Lennard Sowah

Lenny Sowah

Personal information
Full name	Lennard Adjetey Sowah
Date of birth	(1992-08-23) 23 August 1992
Place of birth	Hamburg, Germany
Height
Position(s)	Defender, Left back
Team information
Current team	Hamburger SV II
Number	5
Youth career
2004–2006	SC Urania Hamburg
2006–2007	FC St. Pauli
2007	Arsenal
2007–2010	Portsmouth
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010	Portsmouth	5	(0)
2010–2013	Hamburger SV	0	(0)
2010–2013	Hamburger SV II	45	(0)
2012	→ Millwall (loan)	0	(0)
2014–2015	FC Vestsjælland	3	(0)
2015–	Hamburger SV II	2	(0)
International career
2008	Germany U16	2	(0)
2010	Germany U18	1	(0)
2010	Germany U19	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 August 2015

Lennard Adjetey Sowah (born 23 August 1992 in Hamburg, Germany) is a German-Ghanaian footballer who plays for Hamburger SV II. He is a defender in the left back position, but can also play in a more advanced left wing position.

Club career

Portsmouth

Sowah originally came to England after receiving interest from Arsenal. He left Arsenal and joined Portsmouth, where he forced himself onto the periphery of the first team under both Paul Hart and Avram Grant. He was rewarded with the squad number 46 and made his first appearance on the Portsmouth bench in the League Cup win against Carlisle United. He was also been named on the bench in F.A Cup games against Coventry and Sunderland. Sowah made his Premier League debut in April 2010 against Blackburn Rovers, as a substitute for Richard Hughes. His next appearance came in a 0–0 draw against Wigan Athletic, in which he played the whole of the second half.

On 18 April 2010, playing against Aston Villa, Sowah became the first player born after the Premier League was formed to start a Premier League match. He was born eight days after the first Premier League matches were played.

Hamburger SV

On 6 July 2010, Sowah returned to his hometown and signed for Hamburger SV on a free transfer.

Millwall F.C.

However, due to not making a single senior appearance for Hamburger SV, he sign a loan to Championship side Millwall until the end of the season on 31 January 2012, his first return to English football since his release from Portsmouth. He failed to make a single appearance for the club during his loan spell.

FC Vestsjælland

On 22 June 2014, Sowah signed a one year contract with the Danish club FC Vestsjælland.

International career

Sowah was born to Ghanaian parents in Hamburg and as such, has both German and Ghanaian citizenship. He has represented Germany at U-16 and more recently, U-18 level. The Ghanaian FA have also declared interest in having him represent their U-20's side.