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Reyna was an unused substitute as Dortmund beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-2 on Matchday 29.

Watch: Reyna’s best moments in the Bundesliga

Lennard Maloney
Club: Heidenheim (joined Mainz on 21 January 2025)
Position: Midfielder
Age: 25 (born October 8, 1999)
Bundesliga games this season: 14
Starts: 10

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Formerly of Dortmund, Maloney quickly became a midfield mainstay and fan favourite at Heidenheim, before switching to Mainz during the January transfer window.

Last matchday

Maloney was an unused substitute as Mainz were held by Wolfsburg on Matchday 30.

Maloney swapped Heidenheim for Mainz in the winter transfer window. – IMAGO/BEAUTIFUL SPORTS/Hahne

Kevin Paredes
Club: Wolfsburg
Position: Winger
Age: 21 (born May 7, 2003)
Bundesliga games this season: 1
Starts: 1

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Paredes scored three goals in 28 Bundesliga appearances for Wolfsburg in 2023/24, but missed the start of the new campaign with a foot problem. He made his first appearance of the campaign on Matchday 30.

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In Wolfsburg’s squad for the Matchday 29 defeat to RB Leipzig, the left-sided forward made the starting XI for the draw at Mainz.

Kevin Paredes has finally returned to action with Wolfsburg. – Oliver Hardt

James Sands
Club: St. Pauli
Position: Midfielder
Age: 24 (born 6 July, 2000)
Bundesliga games this season: 7
Starts: 4

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After two shorts stints with Rangers in Scotland, Sands made his third trip abroad on a temporary basis from New York City FC in January. His presence gives Alexander Blessin another option as they look to beat the drop.

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Sands suffered a serious ankle injury on Matchday 22 against Freiburg and has been ruled out for an indefinite period of time.

James Sands joined St. Pauli on loan in January. – Imago/Eibner press photo/Max Vincen

John Tolkin
Club: Holstein Kiel
Position: Full-back
Age: 22 (born July 31, 2003)
Bundesliga games this season: 7
Starts: 5

Having played four seasons for New York Red Bulls, and being named an MLS All-Star in 2023, the left-back who goes by the name JMi switched to Kiel in January 2025 with the newly promoted side locked in a battle to retain their Bundesliga status.

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Tolkin played the full 90 minutes as Kiel claimed a point at Leipzig on Matchday 30.

John Tolkin (r.) looks like being an important player for Holstein Kiel going forward. – IMAGO/Philippe Ruiz

Cole Campbell
Club: Dortmund
Position: Midfielder
Age: 18 (born 20 February, 2006)
Bundesliga games this season: 4
Starts: 0

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Born in Houston, Texas, Campbell joined the BVB youth academy in July 2022. He was promoted to the first-team squad in summer 2024 and after being an unused substitute on Bundesliga Matchdays 6 and 7 – as well as away to Real Madrid in the Champions League – he made his debut on Matchday 8.

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Campbell was not included in Dortmund’s Matchday 29 squad for the draw with Bayern.

Cole Campbell (l.) made his Bundesliga debut for Borussia Dortmund on Matchday 8. – Sebastian Widmann

Noah
Club: Augsburg
Position: Defender
Age: 18 (born 1 December 2006)
Bundesliga game this season: 8
Starts: 2

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Having joined Augsburg in 2015, Banks was first included in the Augsburg first-team squad against Freiburg in October. He had to wait three months for his first appearance, but he has since been a member of Jess Thorup’s plans ever since, putting in some solid performances for his age.

Last matchday

Banks was an unused substitute in Augsburg’s goalless draw with Eintracht Frankfurt on Matchday 30.

Noakhai Banks broke into the Augsburg first-team squad earlier this season. – Sebastian Widmann

Timothy Chandler
Club: Eintracht Frankfurt
Position: Full-back
Age: 35 (born 29 March, 1990)
Bundesliga games this season: 2
Starts: 0

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Chandler is in his 11th – and possibly final – season with Frankfurt. A bit-part player last term, the veteran full-back’s existing contract expires in summer 2025.

Last matchday

Chandler was not included in Frankfurt’s squad for their Matchday 30 draw with Augsburg.

Timothy Chandler has been on the books of Frankfurt – the city of his birth – since July 2014. – DFL

Jordan

Club: Union Berlin (left to join Reims in winter window)
Position: Forward
Age: 28 (born April 26, 1996)
Bundesliga games this season: 18
Starts: 10

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Jordan scored seven goals in 27 competitive appearances whilst on loan at Gladbach last season, and returned briefly to Union before making a permanent switch back to boyhood club Reims in France in the January transfer window.

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Jordan waved farewell to Union after making a permanent switch to Reims in January. – xSebastianxRäppold/MatthiasxKochx

Paxten Aaronson
Club: Eintracht Frankfurt (on Loan at Utrecht)
Position: Attacking midfielder
Age: 21 (born August 26, 2003)
Bundesliga games this season: –
Starts: –

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After a successful loan to Vitesse Arnhem during the second half of 2023/24, Frankfurt’s Aaronson is spending the current campaign at Utrecht, also of the Dutch Eredivisie.

Watch: Paxten Aaronson – Frankfurt’s US prospect

Americans in Bundesliga 2

John Brooks (Hertha Berlin)
Santiago Castañeda (Paderborn)
Maximilian Dietz (Greuther Fürth)
Damion Downs (Cologne)
Johan Gómez (Eintracht Braunschweig)
Julian Green (Greuther Fürth)