Lennart Thy (born 25 February 1992) is a German professional
footballer
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who plays as a
striker for
Eerste Divisie
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club
PEC Zwolle
PEC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2021–22 season. They have played in the Eredivisie for a total ...
.
Club career
On 18 January 2016,
Werder Bremen
Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are be ...
announced Thy would be returning to the club for the 2016–17 season. He signed a three-year contract. On 24 September 2016, he scored his first goal for the club since his return after coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 win over
VfL Wolfsburg
Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...
.
In July 2017, Werder Bremen confirmed that Thy would be loaned to
Eredivisie
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side
VVV-Venlo
VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following ...
for the 2017–18 season.
In July 2018, Thy left Werder Bremen permanently to join
Büyükşehir Belediye Erzurumspor
Erzurumspor Futbol Kulübü, is a Turkish professional football club located in Erzurum who plays in the Süper Lig, the top tier of Turkish football.
Founded in 2005, the colours of club are blue and white. The club started to play football c ...
, newly promoted to the
Süper Lig
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.
In September 2018, Thy won the
FIFA Fair Play Award
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during the 2018
The Best FIFA Football Awards
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The first awarding ceremony was held on 9 January 2017 in Zürich, Switzerland. The award is aimed at reviving the FIFA Wo ...
. He missed an Eredivisie match for VVV Venlo against
PSV Eindhoven
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to save the life of a Leukemia patient in urgent need of matching stem cells for treatment by
donating blood. Widespread coverage of this action was followed by an increase in cell donations in the Netherlands.
On 5 January 2019, Thy returned to the Eredivisie signing with
PEC Zwolle
PEC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2021–22 season. They have played in the Eredivisie for a total ...
for 1.5 years.
In May 2020, he agreed to join
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 ...
, also of the Eredivisie.
In June 2022, Thy returned to former club PEC Zwolle, newly relegated to the
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...
. He signed a three-year contract.
International career
Thy was joint topscorer in the tournament alongside
Luc Castaignos
Luc Castaignos (born 27 September 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for club 1. FC Magdeburg.
Club career Early career
The roots of Castaignos' family are located in the département of Landes, one hundred kil ...
as
Germany
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won the
2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
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. Thy scored the equaliser to Castaignos' opener in the final as Germany beat
Netherlands
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2–1 after-extra-time.
Career statistics
Honours
Germany
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UEFA European Under-17 Championship
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Spain is the most successful team in this ...
:
2009
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– also joint top scorer
Individual
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FIFA Fair Play Award
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: 2018
References
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1992 births
Living people
People from Frechen
Sportspeople from Cologne (region)
German footballers
Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia
Association football forwards
Germany youth international footballers
SV Werder Bremen players
SV Werder Bremen II players
FC St. Pauli players
VVV-Venlo players
Büyükşehir Belediye Erzurumspor footballers
PEC Zwolle players
Sparta Rotterdam players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
Regionalliga players
Eredivisie players
Süper Lig players
German expatriate footballers
German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
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