| Intro | German footballer | |||||||
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| From | Germany | |||||||
| Type | Sports | |||||||
| Gender | male | |||||||
| Birth | 22 January 1988, Cologne, Germany | |||||||
| Age: | 32 years | |||||||
| Star sign | Aquarius | |||||||
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Jens Hegeler (born 22 January 1988) is a German footballer who last played for Championship club Bristol City.
Career
He began his career at SV Westhoven in 1993 and moved after two years to SpVgg Porz. He left Porz after three years when he was scouted by 1. FC Köln in 1998. He played six years in Köln’s youth team before he moved to Yurdumspor Köln in the German Oberliga in 2004. After one year he left Cologne and moved to VfL Leverkusen. In June 2006 he joined Bayer Leverkusen. He was loaned out to FC Augsburg on 7 January 2009 until the end of the 2009–10 season. In July 2010, he joined 1. FC Nürnberg on a two-season-long loan. Hegeler became a key player in Nürnberg’s successful squad and played in every 34 matches of the season. Hegeler returned to Leverkusen at the start of the 2012–13 season.
On 2 October 2013, Hegeler secured a 2–1 win for Leverkusen over Real Sociedad in the Champions League with a stoppage-time free-kick.
Hertha BSC
On 8 May 2014, he signed a three-year contract with Hertha BSC.
Bristol City
On 4 January 2017, it was announced by Bristol City that Hegeler had joined them on a 2 ⁄2-year deal for an undisclosed fee. On 7 January 2017 he made his debut in the FA Cup Third Round tie against Fleetwood Town. He scored his first goal for Bristol City in a 5–0 EFL Cup win against Plymouth Argyle on 8 August 2017. On December 19, 2018 it was announced Hegeler had left Bristol City by mutual consent.
Career statistics
- As of 13 August 2018
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2007–08 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Bundesliga | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 35 | 5 | ||
| 2013–14 | Bundesliga | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Total | 48 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 11 | 2 | 64 | 6 | |||
| FC Augsburg (loan) | 2008–09 | 2. Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | 2. Bundesliga | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| Total | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 41 | 1 | |||
| 1. FC Nürnberg (loan) | 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | |
| 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | ||
| Total | 65 | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 72 | 4 | |||
| 1. FC Nürnberg II (loan) | 2011–12 | Regionalliga West | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Hertha BSC II | 2014–15 | Regionalliga West | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Hertha BSC | 2014–15 | Bundesliga | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 46 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1 | |||
| Bristol City | 2016–17 | EFL Championship | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | EFL Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | ||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 213 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 255 | 13 | ||