Lars Unnerstall

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Lars Unnerstall
FC Salzburg gegen FC Twente Enschede (2024-08-06 CL-Qualifikation Dritte Runde) 99.jpg
Unnerstall with Twente in 2024
Personal information
Full name Lars Unnerstall [1]
Date of birth (1990-07-20) 20 July 1990 (age 34) [1]
Place of birth Ibbenbüren, West Germany [1]
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Twente
Number 1
Youth career
1994–2002 SV Uffeln
2002–2005 Grün-Weiß Steinbeck
2005–2008 Preußen Münster
2008–2009 Schalke 04
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2011 Schalke 04 II 54 (0)
2011–2014 Schalke 04 34 (0)
2014 → Aarau (loan) 16 (0)
2014–2017 Fortuna Düsseldorf 10 (0)
2017–2018 VVV-Venlo 32 (0)
2018–2021 PSV 15 (0)
2018–2019 → VVV-Venlo (loan) 33 (0)
2019–2021 Jong PSV 2 (0)
2021– Twente 104 (0)
International career
2010 Germany U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:23, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Lars Unnerstall (born 20 July 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch club FC Twente.

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Club career

Schalke 04

Unnerstall with Schalke 04 in 2011 Lars Unnerstall 2011-08-03.jpg
Unnerstall with Schalke 04 in 2011

Born in Ibbenbüren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Unnerstall finished his development at FC Schalke 04 after joining at the age of 18. [2] In April 2010, after featuring regularly for the B team, he signed a professional contract until 2012. [3]

For the 2011–12 season, coach Ralf Rangnick announced Unnerstall as second-choice behind Ralf Fährmann. [4] His professional debut took place on 31 July 2011, in an 11–1 away win against FC Teningen in the first round of the DFB-Pokal. [5] In October, he agreed to an extension until June 2013. [6]

On 15 October 2011, after Fährmann's ejection early in the game, Unnerstall made his Bundesliga debut, in an eventual 1–2 home defeat to 1. FC Kaiserslautern. [7] After it was revealed the former had suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury [8] he became the starter, [9] remaining as such even after the signing of veteran Timo Hildebrand [10] [11] [12] and earning praise from manager Huub Stevens. [13]

Unnerstall agreed to a new deal until 2015 before the 2012–13 campaign started. [14] He continued to battle with Hildebrand for starting duties, [15] [16] [17] and was also first choice during the team's run in the UEFA Champions League; [18] he also committed several mistakes in home matches, which led to fan criticism. [19] [20]

During the 2013 off-season, Unnerstall was linked a move away from the club. [21] [22] Nothing came of it, however, and he remained as third-choice behind Fährmann and Hildebrand. [23]

On 24 January 2014, Unnerstall was loaned to Swiss Super League side FC Aarau. [24] [25] His first match took place eight days later, in a 1–1 draw against FC St. Gallen; [26] he was later chosen Player of the Month for this display. [27] [28]

Fortuna Düsseldorf

Unnerstall as a Fortuna Dusseldorf player (2014) Lars-Unnerstall-2014.jpg
Unnerstall as a Fortuna Düsseldorf player (2014)

On 21 May 2014, Unnerstall joined Fortuna Düsseldorf as a replacement for Fabian Giefer, [29] for a reported fee of €250,000. [30] He spent most of his tenure as backup to Michael Rensing, [31] featuring rarely in the 2. Bundesliga [32] [33] [34] and adding two appearances in the 2015–16 edition of the domestic cup. [35] [36]

Increasingly frustrated with his lack of playing time, [37] [38] [39] and occasionally demoted to the reserves, [40] Unnerstall was also afflicted with pneumonia in early 2017. [41]

VVV and PSV

Unnerstall signed a two-year deal with VVV-Venlo in June 2017, for an undisclosed fee. [42] On 18 May of the following year he agreed to a three-year contract at fellow Eredivisie team PSV Eindhoven, being immediately loaned to his previous club. [43]

After a series of poor performances from regular starter Jeroen Zoet in autumn 2019, Unnerstall became first choice for PSV. [44] He finished the season with 14 league appearances.

In the 2020–21 campaign, however, Mark van Bommel's successor Roger Schmidt preferred the newly recruited Yvon Mvogo, and Unnerstall was demoted to backup once again. [45] Due to a tight schedule in the autumn of 2020, he played the full match against Sparta Rotterdam on 29 November, a 1–0 win. [46]

Twente

On 2 March 2021, Unnerstall agreed to join FC Twente also of the Dutch top division as of 1 July. [47]

International career

In September 2010, Unnerstall was called by the German under-20 team, featuring against Switzerland [48] and Poland the following month. [49] On 31 August 2011 he was selected to the under-21s, [50] but did not appear in any games with the latter.

Career statistics

As of match played on 4 July 2024 [51] [52] [53]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Schalke 04 2010–11 Bundesliga 000000–00
2011–12 Bundesliga210305 [lower-alpha 1] 0–290
2012–13 Bundesliga130005 [lower-alpha 2] 0–180
2013–14 Bundesliga0000000000
Total34030100–470
Aarau 2013–14 Swiss Super League 16000––160
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2014–15 2. Bundesliga 10000––100
2015–16 2. Bundesliga0020––20
2016–17 2. Bundesliga0000––00
Total10020––120
VVV-Venlo 2017–18 Eredivisie 32000––320
2018–19 Eredivisie33010––340
Total65010––660
PSV 2019–20 Eredivisie140202 [lower-alpha 1] 0–180
2020–21 Eredivisie103000–40
Total1505020–220
Twente 2021–22 Eredivisie32030––350
2022–23 Eredivisie330204 [lower-alpha 3] 04 [lower-alpha 4] 0430
2023–24 Eredivisie320106 [lower-alpha 3] 0–390
Total97060100401170
Career total2370170220402800
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ↑ Appearances in Eredivisie European competition play-offs

Honours

Schalke 04

Individual

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