By Rich

​Kilian Jakob is a 20-year-old left-back for FC Augsburg. Jakob was born on January 25th, 1998 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, and spent his youth career playing football for FC Dreistern-Neutrudering and 1860 München. His senior career continued at 1860 starting in 2016, where he scored 1 goal in 14 appearances for the senior and reserve squads. He joined Augsburg in 2017 and has made numerous appearances for the club’s reserve squad. Jakob also made 2 appearances for Germany’s U18 squad in 2015. Jakob was sidelined early in 2018 with a broken left kneecap suffered in a Regionalliga match

By Rich

Rouwen Hennings is a 30-year-old forward for Fortuna Düsseldorf.  Hennings was born on August 28, 1987 in Bad Oldesloe, West Germany, and spent his youth career playing for VfL Oldesloe and Hamburger SV.  His senior career continued at Hamburg beginning in 2005, where he played for the reserve squad in the Regionalliga Nord and for the senior squad, and also played on loan to VfL Osnabrück and FC St. Pauli.  He transferred to St. Pauli in 2009, where he made appearances for both the reserve and senior squads, and was also loaned again to Osnabrück.  His career continued at Karlsruher SC from 2012 to 2015 and Burnley from 2015 to 2017.  A loan to his current club in 2016 became permanent in 2017, and last season he scored 13 goals in 33 appearances.