Dominik Kohr

Dominik Kohr (born 31 January 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for Bundesliga club Mainz 05.

Kohr was part of TuS Issel before he came through Bayer Leverkusen's youth system.

While progressing his football career, Kohr began playing in defence and midfield positions, unlike his father.

He finished the 2011–12 season with two league appearances.

In January 2012, Kohr was called up to the first team for the first time in the club's winter break.

After appearing as an unused substitute for several matches, Kohr made his Bundesliga debut on 21 April 2012 a 1–0 win over 1899 Hoffenheim, as a substitute for André Schürrle.

At the start of the 2012–13 season, Kohr remained in the club's U19 side.

After being called up to the first team in late–October, he made his first appearance of the season on 4 November 2012, coming on as a late substitute, in a 3–2 win over Fortuna Düsseldorf.

During the 2012–13 season, he made his European debut on 22 November 2012 in a 2–0 loss to Metalist Kharkiv.

After making another European appearance, Kohr returned to the U19 side towards the end of the season, although he appeared as a substitute in the first team.

Despite this, Kohr finished the 2012–13 season with four league appearances and two Europa League appearances.

He also scored two goals in 27 appearances in the Regionalliga West for the reserve team.

However, at the start of the 2013–14 season, Kohr suffered a knee injury.

After returning from injury, Kohr remained in and out of the first team, which led him to be leaving the club to gain first team experience.

By the time of his departure, he would make two league appearances and two Champions League for Bayer Leverkusen.

He also made six appearances for the reserve team in the Regionalliga West.

he made eight appearances in the Bundesliga and 10 overall between Bayer Leverkusen and Augsburg during the 2013–14 season.

Kohr was loaned to FC Augsburg on 13 January 2014 for two seasons, which expires on 30 June 2015.

Kohr made his FC Augsburg debut on 1 February 2014, coming on as a late substitute, in a 3–1 win over Werder Bremen.

Despite finding himself in a competition with Jan Morávek for the rest of the season.

In the 2014–15 season, Kohr began a first team regular for the side, playing in the central–midfield position.

He continued to remain in competition with Markus Feulner and later with Pierre-Emile Højbjerg over the midfield position, which saw him on the substitute bench in number of matches throughout the season.

In addition, he also played in the right–back three times this season, as well as, playing in different position.

Whilst on loan, Kohr played twice this season against his parent club, Bayer Leverkusen.

This was his only goal in 26 league appearances in the 2014–15 season.

He also made an appearance in the German Cup.

On 7 March 2015, he scored his from the penalty spot in a 1–0 against VfL Wolfsburg.

This was his first Bundesliga goal.

The loan was made permanent on 18 June 2015.

Kohr started the 2015–16 season with getting yellow cards in the first two matchdays of the Bundesliga.

Despite this, he continued to be in the first team regular for the side and appeared in every match since the start of the season until his suspension in December 2015.

Although he was sidelined on two occasions later in the season, the club managed to avoid relegation in the Bundesliga and finished the first full season, making the total of 39 appearances.

In the 2016–17 season, Kohr started the season well when he set up a goal for Raúl Bobadilla, who scored the second goal in the game, in a 2–0 win over FV Ravensburg in the first round of the DFB–Pokal.

He then appeared in the first three league matches of the season until he suffered a leg injury following a foul from José Rodríguez Martínez, in a 3–1 loss against 1. FSV Mainz 05 on 18 September 2016.

Throughout the season, Kohr's disciplinary issues resulted him being on sidelined on three occasions, including a sending off against Hamburger SV on 10 December 2016.

Despite this, Kohr continued to remain in the first team for the rest of the season and played in either central midfielder and defensive midfielder.

He later finished the 2016–17 season, making the total of 28 appearances and scoring two times in all competitions.

After returning from injury, it was not until on 28 January 2017 when he scored his first goal for the club for over a year, in a 2–1 win over VfL Wolfsburg.

He scored again on 17 February 2017, in a 3–1 loss against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

It was announced on 13 April 2017 that Kohr re-joined Bayer 04 Leverkusen, effectively moving on 1 July 2017.