Benjamin Henrichs (soccer player)

Benjamin Henrichs
Benjamin Henrichs, 2015
Personnel
birthday	February 23, 1997
place of birth	Bocholt ,  Germany
size	183 cm
position	External defense
Juniors
Years	station
0000-2004	SpVg. Porz-Gremberghoven
2004-2016	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2015-2018	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	62 (0)
2018–	AS Monaco	35 (1)
2020–	→  RB Leipzig  (loan)	0 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2011–2012	Germany U15	4 (1)
2012-2013	Germany U16	4 (4)
2013-2014	Germany U17	14 (2)
2015	Germany U18	1 (0)
2015-2016	Germany U19	12 (1)
2016-2019	Germany U21	17 (0)
2016–	Germany	3 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of July 15, 2020 2 As of June 30, 2019

Benjamin Henrichs (born February 23, 1997 in Bocholt - Stenern , North Rhine-Westphalia ) is a German - Ghanaian football player . He has been under contract with the French first division club AS Monaco since the 2018/19 season and is a German national player. For the 2020/21 season he is active on loan for the Bundesliga club RB Leipzig .

Life

Benjamin Henrichs was born in February 1997 as the son of a German and a Ghanaian in Bocholt , North Rhine-Westphalia and has both German and Ghanaian citizenship . He grew up with a sister first in Cologne - Porz and from the age of seven in Leverkusen . 2015 he put the Abitur on the elite school of sport and of football excellent Landrat-Lucas Secondary School in Leverkusen district Opladen from.

In August 2016, the German Football Association awarded him the Fritz Walter Gold Medal in the U19 Juniors category . The DFB particularly recognized Henrichs' achievements during the 2015/16 season and at the 2016 U19 European Championship.

As part of the international match trip of the German national team through the Italian Peninsula , Henrichs received an audience with the team and the coaching staff with the head of the Roman Catholic Church , Pope Francis , in Vatican City on November 14, 2016 .

Club career

Youth player

Henrichs had until 2004 in the youth of the SpVg. Porz-Gremberghoven (today SpVg. Porz 1919 ) played in the Porz district of Cologne before he moved to Bayer 04 Leverkusen's F-Youth (U8) . There he played in the club's A youth team until 2016. In April 2015, like his teammates Lukas Boeder and Marc Brašnić , he received his first professional contract.

Professional player in Leverkusen

2015/16 season

Although Henrichs had been part of the first team since the beginning of the 2015/16 season, he was only in one game in the first half of his first professional season, but was used in this: On September 20, 2015, he gave 0: 3- defeat at Borussia Dortmund his Bundesliga and competitive debut in professional football, as he, after 78 minutes of Karim Bellarabi came on. In the winter break training camp in Orlando , Florida , Henrichs was used in test matches in both full-back positions and knew how to convince - although he was unfamiliar with them until then.

Henrichs played his first game in the Europa League on February 18, 2016 in the first leg of the sixteenth-finals at Sporting Lisbon ; he came on in the 79th minute for Admir Mehmedi . On March 20, 2016, he made his starting line-up debut in the 2-0 Bundesliga win at VfB Stuttgart , where he was used as a right-back for the entire season - and as in the winter training camp. Due to suspensions and injury-related failures in the full-back positions, Henrichs subsequently came to further games in the Bundesliga; his head coach Roger Schmidt praised Henrichs' versatility and promised him further assignments in these positions. By the end of the season he came to a total of ten professional appearances, in which he prepared a goal.

Season 2016/17

At the beginning of the 2016/17 season , Henrichs earned a regular place in the full-back position. On September 14, 2016, he played his first game in the Champions League against PFK CSKA Moscow and prepared his team's first goal in a 2-2 draw. Henrichs played a total of 37 out of a possible 44 competitive games and contributed a total of three assists to the goals scored by his team.

In May 2017, Henrichs extended his contract term in Leverkusen ahead of schedule until mid-2022.

Season 2017/18

Shortly after the start of the 2017/18 season , when Heiko Herrlich was a new coach on the sidelines, Henrichs lost his regular place in the team. Although he was still used in 28 of 39 possible games, he only played a total of eleven of these (including two in the DFB Cup ) over the entire season; he was substituted on in 15 games. Henrichs contributed to the goals of his team with a template in the Bundesliga.

After completing the preparations for the 2018/19 season, Henrichs played his last compulsory game for the club in the 2-0 away defeat at Borussia Mönchengladbach on August 25, 2018, where he had to accept a yellow card during the game and after 64 minutes for Isaac Kiese Thelin was replaced. Henrichs was not taken into account in the squad for the cup game at 1. CfR Pforzheim the week before.

AS Monaco

On August 28, 2018 Henrichs moved to Ligue 1 for AS Monaco and signed a five-year contract. On September 2, 2018, he made his league debut in a 3-2 home loss to Olympique Marseille . As part of the four or five-man chain, Henrichs was initially a regular player in his first season and was most often used on the defensive flanks and occasionally in midfield. In the second half of the season, however, the defender was left behind against Fodé Ballo-Touré and Djibril Sidibé and was often only on the bench. He retired with the team prematurely in the national cup competitions and came with her in the Champions League to only one point in the group stage. In the league, Monaco was in a relegation battle for long stretches and was ultimately sixteenth with two points ahead of the relegation place. In parallel with the team performance, Henrichs' form also fluctuated, which among other things prevented further nominations for the senior national team.

Due to injury, the defensive player missed large parts of the following season , but played regularly when he was fit. Ligue 1 games were ultimately not resumed after an interruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic , at which point it was ranked 9th with Monaco after 28 match days.

RB Leipzig

For the 2020/21 season, Henrichs moved to RB Leipzig for a year on loan with effect from July 15, 2020 . The Red Bulls then have an option to sign Henrichs.

National team

Henrichs has played for the DFB national team since the U15 . Due to his mother's origin, it was possible for him to play for the Ghanaian association until his first competitive game for the senior national team of the DFB ; Among other things, because the association did not approach him, he never considered this.

U national teams

He made his debut for the German U15s on November 8, 2011 in a 5-5 away defeat against Poland's U15s and scored the German team's second goal in this game. At the U17 European Championship in Malta , he led the German selection in 2014 as team captain . He also scored the only goal in the tournament for the German team that were eliminated after the group stage.

At the beginning of July 2016, U19 national coach Guido Streichsbier Henrichs appointed the U19 squad for the European Championships in Germany . He was called up in the starting line-up in all four games and was only substituted in the last group game a few minutes before the end of the game. After reaching third place in the group, Germany played against the Netherlands for fifth place in the tournament and won 8: 7 from a pen. Henrichs converted the decisive sixth penalty for the Germans and thus secured the German U20s participation in the 2017 World Cup in South Korea .

On August 26, 2016, Henrichs was appointed to the German U21 squad for the first time by U21 national coach Stefan Kuntz . Seven days later he made his debut for the U21s in a 3-0 win over Slovakia with a substitution in the 72nd minute.

A national team

Henrichs during the Confederations Cup 2017

At the beginning of November 2016, Henrichs was appointed by national coach Joachim Löw to the squad of the senior national team for the World Cup qualifying match in San Marino and the friendly match in Italy . In the first game on November 11, 2016, he made his debut in the starting line-up as a right-back. The German team won the game 8-0.

Henrichs was appointed to the German team for the Confederations Cup in Russia in June and July 2017 . He came on in the third group game against Cameroon and completed the semifinals against Mexico over the full playing time. In both games he prepared a goal. The German team then won the tournament by defeating Chile in the final.

Achievements and Awards

• U17 European Championship : Participation in 2014
• U19 European Championship : 5th place in 2016
• Fritz Walter Gold Medal in the U19 Juniors category : 2016
• Confederations Cup : Winner 2017

