Dennis Grote

Dennis Grote (born 9 August 1986) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Preußen Münster.[1] In 2009, he won the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship with the Germany under-21 national team.

Dennis Grote
Grote in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-08-09) 9 August 1986
Place of birth Kaiserslautern, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Preußen Münster
Number 20
Youth career
1. FC Kaiserslautern
FC Vorwärts Wettringen
0000–2002 Preußen Münster
2002–2004 VfL Bochum
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2010 VfL Bochum II 41 (3)
2004–2011 VfL Bochum 85 (7)
2011 → Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (loan) 13 (0)
2012–2014 Preußen Münster 82 (12)
2014–2016 MSV Duisburg 55 (6)
2016–2019 Chemnitzer FC 98 (11)
2019–2022 Rot-Weiss Essen 71 (11)
2022 Wacker Innsbruck 13 (1)
2022– Preußen Münster 82 (12)
International career
2004–2005 Germany U-19 5 (0)
2005–2006 Germany U-20 5 (0)
2007–2009 Germany U-21 14 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Germany
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner2009 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:47, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Club career

After starting his career at Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern, he joined VfL Bochum in 2002 and came from the youth team to the first team in the Bundesliga. In the second half of the 2004–05 season, Grote played as an amateur in five league games. In summer 2005, he signed a professional contract.

On 16 December 2005, he scored his first professional goal in the 88th minute for a 1–0 victory in a second division match against Unterhaching. Easter Monday 2006, he earned promotion with VfL Bochum to the Bundesliga after winning the 2. Bundesliga.

He scored his first Bundesliga goal on 5 May 2007 in a 3–0 away victory against Hamburger SV. In 2007, he signed a new deal with Bochum until the end of the 2011 season.[2] He also scored his first goal of the season against Hamburger SV in a 1–0 victory for Bochum in November 2009.[3][4] In his final season at Bochum in 2010–11, he only played eight times for them in the Bundesliga.[5] During winter break 2010–11, he moved to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen on loan. However, Grote was unable to save them from relegation after playing 13 times. Oberhausen finished the season in 17th place and were relegated from the 2. Bundesliga.

In August 2011, Grote joined Leeds United on trial.[6] In August 2011, he played for Leeds against Farsley Celtic.[7] He helped getting two assists in the match for fellow German trialist Felix Luz.[8]

He joined MSV Duisburg for the 2014–15 season.[9]

He moved to Chemnitzer FC for the 2016–17 season.[10] After three season at the club, he moved to Rot-Weiss Essen ahead of the 2019–20 season. The deal was announced already on 8 April 2019 and he penned a two-year contract.[11]

On 7 February 2022, Grote was released from his contract with Rot-Weiss Essen and signed a contract until the end of the 2021–22 season with Wacker Innsbruck in Austria.[12]

On 13 July 2022, Grote, who was free again after the bankruptcy of Wacker Innsbruck, signed a contract with Preußen Münster.[13]

International career

Grote played for Germany at various age levels, he won the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship with Germany in 2009, in the same side as the likes of Mesut Özil, Manuel Neuer and Sami Khedira.[2][14] He was an unused substitute against England Under 21s in the final.[15]

Career statistics
As of 2 January 2022[1][16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfL Bochum II2003–04Oberliga Westfalen20–20
2004–0540–40
2005–0612211133
2006–0760–60
2007–0860–60
2008–09Regionalliga West41–41
2009–1070–70
Total41311424
VfL Bochum2004–05Bundesliga500050
2005–062. Bundesliga910091
2004–05Bundesliga16110171
2007–0818121202
2008–0920310213
2009–1010110111
2010–112. Bundesliga701080
Total85761918
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen2010–112. Bundesliga13000130
Preußen Münster2011–123. Liga121–121
2012–1336220382
2013–1434920419
Total8212408612
MSV Duisburg2014–153. Liga35620376
2015–162. Bundesliga20010210
Total55630586
Chemnitzer FC2016–173. Liga34200342
2017–1833210342
2018–19Regionalliga Nordost31700317
Total9811109911
Rot-Weiss Essen2019–20Regionalliga West14000140
2020–213910404310
2021–2218100181
Total6311406711
Career total 4375019245652

Honours

Germany U21

References
  1. "Grote, Dennis" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  2. "Dennis Grote". UEFA.com. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  3. "Grote Gets Bochum Going". Sportinglife.com. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  4. "ifotbol.com". ifotbol.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011.
  5. "Dennis Grote". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  6. Pyke, Chris (25 May 2010). "Transfer talk: Chelsea yet to agree a deal for Romelu Lukaku". The National. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  7. "Trialists in Frame at Farsley". Leeds United. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  8. Hay, Phil (7 August 2011). "Leeds United: Whites eye Mendy deal". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  9. "Vertrag bis 2016: MSV Duisburg verpflichtet Dennis Grote" (in German). msv-duisburg.de. 1 April 2014.
  10. "Dennis Grote wird ein Himmelblauer" (in German). chemnitzerfc.de. 4 July 2016. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  11. "Dennis Grote wird Essener". Rot-Weiss Essen (in German). 8 April 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  12. "Dennis Grote zum FC Wacker Innsbruck" (Press release) (in German). Wacker Innsbruck. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  13. "Das sagt Dennis Grote über seine Wacker- und RWE-Zeit" (Press release) (in German). 16 September 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  14. "Dennis Grote". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012.
  15. "Germany v England - Final". TheFA.com. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  16. "Dennis Grote » Club matches". worldfootball.net.
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