Yannik Lührs

Yannik Lührs
Personal information
Full name Yannik Luka Lührs
Date of birth (2003-09-09) 9 September 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Hanover, Germany
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Borussia Dortmund II
Youth career
0000–2018 TSV Bemerode
2018–2022 Hannover 96
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2024 Hannover 96 II 22 (0)
2023–2024 Hannover 96 10 (0)
2024– Borussia Dortmund II 9 (0)
International career
2021–2022 Germany U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:22, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Yannik Luka Lührs (born 9 September 2003) is a German professional footballer who plays for Borussia Dortmund II as a centre-back.

Club career

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Born and raised in Hanover,[2] Lührs joined the youth department of Hannover 96 in the summer of 2018 after his beginnings in the youth department of local club TSV Bemerode. For the club, he played 36 matches in the Under 17 Bundesliga and 21 matches in the Under 19 Bundesliga, in which he scored a total of two goals. In the summer of 2022, he was promoted to the reserve team's squad in the Regionalliga Nord. At the end of October 2022, he signed his first professional contract with the club.[3] He made his first professional appearance in the 2. Bundesliga on 8 April 2023 in a 1–6 away defeat against Hamburger SV in the starting lineup.[4]

Lührs joined Borussia Dortmund II on a two-year contract starting in the 2024–25 season.[5]

International career

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Lührs played a total of two games for the German national under-19 team in 2021 and 2022.

References

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  1. ^ Yannik Lührs at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Yannik Lührs im Gespräch: Über sein Debüt, 96 und Stürmerduelle". hannover96.de (in German). Hannover 96. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Talent Yannik Lührs erhält Profivertrag bei Hannover 96". zeit.de (in German). Die Zeit. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Hannover 96: Yannik Lührs der einzige "Gewinner" beim 1:6-Debakel". neuepresse.de (in German). Neue Presse. 8 April 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  5. ^ "H96-Eigengewächs Lührs zieht es zum BVB II". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
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