Web links

Commons : Benjamin Henrichs  - Collection of Images

• Benjamin Henrichs in the database of weltfussball.de
• Benjamin Henrichs in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Benjamin Henrichs in the database of kicker.de
• Benjamin Henrichs in the database of the German Football Association
• Player profile on the AS Monaco website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Another golden boy for Bayer Leverkusen ; ksta.de, published and accessed on August 9, 2016
2. ^ Benjamin Henrichs on the Soccer Concept AG website ( memento from March 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ); soccer-concept.de, accessed on April 12, 2016
3. ↑ Henrichs: "Just try to start playing" ; dfb.de, page 1, from May 11, 2014, accessed on April 13, 2016
4. ↑ Henrichs changes from Leverkusen to AS Monaco ; ksta.de, from August 27, 2018, accessed on February 6, 2019
5. ^ Benjamin Henrichs: Between school desk and Champions League ; dfb.de, page 1, from May 28, 2015, accessed on August 22, 2015
6. ↑ Interview with Benjamin Henrichs and Till Schumacher ; dfb.de, video file, length 4:24 minutes, from November 17, 2015, accessed on January 2, 2016
7. ^ Fritz Walter Medal for Ehegötz, Henrichs and Itter ; dfb.de, published and accessed on August 8, 2016
8. ↑ Löw: "The Pope has reached each of us" ; dfb.de, page 1, published and accessed on November 14, 2016
9. ^ "Chronicle" of the SpVg. Porz 1919 ; spvg-porz.de, accessed on April 4, 2016
10. ^ Fritz Walter Medal: Henrichs best young player ; kicker.de, published and accessed on August 8, 2016
11. ↑ Long-term contracts for Brasnic, Henrichs and Boeder ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ); bayer04.de, April 18, 2015, accessed on August 22, 2015
12. ^ Match report Borussia Dortmund against Bayer 04 Leverkusen from September 20, 2015 ; kicker.de, accessed on September 20, 2015
13. ↑ Bad luck for Abu Hanna, special praise for Henrichs ; kicker.de, January 13, 2016, accessed on April 27, 2016
14. ↑ Boenisch before returning - but without a future? ; kicker.de, January 15, 2016, accessed on April 27, 2016
15. ^ Match report Sporting Lisbon against Bayer 04 Leverkusen on February 18, 2016 ; kicker.de, accessed on February 22, 2016
16. ^ Match report VfB Stuttgart against Bayer 04 Leverkusen on March 20, 2016 ; kicker.de, accessed on March 20, 2016
17. ↑ Henrichs' own generation is to help shape Bayer's future ; rp-online, published and accessed April 27, 2016
18. ^ Proof of performance by Benjamin Henrichs in the 2015/16 season ; transfermarkt.de, accessed on October 11, 2016
19. ^ Match report between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and CSKA Moscow on September 14, 2016 ; kicker.de, accessed on October 11, 2016
20. ^ Proof of performance by Benjamin Henrichs in the 2016/17 season ; transfermarkt.de, accessed on February 19, 2018
21. ↑ Bayer 04 extends bayer04.de with Benjamin Henrichs ( Memento from June 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 17, 2017
22. ^ Proof of performance by Benjamin Henrichs in the 2017/18 season ; transfermarkt.de, accessed on September 13, 2018
23. ^ Proof of performance by Benjamin Henrichs in the 2018/19 season ; transfermarkt.de, accessed on September 13, 2018
24. ↑ Bayer 04 transfer Benjamin Henrichs to AS Monaco ; bayer04.de, published and accessed on August 28, 2018
25. ^ Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SAM (ed.): Benjamin Henrichs to AS Monaco. In: AS Monaco. August 28, 2018, accessed on August 28, 2018 . 
26. ^ Match report AS Monaco against Olympique Marseille from September 2, 2018 ; www.soccerway.com, accessed September 3, 2018
27. ↑ Benjamin Henrichs: This is how the first year went after he left Leverkusen , 90min.de, accessed on July 6, 2020
28. ↑ Benjamin Henrichs is on loan to RB Leipzig dierotenbullen.com, on July 8, 2020, accessed on July 8, 2020
29. ↑ "I'm still the same Benny" ; ksta.de, page 2, from January 28, 2017, accessed on January 29, 2017
30. ↑ Poland U-15 against Germany U-15 from November 8, 2011 ; transfermarkt.de, accessed on June 22, 2016
31. ^ Benjamin Henrichs: Between school desk and Champions League ; dfb.de, page 2, from May 28, 2015, accessed on August 22, 2015
32. ↑ Henrichs: "Just try to start playing" ; dfb.de, page 2; dated May 11, 2014, accessed April 13, 2016
33. ↑ Germany U-17 versus Switzerland U-17 on May 9, 2014 ; transfermarkt.de, accessed on June 22, 2016
34. ↑ Streichsbier nominated final EM squad ; dfb.de, July 5, 2016, accessed on July 6, 2016
35. ^ Proof of performance by Benjamin Henrichs at the U-19 European Championship 2016 ; transfermarkt.de, accessed on July 21, 2016
36. ↑ Match report Germany U-19 against Netherlands U-19 ; kicker.de, accessed on July 21, 2016
37. ↑ With four Olympic silver winners against Slovakia and Finland ; dfb.de, from August 26, 2016, accessed on August 28, 2016
38. ↑ Match report Germany U-21 against Slovakia U-21 from September 2, 2016 ; kicker.de, accessed on November 4, 2016
39. ^ Löw nominates Gerhardt, Gnabry and Henrichs ; dfb.de, page 1, published and accessed on November 4, 2016
40. ^ Unchanged squad for Confed Cup ; dfb.de, June 7, 2017, accessed June 18, 2017
41. ^ Match report Germany against Cameroon from June 25, 2017 ; kicker.de, accessed on July 3, 2017
42. ↑ Match report Germany against Mexico from June 29, 2017 ; kicker.de, accessed on July 2, 2017
43. ↑ Match report Chile against Germany from July 2, 2017 ; kicker.de, accessed on July 2, 2017