Willi Orban

Willi Orban
Personal information
Full name Willi Orban
Date of birth (1992-11-03) 3 November 1992
Place of birth Kaiserslautern, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
RB Leipzig
Number 4
Youth career
1997–2011 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 35 (7)
2011–2015 1. FC Kaiserslautern 68 (7)
2015– RB Leipzig 42 (2)
National team
2014– Germany U21 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:26, 19 November 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:38, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

Willi Orban (born 3 November 1992) is a German-Polish-Hungarian footballer who plays as a centre back for RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga.[1][2]

Club career

Orban started his career in the 1. FC Kaiserslautern youth academy as 4 year old. In 2011, he made first-team debut in a match against Bayern Munich.[3]

In May 2015, Orban joined league rivals RB Leipzig.[4] The move caused much anger from the fans of 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[5]

Personal life

Orban was born to a Polish mother and a Hungarian father and he is fluent in all 3 languages.

Honours

club

RB Leipzig

References

  1. "1. FC Kaiserslautern". bundesliga.de. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  2. "Willi Orban". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  3. "Bayern schon auf Betriebstemperatur" (in German). Fussballdaten.
  4. "Orban wechselt zu RB Leipzig" (in German). Sport1.
  5. "Fan-Hass auf Orban" (in German). Bild.
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