Lennart Thy (born 25 February 1992) is a German professional

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who plays as a striker for

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 t ...

club

PEC Zwolle PEC Zwolle is a Dutch association football, football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2021–22 Ere ...

Club career

On 18 January 2016, Werder Bremen 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. In July 2017, Werder Bremen confirmed that Thy would be loaned to

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is ...

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, followi ...

for the 2017–18 season. In July 2018, Thy left Werder Bremen permanently to join

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, newly promoted to the

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. In September 2018, Thy won the

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during the 2018 The Best FIFA Football Awards. He missed an Eredivisie match for VVV Venlo against

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, w ...

to save the life of a Leukemia patient in urgent need of matching stem cells for treatment by

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. 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

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

. 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 ...

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won the

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. Thy scored the equaliser to Castaignos' opener in the final as Germany beat

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2–1 after-extra-time.

Career statistics

Honours

Germany *

UEFA European Under-17 Championship The UEFA European Under-17 Championship or simply UEFA Under-17 Championship, is an annual Association football, football competition contested by the European men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Spain national under ...

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– also joint top scorer Individual *

: 2018

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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 {{Germany-footy-forward-1990s-stub