André Lenz
| André Lenz | ||
 André Lenz
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | 19th November 1973 | |
| place of birth | Mülheim an der Ruhr , Germany | |
| size | 190 cm | |
| position | goal | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1979-1989 | TV Asberg | |
| 1989-1990 | KFC Uerdingen 05 | |
| 1990-1992 | Wuppertaler SV Borussia | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1992-1996 | Wuppertaler SV Borussia | |
| 1997-2001 | Alemannia Aachen | 99 (0) |
| 2001-2003 | FC Energie Cottbus | 26 (0) |
| 2003-2004 | TSV 1860 Munich | 3 (0) |
| 2004-2007 | VfL Wolfsburg II | 2 (0) |
| 2004–2012 | VfL Wolfsburg | 18 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given. Status: end of season 2010/11 |
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André Lenz (born November 19, 1973 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ) is a former German soccer player and today's goalkeeping coach .
Career as a player
Lenz played for TV Asberg and KFC Uerdingen 05 in his youth . In 1990 he moved to Wuppertaler SV , where he was part of the professional squad from 1992. From 1992 to 1994 he played with Wuppertal in the 2nd Bundesliga and then in the Regionalliga West / Südwest . In the summer of 1997 he moved to league rivals Alemannia Aachen , with whom he returned to the 2nd Bundesliga in 1999. After two years as a regular goalkeeper in the 2nd Bundesliga, he moved to Energie Cottbus in the Bundesliga in 2001 . In his second year at Energie he was able to establish himself as a regular goalkeeper and ousted Tomislav Piplica .
After the descent from Cottbus to the second Bundesliga, he moved to TSV 1860 Munich in 2003 , where he was number two behind Simon Jentzsch . In 2004 Lenz went to VfL Wolfsburg . His Munich competitor Jentzsch also went to the Wolves and Lenz had to be content with the place on the bench. After coach Felix Magath had retired Jentzsch shortly before the winter break of the 2007/08 season , Lenz took over the position of number 1 for three games. After the winter break he stepped back in the second row behind the newly signed Swiss national goalkeeper Diego Benaglio . In April 2009, Lenz's contract was extended to 2010. After the 2008/09 season, VfL Wolfsburg became German champions for the first time in the club's history. It is also Lenz's first title success in professional football. During the season he represented goalkeeper Benaglio in three games for full time and in two more after substitutions. None of the encounters were lost.
In 2009/10 Lenz also only replaced Benaglio after a red card suspension and at the beginning of the second half of the season during a protracted injury. However, he sustained an ankle injury. Then number three, Marwin Hitz , took the place between the posts. Although Lenz went into the following season as nominal number two, Hitz was preferred to Benaglio when he suffered another long injury. Nevertheless, Lenz was used again when coach Magath relied on the experience of the now 37-year-old in the final phase of the relegation battle.
In the 2010/11 season Lenz was further behind Benaglio and Hitz, which is why he was only used once: on matchday 27 in the Bundesliga match between VfB Stuttgart and VfL Wolfsburg, which ended 1: 1.
After his contract expired on June 30, 2012, Lenz ended his active career.
Career as a functionary
After his retirement, Lenz took over the position of team manager at VfL Wolfsburg on July 1, 2012 . Five days after Felix Magath's dismissal on October 30, 2012, Lenz also ended its cooperation with VfL Wolfsburg by mutual agreement.
Private
On the night of May 9, 2010, Lenz was stabbed in a discotheque in Wolfsburg when the VfL Wolfsburg team wanted to celebrate Edin Džekos winning the top scorer and a violent argument broke out. Lenz was injured so badly that he had to undergo emergency surgery that same night. The responsible public prosecutor came to the conclusion that "Lenz only wanted to intervene arbitrarily". In May 2011 the condemned Wolfsburg District Court one - now dismissed - doorman of the discotheque because of grievous bodily harm to a prison sentence of two years on probation , after the stabbed added to Lenz. He also had to Lenz a smart money paid in the amount of 7,000 euros.
Lenz owns shares in a bar in Barcelona that his brother runs.
successes
- German champion with VfL Wolfsburg: 2009
Web links
- André Lenz in the database of fussballdaten.de
- André Lenz in the weltfussball.de database
Individual evidence
- ↑ player profile , www.alemannia-aachen.de
- ↑ No farewell ; VfL Wolfsburg press release from April 27, 2012
- ↑ vfl-wolfsburg.de: Abschied , October 30, 2012, accessed on October 30, 2012
- ^ No charges against Andre Lenz . In: RP Online , December 14, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
- ↑ Probation for stabbers . In: Wolfsburger Nachrichten , May 26, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
- ^ A Bundesliga pub in Barcelona
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lenz, André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soccer goalkeeper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th November 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mülheim an der Ruhr , Germany |