 Holtby with Schalke 04 in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lewis Harry Holtby[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 September 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Erkelenz, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Holstein Kiel | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| 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) | 22 | (0) |
| 2015–2019 | Hamburger SV | 105 | (14) |
| 2019–2021 | Blackburn Rovers | 54 | (3) |
| 2021– | Holstein Kiel | 78 | (7) |
| 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) |
| 2010–2012 | Germany | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2024 ‡ 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 and captains Bundesliga club Holstein Kiel.[2]
Holtby began his professional career with Alemannia Aachen before signing for Schalke 04 two years later. He was subsequently loaned to VfL Bochum and Mainz 05 before returning to Gelsenkirchen where he lifted the DFL-Supercup in 2011. He then spent two seasons in England with Premier League sides Tottenham and Fulham between 2013 and 2014 before returning to Germany to sign for Hamburger SV. There, he spent five seasons, including the 2017–18 Bundesliga campaign in which the club was relegated for the first time in history, and made over 100 appearances before spending two seasons with EFL Championship side Blackburn Rovers between 2019 and 2021.
Holtby also represented Germany at various youth levels from 2008 to 2013 and captained the nation at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. He made his senior debut against Sweden in 2010 and has since won 3 caps for the national side.
- ^ "Lewis Holtby". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Lewis Holtby". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2021.