Julius Kühn

Julius Kühn (born 1 April 1993) is a German handball player for AEK Athens.

Career Kühn started at TV Aldekerk in 1999, before joining HSG Düsseldorf in 2008. In 2010, he won the German youth championship. In the 2010-2011 season he became a part of the first team.

In January 2012, he joined TUSEM Essen In 2014 he joined VfL Gummersbach on a two-year deal. When that expired he signed a two-year extension. In 2017 he joined MT Melsungen. On March 4, 2021, he scored his Bundesliga goal no. 1000 in a match against HC Erlangen. He finished the season as the second best outfield goalscorer in the Bundesliga with 211 goals. In 2023 he joined SG BBM Bietigheim.

Season statistics Season Team League Games Goals Penalty goals Outfield Goals 2011/12 HSG Düsseldorf/TUSEM Essen 2. Bundesliga 38 105 1 104 2012/13 TUSEM Essen Bundesliga 34 73 0 73 2013/14 TUSEM Essen 2. Bundesliga 27 133 0 133 2014/15 VfL Gummersbach Bundesliga 36 113 0 113 2015/16 VfL Gummersbach Bundesliga 32 161 5 156 2016/17 VfL Gummersbach Bundesliga 26 166 39 127 2017/18 MT Melsungen Bundesliga 33 224 9 215 2018/19 MT Melsungen Bundesliga 10 62 0 62 2019/20 MT Melsungen Bundesliga 26 107 0 107 2020/21 MT Melsungen Bundesliga 38 211 0 211 2021/22 MT Melsungen Bundesliga 34 157 1 156 2022/23 MT Melsungen Bundesliga 21 40 0 40 2023/24 MT Melsungen Bundesliga 34 60 0 60 2011–2014 2. Handball-Bundesliga Total 65 238 1 237 2012–2024 Handball-Bundesliga Total 324 1374 54 1320 2011–2024 Total Karriere 389 1612 55 1557 Source: Player profile at Handball-Bundesliga

National team Kühn was called up to the German national team for the first time on 9 September 2014 by Dagur Sigurðsson. He debuted on 20 September 2014 in a home match against Switzerland.

At the 2016 European Championship, he was not initially part of the team but was included for the last match of the main round to replace Christian Dissinger. Germany won the tournament, beating Spain in the final 24–17.

He also represented Germany at the 2018 European Championship.

At the 2020 European Championship, he had become a key part of the team. At the 2020 Olympics, he also represented Germany.

He played a single game at the 2022 European Championship against Belarus, before he had to leave with a positive COVID-19 test.

Achievements Summer Olympics: 2016 European Championship: 2016

Private life Kühn is related to the German handball player Dana Bleckmann.