
"Joshua was a key leader in our U19 side," said Bayer 04 sporting director Simon Rolfes. "We will carry on helping him along his career path for the next two years."
As the captain of the Werkself U19 team, Eze led his teammates to third place in the U19 Bundesliga West last term and the team under head coach Sven Hübscher missed out on second place by just one goal, which would have taken them to the German championship finals. The defender only missed three league games and he went the full distance in all the matches he did play.

Jarell Quansah and Alejandro Grimaldo speak to Werkself-TV following Bayer 04's 4-1 defeat to VfB Stuttgart on Bundesliga Matchday 16...
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Four Bayer 04 players are in action at the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations being played in Morocco from 21 December to 18 January 2026: Eliesse Ben Seghir for the hosts, Edmond Tapsoba with Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Maza for Algeria and Christian Kofane with Cameroon. Updates on the AFCON matches involving Werkself players...
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Werkself TV shows the highlights of Bayer 04's 1-4 loss against VfB Stuttgart on Matchday 16 of the 2025/26 Bundesliga season...
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The Werkself began 2026 with defeat, losing 4-1 at home to VfB Stuttgart on Matchday 16 of the 2025/26 Bundesliga. Jamie Leweling opened the scoring early, with Maximilian Mittelstädt making it 2-0 from a penalty before Leweling again and Deniz Undav increased the lead to 4-0 just before half-time. Alejandro Grimaldo's penalty reduced the deficit midway through the second period.
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