Lennart Grill

Lennart Grill

Grill with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth	Idar-Oberstein, Germany
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) [1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Union Berlin
Youth career
	SC Idar-Oberstein
0000–2013	SpVgg Nahbollenbach
2013–2016	Mainz 05
2016–2018	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2018	1. FC Kaiserslautern II	15	(0)
2018–2020	1. FC Kaiserslautern	51	(0)
2020–2023	Bayer Leverkusen	5	(0)
2021–2022	→ SK Brann (loan)	13	(0)
2022–2023	→ Union Berlin (loan)	5	(0)
2023–	Union Berlin	0	(0)
2023–2024	→ VfL Osnabrück (loan)	15	(0)
2024–2025	→ Eintracht Braunschweig (loan)	9	(0)
2025	→ Greuther Fürth (loan)	3	(0)
International career‡
2014–2015	Germany U16	3	(0)
2015–2016	Germany U17	6	(0)
2017	Germany U18	2	(0)
2017	Germany U19	2	(0)
2019–2021	Germany U21	7	(0)
Medal record UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 November 2020

Lennart Grill (born 25 January 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Union Berlin. ^[2]

Club career

In January 2019, 1. FC Kaiserslautern manager Sascha Hildmann confirmed that Grill would be the starting goalkeeper for the club over Wolfgang Hesl in the second half of the 2018–19 season. ^[3] He made his debut for Kaiserslautern in the 3. Liga on 26 January 2019, starting in the home match against Sonnenhof Großaspach, which finished as a 2–0 win. ^[4]

Bayer Leverkusen

On 8 March 2019, it was announced that Grill would sign for Bayer Leverkusen starting from the 2020–21 Bundesliga season on a four-year deal. ^[5] Grill made his debut for the team on 28 February 2021, by playing the full 90-minutes in a 1–2 home loss to SC Freiburg, when Lukáš Hrádecký continues to recover from the achilles tendon problems.

Union Berlin

On 16 June 2022, Grill moved to Union Berlin on a loan agreement, with Union reserving an option to buy. ^[6] On 30 March 2023, the loan agreement was made permanent. ^[7]

Loan to Osnabrück

On 10 July 2023, Grill joined VfL Osnabrück on loan. ^[8]

Loan to Eintracht Braunschweig

On 4 July 2024, Grill joined 2. Bundesliga side Eintracht Braunschweig on a season-long loan deal. ^[9] He started the season as the first goalkeeper, but was sent off in the 9th game of the league season against Hertha BSC, and lost his starter spot to Marko Johansson.

Loan to Greuther Fürth

On 22 January 2025, Grill moved on a new loan to Greuther Fürth, also in 2. Bundesliga. ^[10]

International career

Grill was included in Germany's squad for the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Azerbaijan. ^[11] The team managed to reach the semi-finals, before losing 1–2 against Spain. Grill made his only appearance of the tournament in the match against Spain, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute following a red card for starting goalkeeper Jan-Christoph Bartels. ^[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 December 2023 ^[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1. FC Kaiserslautern	2016–17	2. Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2017–18		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2018–19	3. Liga	18	0	0	0	—		—		18	0
	2019–20		33	0	3	0	—		—		36	0
	Total		51	0	3	0	—		—		54	0
Bayer Leverkusen	2020–21	Bundesliga	4	0	0	0	0	0	—		4	0
	2021–22		1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	0	0	—		5	0
SK Brann (loan)	2021	Eliteserien	13	0	1	0	—		1	0	15	0
Union Berlin (loan)	2022–23	Bundesliga	5	0	2	0	1	0	—		8	0
VfL Osnabrück (loan)	2023–24	2. Bundesliga	15	0	0	0	—		—		15	0
Career total			89	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	97	0

References

1. "Lennart Grill". 1. FC Union Berlin. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
2. Lennart Grill at kicker (in German)
3. "Hildmann bestätigt: Grill die neue Nummer eins" [Hildmann confirms: Grill is the new number one]. Kicker (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
4. "1. FC Kaiserslautern – SG Sonnenhof Großaspach 2:0 (3. Liga 2018/2019, 21. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
5. "Bayer 04 sign keeper from Kaiserslautern".
6. "Grill Signs on Loan".
7. "From loanee to permanent stopper". 30 March 2023.
8. "LENNART GRILL KOMMT AUF LEIHBASIS AUS BERLIN" [LENNART GRILL COMES ON LOAN FROM BERLIN] (in German). VfL Osnabrück. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
9. "Eintracht Braunschweig leiht Lennart Grill aus" [Eintracht Braunschweig loans Lennart Grill]. www.eintracht.com (in German). 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
10. "Kleeblatt leiht Grill aus" [Kleeblatt loans Grill] (in German). SpVgg Greuther Fürth. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
11. "Schönweitz nominiert Kader für die U 17-EM" [Schönweitz nominates squad for the European Under-17 Championship]. Kicker (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
12. "Deutsche U 17 scheitert im Halbfinale" [Germany under-17 fails in the semi-finals]. Kicker (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
13. Lennart Grill at Soccerway

External links

• Lennart Grill at DFB (also available in German )
• Lennart Grill at WorldFootball.net
• Lennart Grill at kicker (in German)