Tjark Ernst (born 15 March 2003) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

club

Hertha BSC Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charl ...

Club career

Ernst is a youth product of the German clubs TSG Niederdorfelden, DJK Arminia Bochum and

Bochum Bochum ( , also , ; wep, Baukem) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 364,920 (2016), is the sixth largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) of the most populous Germany, German federal state o ...

. On 12 February 2022, he first made a senior match day squad as the backup goalkeeper for Bochum in a

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match against

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

. On 30 June 2022, he transferred to

on a contract until 2026 and was originally assigned to their reserves. He made his senior and professional debut with Hertha in a 2–1

win over

Wolfsburg Wolfsburg (; Eastphalian: ''Wulfsborg'') is the fifth largest city in the German state of Lower Saxony, located on the river Aller. It lies about east of Hanover and west of Berlin. Wolfsburg is famous as the location of Volkswagen AG's hea ...

on 27 May 2023.

International career

Ernst is a youth international for Germany, having played at every youth level for them. In September 2023, he was called up to the Germany U21s for a

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match.

Personal life

Ernst's father

Thomas Ernst Thomas Ernst (born 23 December 1967) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Ernst was born in Wiesbaden, Hesse. He started playing professionally with Eintracht Frankfurt. At the Hessian club, he could o ...

was also a professional football

, and his mother Kerstin Pohlmann was also a professional footballer.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ernst, Tjark 2003 births Living people Footballers from Stuttgart German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers VfL Bochum players Hertha BSC players Hertha BSC II players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players