilian Ludewig (born 5 March 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Danish Superliga club AaB, on loan from Red Bull Salzburg.
![]() Ludewig in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kilian Ludewig[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2000-03-05) 5 March 2000 (age 22) | ||
Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
AaB (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg) | ||
Number | 32 | ||
Youth career | |||
Barsbütteler SV | |||
0000–2014 | Willinghusener SC | ||
2014–2015 | FC St. Pauli | ||
2015–2018 | RB Leipzig | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018– | Red Bull Salzburg | 1 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Liefering (loan) | 28 | (1) |
2020 | → Barnsley (loan) | 22 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Schalke 04 (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2022 | → Willem II (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2022– | → AaB (loan) | 9 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2015–2016 | Germany U16 | 8 | (3) |
2016–2017 | Germany U17 | 13 | (2) |
2017–2018 | Germany U18 | 4 | (0) |
2019 | Germany U19 | 3 | (0) |
2019 | Germany U20 | 4 | (0) |
2021– | Germany U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:01, 7 September 2021 (UTC) |
Ludewig started playing football at Barsbütteler SV and Willinghusener SC before moving to the youth academy of FC St. Pauli in 2014.[2][3][4] After just one year, he moved on to RB Leipzig. In November 2015, he made his debut for Leipzig's under-19 team in the Under 19 Bundesliga when he came off the bench for Przemysław Płacheta on the tenth matchday of the 2015–16 season against Hamburger SV in injury time.[5] In December 2015, he made his first appearance for Leipzig's under-17 team in the Under 17 Bundesliga against VfL Wolfsburg.[6] In August 2016, he scored his first three goals in the Under 17 Bundesliga in an 8–0 win against Niendorfer TSV.[7]
Ludewig was officially promoted to the under-19 ahead of the 2017–18 season. He scored his first goal in the Under 19 Bundesliga in August 2017 in a 2–0 victory against Hertha BSC.[8] Between September and December 2017, he also played three games for RB Leipzig in the UEFA Youth League.[9]
Ludewig joined Austrian Football Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg in June 2018, signing a four-year contract.[10] He was also initially available for selection by reserve team FC Liefering.[11] He made his debut for Liefering in September 2018 in a game against FC Juniors OÖ.[12]
After having only appeared for Liefering through one-and-a-half seasons, Ludewig joined Barnsley on loan on 9 January 2020.[13] After making 18 games for Barnsley in the EFL Championship and avoiding relegation, the loan was extended for another season in August 2020.[14]
After another four second-tier appearances for Barnsley, however, the loan was terminated prematurely in October 2020 and Ludewig was loaned to German Bundesliga club Schalke 04 for the remainder of the season.[15] A few days earlier, Manuel Baum, under whom Ludewig had played in the national under-20 side, had taken over as head coach of Schalke. In Gelsenkirchen Ludewig only made six league appearances as he had missed a large part of the season due to a metatarsal fracture suffered in December 2020.[16] Schalkern suffered a historic relegation at the end of the season.[17]
After one-and-a-half years on loan in England and Germany, Ludewig returned to Salzburg for the 2021–22 season.[18] There, he made his debut in the Bundesliga in October 2021 against LASK.[19] However, this remained his only appearance for Salzburg beside one appearance in an Austrian Cup game against SKN St. Pölten.[20]
On 13 January 2022, Ludewig was loaned to Willem II in Eredivisie until the end of the season.[21] In Tilburg, however, he was also unable to assert himself and was only utilised four times in the Eredivisie.[22] The club suffered relegation at the end of the season.[23]
On 24 June 2022, Ludewig was sent on a one-season loan to Danish Superliga club AaB.[24]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Red Bull Salzburg | 2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2019–20 | Austrian Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Austrian Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Austrian Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
FC Liefering | 2018–19 | Austrian Second League | 18 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||
2019–20 | Austrian Second League | 10 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
Total | 28 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 1 | ||||
Barnsley (loan) | 2019–20 | EFL Championship | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
2020–21 | EFL Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
Schalke 04 (loan) | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
Willem II (loan) | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
AaB (loan) | 2022–23 | Danish Superliga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
Career total | 70 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 1 |
AaB Fodbold – current squad | |
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