Lewis Holtby

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Lewis Holtby
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Holtby with Schalke 04 in 2011
Personal information
Full name Lewis Harry Holtby[1]
Date of birth (1990-09-18) 18 September 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Erkelenz, West Germany
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hamburger SV
Number 8
Youth career
1994–2001 Sparta Gerderath
2001–2004 Borussia Mönchengladbach
2004–2007 Alemannia Aachen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Alemannia Aachen 33 (8)
2009–2013 Schalke 04 55 (10)
2010 → VfL Bochum (loan) 14 (2)
2010–2011 → Mainz 05 (loan) 30 (4)
2013–2015 Tottenham Hotspur 25 (1)
2014 → Fulham (loan) 13 (1)
2014–2015 → Hamburger SV (loan) 20 (0)
2015– Hamburger SV 29 (3)
International career‡
2008 Germany U18 2 (0)
2008–2009 Germany U19 12 (4)
2009–2010 Germany U20 6 (2)
2009–2013 Germany U21 24 (14)
2010– Germany 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:31, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2013

Lewis Harry Holtby (born 18 September 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Hamburger SV.

Club career

Early career

Holtby began his career at the age of four with Sparta Gerderath. When he was eleven years old he moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach.[3] Mönchengladbach eventually released the player for what they saw as having physical deficiencies, which included being too small and too slow.[4]

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Holtby playing for Schalke 04 in 2011

Aachen

Holtby was promoted to the Alemannia Aachen first team squad by caretaker manager Jörg Schmadtke. He made his first appearance in the 2007–08 season when he was substituted on in the 80th minute for Mirko Casper in a 2–2 draw against FC St. Pauli.[5] For the rest of the season he only made one more appearance, a 1–3 loss on the last match day to TuS Koblenz.[6]

Schalke 04

Holtby left Alemannia Aachen after five years and signed a four-year contract with Schalke 04 until 30 June 2013. In January 2010 he was loaned out to VfL Bochum to get more playing experience.[7]

In May 2010, Holtby returned to Schalke 04 and at the end of the month he was loaned out to FSV Mainz 05 for the 2010–11 season.[8]

In March 2011, Horst Heldt announced that Holtby would return to the club at the end of June.[9] In August Holtby scored his first goal for Schalke in a 5–1 win over 1. FC Köln.[10] Schalke announced that Holtby would not extend his contract which would expire at the end of the 2012–13 season.[11] In the January 2013 transfer window, Tottenham Hotspur announced that Holtby would be joining the English Premier League club in July 2013.[12] In Holtby's first game following the announcement on 18 January, he scored the winning goal for Schalke in a 5–4 defeat of Hannover 96.[13]

Tottenham Hotspur

On 28 January 2013, Holtby signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.[14][15] Despite having previously signed a deal to join the North London outfit during the summer, which would have thus allowed him to play out the end of his contract in Germany, Spurs opted to sign him immediately, with the transfer fee believed to be in the area of €1.75 million.[16][17]

Holtby made his Spurs debut on 30 January, coming off the bench in the 71st minute to replace Clint Dempsey in a 1–1 draw with Norwich City away at Carrow Road.[18] He made his home debut on 9 February in a 2–1 success against Newcastle United.[19]

On 29 August 2013, Holtby scored his first Tottenham goal, "smashed in" from 25 yards (23 m), to complete a 3–0 win over Dinamo Tbilisi in the Europa League play-off round.[20] He scored his first Premier League goal for the club on 4 December in a 2–1 win against Fulham at Craven Cottage.[21]

Holtby ended his Spurs spell with 41 appearances in all competitions, while scoring three goals.[22]

Fulham (loan)

Holtby joined Fulham on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season on 31 January 2014.[23] Upon joining Fulham, Holtby told Fulham.com that he was motivated to help Fulham to survive relegation and make his way to the World Cup squad.[24][25]

He made his debut the following day, in a 3–0 defeat at home to Southampton.[26] Two weeks after signing for Fulham, Holtby was joined by his former Schalke coach Felix Magath, who became the club's new manager.[27] Holtby stated the arrival of Magath would not affect him at Fulham and was shocked on his sudden appointment.[28]

On 8 March, Holtby scored his first goal for the Cottagers in a 3–1 loss at Cardiff City.[29] Two days before the match, Magath questioned his spirit, claiming "He [Holtby] is not a fighter".[30]

Hamburger SV

After struggling to make an impact at White Hart Lane, Holtby joined Hamburg initially on loan in September 2014.[31][32] In his debut season he went on to make 22 Bundesliga appearances for the club.[22] Holtby helped Hamburg narrowly avoid relegation, as he started in both legs in a dramatic playoff victory over Karlsruher.[33]

On July 1, 2015 it was confirmed that Hamburg had exercised their option to make Holtby's loan move a permanent one, for a reported fee of £4.6 million.[22][34][35]

International career

Holtby was a member of the German under-19 team — he made his debut for the U19s in September 2008 and has been capped 12 times overall. He scored his first international goal for the German U19 team on 11 October 2008 against Lithuania in a 5–0 victory.[36] Sky Sports wrote an article entitled "One that got away?" about a young Holtby, as due to his parentage he was also eligible to play for England.[37]

In September 2009, German youth coach Horst Hrubesch announced that Holtby would play in the U20 World Cup in Egypt.[38] He scored two goals in the tournament, one of which was against Brazil in the quarter-finals.[39]

Personal life

Holtby's father, Chris Holtby, is a former British soldier who was stationed at RAF Rheindahlen in Mönchengladbach.[40] He said, "My father was born in England and has been an Everton fan since the age of five. He immediately infected me with the Everton virus! Since then I have been an Everton fan and have always followed their games."[41] After Liverpool showed interest in him, he went on record saying that he wouldn't say no to Liverpool as his dream is to play in the Premier League. He said, "I wouldn't even rule out Liverpool, even if it would be tough for my dad – he's an Everton fan."[42]

Holtby is known as "Lucky Lewis," or more often just "Lucky" by the German media and the fans.[43] Lewis has a brother called Joshua who is in the youth system at Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Career statistics

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Holtby playing for Fulham in 2014
As of 9 April 2016.
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other[44] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Alemannia Aachen 2007–08 2 0 0 0 — — — 2 0
2008–09 31 8 2 0 — — — 33 8
Total 33 8 2 0 — — — 35 8
Schalke 04 2009–10 9 0 2 0 — — — 11 0
VfL Bochum (loan) 2009–10 14 2 0 0 — — — 14 2
Total 14 2 0 0 — — — 14 2
Mainz 05 (loan) 2010–11 30 4 2 2 — — — 32 6
Total 30 4 2 2 — — — 32 6
Schalke 04 2011–12 27 6 2 2 — 11 1 1 0 41 9
2012–13 19 4 2 0 — 6 0 — 26 4
Total 55 10 6 2 — 17 1 1 0 78 13
Tottenham Hotspur 2012–13 11 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 — 17 0
2013–14 13 1 0 0 2 0 7 2 — 22 3
Fulham (loan) 2013–14 13 1 0 0 — — — 13 1
Total 13 1 0 0 — — — 13 1
Tottenham Hotspur 2014–15 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 — 3 0
Total 25 1 0 0 2 0 15 2 — 42 3
Hamburger SV (loan) 2014–15 20 0 0 0 — — 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 22 0
2015–16 29 3 1 0 — — — 30 3
Total 49 3 1 0 — — 2 0 53 3
Career total 219 29 11 4 2 0 32 3 3 0 267 36
  1. ↑ two appearances as the Bundesliga Relegation play-off

References

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  44. ↑ Includes other competitive competitions, including the DFL-Supercup

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