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Loris Karius
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Loris Sven Karius is a German association football player born on June 22, 1993, in Biberach an der Riss. He plays as a goalkeeper and has represented teams including 1. FSV Mainz 05, the Germany national under-21 football team, Manchester City F.C. Reserves and Academy, and Schalke 04. He has competed in the Premier League and Bundesliga, wearing the number 27.
Karius also plays padel and speaks German. His unmarried partner is Sophia Thomalla. He began his professional work period on December 1, 2012.
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Key facts
- 2009
- Germany U17
- 2010
- Germany U18
- 2011
- Germany U19
- 2012
- Germany U20
- 2014
- Germany U21
- 2025
- Schalke 04
- Full name
- Loris Sven Karius
- Date of birth
- ( 1993-06-22 ) 22 June 1993 (age 32)
- Place of birth
- Biberach an der Riß , Germany
- Height
- 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
- Position
- Goalkeeper
- Current team
- Schalke 04
- 1998 2000
- FV Biberach
- 2000 2001
- SG Mettenberg
- 2001 2005
- SSV Ulm
- 2005 2009
- VfB Stuttgart
- 2009 2011
- Manchester City
- Years
- Team
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Schalke 04
- Position
- Goalkeeper
- Nationality
- Germany
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sven
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Biberach an der Riss
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- German
- Sport
- padel
- Member of team
- Schalke 04
- Position played
- goalkeeper
- League
- Bundesliga
- Country for sport
- Germany
- Mass
- 87
- Image
- Loris Karius.jpg
- Height
- 187
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- Commons category
- Loris Karius
- date of birth
- 1993-06-22
- sport number
- 27
- birth name
- Loris Sven Karius
- name in native language
- Loris Karius
- start of work period
- 2012-12-01
- social media followers
- 582836
- unmarried partner
- Sophia Thomalla
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Loris Sven Karius (born 22 June 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Schalke 04. He represented Germany at youth level.
Karius began his career with VfB Stuttgart before moving to Manchester City in 2009. After two years in Manchester City's youth system, he returned to Germany with Mainz 05. He established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper for the Bundesliga side before transferring to Liverpool in 2016 for a fee of £4.75 million. Karius would go on to play in the 2018 UEFA Champions League final with the club, with Liverpool suffering a 3–1 defeat to Real Madrid and Karius making two crucial goalkeeping errors that led to goals. He was subsequently loaned out to Beşiktaş and Union Berlin before later joining Newcastle United and Schalke.
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