Lennart Grill

Lennart Grill (born 25 January 1999) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bayer Leverkusen.

Lennart Grill
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999
Place of birth Idar-Oberstein, Germany
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Bayer Leverkusen
Number 21
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– Bayer Leverkusen 0 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 Germany U16 3 (0)
2015–2016 Germany U17 6 (0)
2017 Germany U18 2 (0)
2017 Germany U19 2 (0)
2019– Germany U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:44, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2019

Club career

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.[1] 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.[2]

Bayer Leverkusen

On March 8, 2019 it was announced that Grill would sign for Bayer Leverkusen starting from the 2020–21 Bundesliga season on a 4 year deal.[3]

International career

Grill was included in Germany's squad for the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Azerbaijan.[4] 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.[5]

References
  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "Bayer 04 sign keeper from Kaiserslautern".
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
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