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Fullname: Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn
aka: Nicolas Kuhn, Nicolas-Gerrit Kuhn, Nicolas Kuehn, Nick Kuhn, Nic Kuhn
Born: 1 January 2000
Birthplace: Wunstorf, Germany
Signed: 16 January 2024 (est €3.5m/€3m + addons from Rapid Vienna)
Left: –
Position: Midfielder, Winger
Debut: Celtic 1-0 Ross County, SP, 27 Jan 2024
Squad No.: 10
Internationals: […]
International Caps: [TBC at end of career]
International Goals: [TBC at end of career]
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Young German player Nicolas Kuhn was arriving at Celtic in January 2024, at the midway point of Rodgers return season as manager. Celtic were seen as shakey & vulnerable despite being top of the table at the half way mark in the season, but new quality was needed.
Nicolas Kuhn was initially seen as an ideal transfer in for development, a young player with lots of ability who had proven himself at youth levels, but had struggled to make a name for himself in the senior ranks. Not easy when his first stints were at Ajax and Bayern Munich. However, at Rapid Vienna, there were concerns on his ability, with one acerbic commentary deeming him as having “terrible shooting” and being “injury prone”. The truth is that on paper, Celtic had paid a heavy premium for a player who to date had achieved little. So much to prove.
Despite the initial concerns he got off to a decent start, and you’re could see his confidence increasing as he won more gametime. He scored his debut goal v St Johnstone in a 3-1 win (March 2024), but it was his sublime assist pass for the opener in the previous match Livingston (4-2 win March 2024) that won him the confidence of the support.
As Celtic went on to win the League & Scottish Cup double, he had played his part, but the general consensus was that he needed to ascertain himself more to prove himself further. When Rodgers stated that the aged James Forrest was proving to be the best winger at the club, it wasn’t a vote of confidence in players like Kuhn and Palma, but at least it was to given the a kick.
Season 2024/25
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Playing Career
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Honours with Celtic
(Honours are marked below in which the player has played in at least one of the matches in the campaign.)
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Incoming Celtic winger Kuhn branded ‘terrible at shooting and injury prone’
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/incoming-celtic-winger-kuhn-branded-202157164.html
David Irvine
Mon, 15 January 2024 at 8:21 pm GMT·3-min read
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Nicolas Kuhn has been slaughtered for ‘terrible shooting’ and being ‘injury prone’ ahead of his transfer switch to Celtic.
The winger, 24, is expected to complete a move to Parkhead from Rapid Vienna for a fee in the region of £3m.
But Kuhn – set to become Brendan Rodgers’ first January transfer window addition – has received a brutal review from an Austrian football expert before his move has even been announced.
Dorian Schuster, from transfermarkt, explained that Kuhn is a “kind of special player” as he highlighted his immense dribbling ability – but then hammered other aspects of his game.
Speaking on Clyde 1 Superscoreboard, Schuster claimed Kuhn “wastes many chances” and is “injury-prone” as he discussed the expected arrival of the former Germany youth international.
“They will get a kind of special player, in the sense that he has fantastic dribbling skills that I would say are far too good for the Austrian Bundesliga,” said Schuster.
“However, on the other hand his shooting is – I have to say, honestly – sometimes terrible and he wastes many chances in the Austrian Bundesliga and therefore I think that could be a major issue when playing in the Champions League for Celtic.
“I don’t know if you already knew that but in 2019 he was crowned as the biggest German talent of his year, born in 2000, Kai Havertz won in 2018. But he [Kuhn] never managed to break through.
“He played in the second league in Germany and also his first season in Vienna was quite a mess – he was quite often very injured and he never reached the highest level of his skills or fitness.”
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On Kuhn’s career to date – which includes time at Ajax and Bayern Munich – Schuster added: “I wouldn’t see it as a step backwards because he never reached the first team at Ajax or Bayern Munich so he was loaned to a second-tier side in Germany and afterwards he tried Rapid Vienna.
“But it hasn’t been enough with his shooting skills in combination with being injury-prone so I think Rapid Vienna has been the right step, now we will see if Celtic is – I honestly don’t know if it will work out in the Scottish league.
“He is a fast player but as I mentioned injury prone and I don’t know if he will have fun with Scottish defenders.”
Quizzed on whether Kuhn’s move to Celtic has taken supporters and pundits in Austria by surprise, Schuster replied: “Yeah. Kind of. He hasn’t had his breakthrough at Rapid, he has been good this season.
“His last season wasn’t that good and now all of a sudden they want to sell him for €3.5m.
“We at Transfermarkt valued him at €1.5m so there is a slight difference.
“Sometimes he was used as an attacking midfielder but it didn’t really work out so is now only used on a right winger, his left foot is good as well.
“Cutting in on the left foot and his right is also good – there’s no worries about that.”
Nicolas Kuhn signs for Celtic – contract details, what player said, Brendan Rodgers highlights key attributes
https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/nicolas-kuhn-signs-for-celtic-contract-details-what-player-said-brendan-rodgers-highlights-key-attributes-4481064
German winger completes move from Rapid Vienna to become Celtic’s first January signing
Matthew Elder
By Matthew Elder
Published 16th Jan 2024, 21:42 GMT
Celtic have completed the signing of Nicolas Kuhn from Rapid Vienna for a fee reported to be in the region of £3m.
The German winger has been announced as the club’s first recruit of the January transfer window on a five-and-a-half year contract until the summer of 2029 and could make his debut against Buckie Thistle in the Scottish Cup on Saturday.
The 24-year-old, who can play on both right and left wings, has been capped by Germany up to Under-20 level and spent his earlier years at RB Leipzig, Ajax and Bayern Munich, playing for the youth and reserves sides.
He moved to Rapid Vienna in 2022 and has made 36 appearances in the Austrian Bundesliga, sccoring five goals and registering six assists.
Kuhn told the Celtic website: “I feel great that I’m finally here and I can’t wait. Celtic is one of the biggest clubs around and I’m really happy to be here.
“I am really motivated to do well for this great club and I want to get working immediately as we face our challenges in the League and the Cup this year, so I’m really excited for what’s coming.
“In the end, at Celtic, it’s about doing all we can to win every game, so that is the challenge here. I can’t wait to get going and do my very best for our supporters.”
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers added: “We are delighted to welcome Nicolas to Celtic. We believe he is a dynamic player who has an excellent level of quality and all the attributes to fit well into our style of play.
“He has the profile we are looking for, he has a real attacking intent, a player with great pace and ideas, the ability to create and score goals and a player with a great energy and work ethic.
“He is someone who can play wide on both sides so he brings with him that versatility for us too, and myself and the coaches here really look forward to working with him.”
Nicolas Kuhn lifts lid on Celtic goal celebration dance routine and his ‘difficult’ time after January arrival
https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/latest-celtic-news/nicolas-kuhn-lifts-lid-on-celtic-goal-celebration-dance-routine-and-his-difficult-time-after-january-arrival-4730486
Matthew Elder
By Matthew Elder
Published 5th Aug 2024, 22:36 BST
Celtic trio share a moment after Kuhn strike
Celtic winger Nicolas Kuhn has explained the story behind the three-man goal celebration that followed his first strike of the season in the opening day 4-0 win over Kilmarnock.
The German scored Celtic’s third of the afternoon on the 59-minute mark after cutting inside from the right and firing a left-foot shot that took a wicked deflection before looping over Killie goalkeeper Robby McCrorie into the net.
Reo Hatate and Liam Scales had given Celtic a 2-0 half-time lead and Anthony Ralston completed the scoring with a fourth in added time but it was the dance routine that followed Kuhn’s strike that was the talk of the media room afterwards.
Immediately after scoring, the 24-year-old was quickly joined by Matt O’Riley and Kyogo Furuhashi as the trio began shaking their arms and girating their hips in unison. Kuhn revealed afterwards that it was all pre-planned by his Japanese team-mate.
“One of us had to score to do the celebration,” he explained. “We knew before what we wanted to do. So I’m happy that I scored.
“We listened to some Japanese music in the dressing room, and then Kyogo came up with the dance. And so we said we’re going to do the dance.”
The trio would have been unlikely to score highly on a Strictly scorecard, but Kuhn pointed to another team-mate who would impress the dancing judges – and one who would not.
“I think Luis Palma is the best dancer,” he said. “There’s a group of really, really nice boys and I’m just happy to to be here.
“We were really happy for Tony that he scored at the end. I think it just shows that we share the joy and are happy for everyone.
“I don’t think Tony can dance. I think he has to score some more goals and then maybe he gets into dancing.”
Kuhn now appears to be finding his feet at Celtic after an underwhelming start to his Parkhead career following his £3m from Rapid Vienna in January. A stunning double in the recent friendly 4-3 win over Man City got Celtic fans talking and the winger lived up to the pre-season hype with an impressive display in the opening match of the new Scottish Premiership season.
“It was really important to start well. We continued what we did in the pre-season games. So we’re happy. The last games been really good. We scored four goals every game, so we hope it’s going to keep going like that.
“We got even closer together in pre-season. So it was a really good start. The whole pre-season was good for me. And I hope I can I can show more. It was a little bit difficult for me coming in the winter, but now I’m getting used to the team. They know what I’m able to do so I’m just happy. ”
Kuhn is one of six wingers currently on the books at Celtic with Palma, Daizen Maeda, James Forrest, Hung-jun Yang and Mikey Johnston all vying for a starting spot. He insists the competition for places is driving him to reach his best form.
“To have someone from behind who’s pushing is always good. You need a lot of players also, with all the competitions we have ahead.”