| Kilian Ludewig | |
| Full Name: | Kilian Ludewig[1] |
| Birth Date: | 5 March 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Hamburg, Germany |
| Height: | 1.75 m |
| Position: | Right-back |
| Youthclubs1: | Barsbütteler SV |
| Youthyears2: | –2014 |
| Youthclubs2: | Willinghusener SC |
| Youthyears3: | 2014–2015 |
| Youthclubs3: | FC St. Pauli |
| Youthyears4: | 2015–2018 |
| Youthclubs4: | RB Leipzig |
| Years1: | 2018–2024 |
| Clubs1: | Red Bull Salzburg |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs2: | → FC Liefering (loan) |
| Caps2: | 28 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2020 |
| Clubs3: | → Barnsley (loan) |
| Caps3: | 22 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs4: | → Schalke 04 (loan) |
| Caps4: | 6 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2022 |
| Clubs5: | → Willem II (loan) |
| Caps5: | 4 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs6: | → AaB (loan) |
| Caps6: | 19 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs7: | → 1860 Munich (loan) |
| Caps7: | 24 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalteam1: | Germany U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam2: | Germany U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 13 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam3: | Germany U18 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam4: | Germany U19 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam5: | Germany U20 |
| Nationalcaps5: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears6: | 2021 |
| Nationalteam6: | Germany U21 |
| Nationalcaps6: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals6: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 22 May 2024 |
Kilian Ludewig (born 5 March 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right-back.
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 one and a half years on loan in England and Germany, Ludewig returned to Red Bull Salzburg for the 2021–22 season.[13] There, he made his debut in the Bundesliga in October 2021 against LASK.[14] However, this remained his only appearance for Red Bull Salzburg beside one appearance in an Austrian Cup game against SKN St. Pölten.[15]
After six years with the club, his contract was terminated on 5 July 2024.[16]
After having only appeared for FC Liefering through one and a half seasons, Ludewig joined English club Barnsley on loan on 9 January 2020.[17] After making 18 games for Barnsley in the EFL Championship and avoiding relegation, the loan was extended for another season in August 2020.[18]
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.[19] 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.[20] Schalkern suffered a historic relegation at the end of the season.[21]
On 13 January 2022, Ludewig was loaned to Dutch club Willem II in the Eredivisie, until the end of the season.[22] In Tilburg, however, he was also unable to assert himself and was only featured four times in the Eredivisie. 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]
On 11 July 2023, Ludewig moved on loan to TSV 1860 Munich in German 3. Liga.[25] He started the 2023–24 season with an appearance against 1. FC Stockheim in the Bavarian Cup.[26]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2. Liga | 18 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 2. Liga | 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 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 73 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 82 | 1 | |||