Lennart_Grill
Lennart Grill
German footballer
Lennart Grill (born 25 January 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for 2. Bundesliga club VfL Osnabrück, on loan from Union Berlin.[2]
 Grill with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Idar-Oberstein, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
VfL Osnabrück (on loan from Union Berlin) | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SC Idar-Oberstein | |||
| 0000–2013 | SpVgg Nahbollenbach | ||
| 2013–2016 | Mainz 05 | ||
| 2016–2018 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 15 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 51 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | Bayer Leverkusen | 5 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → SK Brann (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Union Berlin (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2023– | Union Berlin | 0 | (0) |
| 2023– | → VfL Osnabrück (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Germany U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Germany U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2017 | Germany U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2017 | Germany U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Germany U21 | 7 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 November 2020 | |||
In January 2019, 1. FC Kaiserslautern manager Sascha Hildmann confirmed that Grill would be the starting goalkeeper for the club over Wolfgang Hesl in the second half of the 2018–19 season.[3] He made his debut for Kaiserslautern in the 3. Liga on 26 January 2019, starting in the home match against Sonnenhof Großaspach, which finished as a 2–0 win.[4]
Bayer Leverkusen
On 8 March 2019, it was announced that Grill would sign for Bayer Leverkusen starting from the 2020–21 Bundesliga season on a four-year deal.[5] Grill made his debut for the team on 28 February 2021, by playing the full 90-minutes in a 1–2 home loss to SC Freiburg, when Lukáš Hrádecký continues to recover from the achilles tendon problems.
Union Berlin
On 16 June 2022, Grill moved to Union Berlin on a loan agreement, with Union reserving an option to buy.[6] On 30 March 2023, the loan agreement was made permanent.[7]
Loan to Osnabrück
On 10 July 2023, Grill joined VfL Osnabrück on loan.[8]
Grill was included in Germany's squad for the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Azerbaijan.[9] The team managed to reach the semi-finals, before losing 1–2 against Spain. Grill made his only appearance of the tournament in the match against Spain, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute following a red card for starting goalkeeper Jan-Christoph Bartels.[10]
- "Lennart Grill". 1. FC Union Berlin. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- Lennart Grill at kicker (in German)
- "Hildmann bestätigt: Grill die neue Nummer eins" [Hildmann confirms: Grill is the new number one]. kicker.de (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- "1. FC Kaiserslautern – SG Sonnenhof Großaspach 2:0 (3. Liga 2018/2019, 21. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- "LENNART GRILL KOMMT AUF LEIHBASIS AUS BERLIN" [LENNART GRILL COMES ON LOAN FROM BERLIN] (in German). VfL Osnabrück. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- "Schönweitz nominiert Kader für die U 17-EM" [Schönweitz nominates squad for the European Under-17 Championship]. kicker.de (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- "Deutsche U 17 scheitert im Halbfinale" [Germany under-17 fails in the semi-finals]. kicker.de (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- Lennart Grill at DFB (also available in German)
- Lennart Grill at WorldFootball.net
- Lennart Grill at kicker (in German)
  | This biographical article related to association football in Germany, about a goalkeeper, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |