Lennard Maloney

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Lennard Maloney
Personnel
birthday October 8, 1999
place of birth BerlinGermany
size 187 cm
position Central defense
Juniors
Years station
2003–0000 Köpenicker SC
0000–2012 FSV Blau Weiß Mahlsdorf / Waldesruh
2012-2017 1. FC Union Berlin
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2017-2020 1. FC Union Berlin 1 (0)
2020 →  Chemnitzer FC  (loan) 8 (0)
2020– Borussia Dortmund II 0 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2017 Germany U18 2 (0)
2017 Germany U19 1 (0)
2018 USA U20 1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of July 28, 2020

Lennard Maloney (born October 8, 1999 in Berlin ) is an American - German football player who is mainly used as a central defender . He is under contract with Borussia Dortmund and has played international matches for German youth national teams as well as for the US U20.

Career

society

Born in Berlin, he started playing football at Köpenicker SC when he was four . He came to 1. FC Union Berlin at the age of 13 through the youth of FSV Blau Weiß Mahlsdorf / Waldesruh , where he was trained from then on.

With the club's U19s, the defender won the A-Junior Regional League Northeast in the 2016/17 season and was promoted to the A-Junior Bundesliga . The team finished the 2017/18 season in 11th place and barely held the class.

Following the season, on August 15, 2017, he received a professional contract valid until June 30, 2019. For the second division season 2017/18 he moved up to the professional squad of the Unioner. He made his debut on April 1, 2018 in the 1: 2 away defeat in Fürth , until he was substituted for Marcel Hartel in the 77th minute .

After no further missions followed, Union loaned the defender to Chemnitzer FC in the third division at the end of January 2020 until the end of the season . Maloney played eight times in various defensive positions for the Saxons and was relegated to the regional league with them at the end of the season.

For the 2020/21 season, the German-American finally moved to Borussia Dortmund , where he is part of the regional league team and signed a two-year contract.

National team

Germany

Maloney initially played three times for German junior national teams in 2017.

United States

In April 2018, he said in a trade magazine that his greatest dream would be to play for a US national team. In July he was nominated for the US U20 . He took part in a training camp, but without being placed in a competitive game. Another nomination followed in September and his debut against Jamaica .

Private

Lennard Maloney is the son of a US Air Force - veterans and a German flight attendant . He grew up bilingually and has both German and US citizenship.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Could Lennard Maloney become the next USMNT Germerican? , starsandstripesfc.com, accessed November 22, 2018
  2. a b c 1. FC Union Berlin binds Lennard Maloney on a long-term basis , fc-union-berlin.de, accessed on November 22, 2018
  3. Match report SpVgg Greuther Fürth - 1. FC Union Berlin , transfermarkt.de, accessed on November 22, 2018
  4. Chemnitzer FC borrows Lennard Maloney from 1. FC Union Berlin , chemnitzerfc.de, accessed on January 31, 2020
  5. U23 sign Lennard Maloney In: bvb.de on August 7, 2020, accessed on August 7, 2020.
  6. ^ Profile in the DFB data center , dfb.de, accessed on November 22, 2018
  7. Hello Again: Maloney nominated again for American U20 , landespressedienst.de, accessed on November 22, 2018
  8. Lennard Maloney called up to USA U20 Squad , fc-union-berlin.de, accessed on November 22, 2018 (English)