Jannik Huth (born 15 April 1994) is a German professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a goalkeeper for SC Paderborn 07.

Club career

Born in

Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, most well known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke, which is one of the few remaining bridges in th ...

, Huth grew up in nearby

Guldental Guldental is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a Municipalities of Germany, municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach (district), Bad Kreuznach Districts of Germany, district in Rhineland-Pal ...

and started playing football with local clubs SG Guldental and

Hassia Bingen The BFV Hassia Bingen is a German association football club from the city of Bingen am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate. It last played at the highest level of German football in 1952–53 and reached the third round of the German Cup twice. History ...

. Subsequently, he joined the youth ranks of

Mainz 05 1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05 () or simply Mainz (), is a German sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. 1. FSV Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top ...

and eventually made it to their second team squad. He made his

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...

debut with Mainz 05 II at 5 October 2014 against Holstein Kiel. In January 2018, Huth joined Eredivisie side

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...

on loan until the end of the season.

International career

In late August 2015, Huth received his first ever call for a Germany youth team. He was nominated as a replacement for

Odisseas Vlachodimos Odysseas Vlachodimos ( Greek: Οδυσσέας Βλαχοδήμος, born 26 April 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Primeira Liga club Benfica. Born in Germany, he plays for the Greece national team. Club career ...

in the under-21 team. He was part of the squad for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, where Germany won the silver medal.

Honours

Germany *

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: Silver Medal,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Huth, Jannik 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Bad Kreuznach German men's footballers Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate Men's association football goalkeepers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Eredivisie players BFV Hassia Bingen players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players 1. FSV Mainz 05 II players Sparta Rotterdam players SC Paderborn 07 players Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Germany Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in football German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands