Brief outing was Brandt's 300th BVB game – Möller and Wörns in sight | OneFootball

Julian Brandt’s summer departure has already been announced. But for now, he can still add to his appearances in a BVB shirt, as he did against HSV on Saturday. Even if it was probably his shortest appearance ever for BVB, it still took him to the mark of 300 competitive matches for Borussia Dortmund. Before long, he is likely to catch up with and overtake BVB greats Andreas Möller and Christian Wörns.

Julian Brandt was only brought on in the sixth minute of stoppage time during BVB’s 3-2 win over Hamburger SV. After the match, coach Niko Kovac explained that Brandt had actually been supposed to come on much earlier, but Kovac did not want to interrupt Dortmund’s flow while they were in the middle of the game.

Shortly after Brandt stepped onto the pitch at Signal Iduna Park, the match was already over. For the statistics, however, it still counts as an appearance in a competitive match, meaning Brandt has now played 300 such games in a BVB shirt. A milestone that was somewhat overshadowed by the eventful match against HSV, but one that BVB itself did acknowledge on its website.

With those 300 appearances, Julian Brandt now sits 20th on Borussia’s all-time appearance list. Directly ahead of him with 301 competitive matches: World Cup winner Andreas Möller. Two places above Brandt is Christian Wörns, just as influential for BVB in his time as Möller was, with 303 competitive appearances.

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Brandt now just one BVB appearance behind Andreas Möller

Brandt still has seven competitive matches left to catch or surpass Möller, or both Möller and Wörns. Even brief cameos like the one last Saturday would be enough for that. So whether Brandt climbs to 18th place on the club’s all-time appearance list before his departure is in Niko Kovac’s hands. Kovac sounded optimistic on that front. He said he expects Brandt to get more minutes in the upcoming matches than he did against HSV.

So far, Julian Brandt has scored 56 goals for BVB in his 300 competitive appearances and provided 69 assists. In terms of goals, Brandt is level with Heiko Herrlich in 23rd place on BVB’s all-time scoring list. Movement there is still possible before his departure as well, though it is likely to be harder to achieve than matching the appearance totals of Möller and Wörns. The next BVB scorer ahead of him is Shinji Kagawa with 60 goals in competitive matches for Borussia Dortmund.

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