Julius Biada

Julius Biada (born 3 November 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Fortuna Köln.^[1]

Julius Biada

Biada with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Julius Valentin Biada
Date of birth	(1992-11-03) 3 November 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Cologne, Germany
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Fortuna Köln
Number	31
Youth career
	ESV Olympia Köln
	Heiligenhauser SV
0000–2007	Bonner SC
2008–2009	SF Troisdorf
2009–2010	Bonner SC
2010–2011	Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Bayer Leverkusen II	23	(3)
2012–2013	Schalke 04 II	33	(11)
2013–2015	Darmstadt 98	17	(1)
2015–2016	Fortuna Köln	47	(13)
2016–2018	Eintracht Braunschweig	31	(3)
2018–2019	1. FC Kaiserslautern	16	(1)
2019–2022	SV Sandhausen	49	(7)
2022–2024	Saarbrücken	34	(1)
2024–	Fortuna Köln	11	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2025

Career

Biada played as a youth for a number of clubs around his hometown of Cologne, ending up at Bayer Leverkusen, where he broke into the reserve team for the 2011–12 season. He spent the following season with FC Schalke 04 II, where he scored 11 goals, making him the team's joint top scorer along with Manuel Torres.

In July 2013, he signed for SV Darmstadt 98 of the 3. Liga, and made his debut in a first round DFB Pokal match against Borussia Mönchengladbach, as a substitute for Jérôme Gondorf. Darmstadt caused an upset by eliminating the Bundesliga side 5–4 on penalties after the match ended 0–0. In January 2015, Biada transferred from Darmstadt to SC Fortuna Köln.

In 2016, Biada joined Eintracht Braunschweig on a free transfer.^[2]

On 25 May 2022, he agreed to join Saarbrücken for the 2022–23 season.^[3]

On 29 August 2024, Biada joined SC Fortuna Köln again.^[4]