Lennart Grill

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]

Lennart Grill
Grill with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999
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
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Gold medal – first place2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 November 2020

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.[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]

International career

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]

References
  1. "Lennart Grill". 1. FC Union Berlin. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. Lennart Grill at kicker (in German)
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "Bayer 04 sign keeper from Kaiserslautern".
  6. "Grill Signs on Loan".
  7. "From loanee to permanent stopper".
  8. "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.
  9. "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.
  10. "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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