Lennart Thy

Lennart Thy (born 25 February 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eerste Divisie club PEC Zwolle.

Lennart Thy
Thy playing for St. Pauli in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-02-25) 25 February 1992
Place of birth Frechen, Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 PEC Zwolle
Number 9
Youth career
1998–1999 Viktoria Frechen
1999–2003 FC Norden
2003–2005 PSV Norden
2005–2007 JFV Norden
2007–2011 Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Werder Bremen II 70 (9)
2010–2012 Werder Bremen 5 (0)
2012–2016 FC St. Pauli 107 (18)
2012–2013 → FC St. Pauli II 5 (2)
2016–2018 Werder Bremen 6 (1)
2017 → FC St. Pauli (loan) 15 (2)
2017–2018 → VVV-Venlo (loan) 32 (7)
2018 BB Erzurumspor 12 (1)
2019–2020 PEC Zwolle 41 (15)
2020–2022 Sparta Rotterdam 68 (19)
2022– PEC Zwolle 33 (20)
International career
2008 Germany U16 4 (0)
2008–2009 Germany U17 26 (15)
2009 Germany U18 4 (4)
2010–2011 Germany U19 8 (3)
2011–2012 Germany U20 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:25, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

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.[1] 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.[2]

In July 2017, Werder Bremen confirmed that Thy would be loaned to Eredivisie side VVV-Venlo for the 2017–18 season.[3][4]

In July 2018, Thy left Werder Bremen permanently to join Büyükşehir Belediye Erzurumspor, newly promoted to the Süper Lig.[5]

In September 2018, Thy won the FIFA Fair Play Award during the 2018 The Best FIFA Football Awards. He missed an Eredivisie match for VVV Venlo against PSV Eindhoven to save the life of a Leukemia patient in urgent need of matching stem cells for treatment by donating blood.[6] Widespread coverage of this action was followed by an increase in cell donations in the Netherlands.[7]

On 5 January 2019, Thy returned to the Eredivisie signing with PEC Zwolle for 1.5 years.[8]

In May 2020, he agreed to join Sparta Rotterdam, also of the Eredivisie.[9]

In June 2022, Thy returned to former club PEC Zwolle, newly relegated to the Eerste Divisie. He signed a three-year contract.[10] On 3 March 2023, in a league match against FC Den Bosch, Thy came on as a substitute at half-time for Younes Taha and scored a hat-trick in a record-tying 13–0 league victory.[11][12]

International career

Thy was joint topscorer in the tournament alongside Luc Castaignos as Germany won the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[13] Thy scored the equaliser to Castaignos' opener in the final as Germany beat Netherlands 2–1 after-extra-time.[14]

Career statistics
As of match played 29 April 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Werder Bremen II2009–103. Liga132———132
2010–11355———355
2011–12222———222
Total709000000709
Werder Bremen2010–11Bundesliga20001[lower-alpha 1]0—30
2011–123010——40
Total5010100070
FC St. Pauli II2012–13Regionalliga Nord52———52
FC St. Pauli2012–132. Bundesliga18110——191
2013–1427410——284
2014–1532510——335
2015–1630810——318
Total1071840000011118
Werder Bremen2016–17Bundesliga6110——71
FC St. Pauli (loan)2016–172. Bundesliga15200——152
VVV-Venlo (loan)2017–18Eredivisie32721——348
BB Erzurumspor2018–19Süper Lig12120——141
PEC Zwolle2018–19Eredivisie17900——179
2019–2024622–—268
Total41152200004317
Sparta Rotterdam2020–21Eredivisie341410—1[lower-alpha 2]03614
2021–2234520——365
Total68193000107219
PEC Zwolle2022–23Eerste Divisie332010——3420
Career total39494163101041297
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearance in Eredivisie play-offs

Honours

Germany

Individual

References
  1. "Lennart Thy unterschreibt bei Werder bis 2019". Kreiszeitung Syke (in German). 18 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. "Goldköpfchen Gebre Selassie". Kreiszeitung (in German). 24 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  3. "Thy on loan to Venlo". werderbremen.de. 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  4. "Werder schließt Thy-Leihe ab". kicker Online (in German). 19 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  5. "Fix! Thy verlässt Werder Richtung Türkei". kicker Online (in German). 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  6. "Luka Modric named best male player and Marta best female player at Fifa awards". BBC Sport. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  7. "Lennart Thy bags FIFA Fair Play award for missing a game to help leukemia patient". India Today. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  8. Inan, Johan (5 January 2019). "PEC Zwolle strikt spits en Fair Play-winnaar Lennart Thy". De Stentor (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  9. "Sparta haalt spits Lennart Thy naar Rotterdam". De Limburger (in Dutch). 11 May 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  10. Goodijk, Lentin (10 June 2022). "PEC Zwolle haalt oude bekende binnen voor spitspositie". Voetbal International (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  11. "FC Den Bosch schaamt zich kapot voor 13-0-verlies: 'Dieptepunt in carrière'". NU (in Dutch). 3 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  12. "PEC Zwolle evenaart record: 13-0 tegen FC Den Bosch". Trouw (in Dutch). 3 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  13. "Castaignos and Thy share scorers' prize". UEFA.com. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  14. "Award no consolation to crestfallen Castaignos". UEFA.com. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  15. "Lennart Thy » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 30 June 2018.


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