Lennart Grill (born 25 January 1999) is a German professional

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who plays as a goalkeeper for club

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on loan from

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Club career

In January 2019, 1. FC Kaiserslautern manager Sascha Hildmann confirmed that Grill would be the starting goalkeeper for the club over

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in the second half of the 2018–19 season. He made his debut for Kaiserslautern in the

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on 26 January 2019, starting in the home match against Sonnenhof Großaspach, which finished as a 2–0 win.

Bayer Leverkusen

On 8 March 2019, it was announced that Grill would sign for Bayer Leverkusen starting from the

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season on a four-year deal. 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

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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. On 30 March 2023, the loan agreement was made permanent.

Loan to Osnabrück

On 10 July 2023, Grill joined VfL Osnabrück on loan.

Eintracht Braunschweig (loan)

On 4 July 2024, Grill joined

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side

on a season-long loan deal.

International career

Grill was included in Germany's squad for the

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in Azerbaijan. 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.

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* * * 1999 births Living people People from Birkenfeld (district) Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers 1. FC Kaiserslautern II players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players SK Brann players 1. FC Union Berlin players VfL Osnabrück players Eintracht Braunschweig players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Eliteserien players Germany men's under-21 international footballers German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Norway {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub