BVB seal transfer, U17 champion joins Dortmund | OneFootball

After the training camp, Borussia Dortmund have officially unveiled the next new signing for their U19 team. A winger is moving from Borussia Mönchengladbach to BVB.

Borussia Dortmund have officially confirmed the next addition to their youth setup. BVB are strengthening their U19 squad with Peniel Poba, who is joining Dortmund from Borussia Mönchengladbach. Initial signs of a move had already intensified back in April, and now the transfer has been officially confirmed.

The 17-year-old was born in February 2009 and has spent his entire youth career so far at Borussia Mönchengladbach. Most recently, the attacker played for the Foals’ U17 side and won the German U17 championship with his team in the 2024/25 season. In the past campaign, however, Gladbach were knocked out in the round of 16 of the DFB youth league — ironically against Borussia Dortmund, who came through with a 4–2 win.

Overall, Poba made 22 competitive appearances for Gladbach’s U17 team last season, scoring one goal and providing six assists. The right winger is most comfortable on the right flank, but can also be deployed on the left wing or in attacking midfield.

Transfer confirmed: BVB U19 sign Peniel Poba

Thomas Broich, sporting director of the youth academy, explained why BVB opted for the winger: “Peniel is a player who is very courageous and often looks to take on defenders one-on-one. That is exactly the kind of quality we want to encourage and further develop here.”

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Poba had already been part of the team since the Dortmund U19 training camp in Kirchberg, Austria. The U19s had only recently returned from Tyrol before the club officially presented the new signing. After centre-back Liam Claude Kante, Poba is the second new addition for the U19s this summer. Broich is convinced that the youngster will find the right conditions for his development in Dortmund: “We are very pleased that he chose us and are convinced that he will develop excellently in our environment.”

This marks the beginning of a new chapter for Poba at BVB. With the U19s, he will start the new DFB youth league season at the beginning of August. In the opening round of the DFB Cup, Dortmund’s U19s will face Holstein Kiel on 2 August, before their first league match of the 2026/27 season against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen a week later.

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