Lewis Holtby

Lewis Holtby
Recording from 2011
Personnel
Surname	Lewis Harry Holtby
birthday	September 18, 1990
place of birth	Erkelenz ,  Germany
size	176 cm
position	midfield
Juniors
Years	station
1994-2001	Sparta Gerderath
2001-2004	Borussia Monchengladbach
2004-2007	Alemannia Aachen
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2007-2009	Alemannia Aachen	33 0(8)
2007-2008	Alemannia Aachen II	10 0(5)
2009-2013	FC Schalke 04	55 (10)
2010	→  VfL Bochum  (loan)	14 0(2)
2010-2011	→  1. FSV Mainz 05  (loan)	30 0(4)
2013-2014	Tottenham Hotspur	25 0(1)
2014	→  Fulham FC  (loan)	13 0(1)
2014-2019	Hamburger SV	127 (14)
2019–	Blackburn Rovers	14 0(1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2008	Germany U18	2 0(0)
2008-2009	Germany U19	12 0(4)
2009-2010	Germany U20	6 0(2)
2009-2013	Germany U21	24 (14)
2010–2012	Germany	3 0(0)
1 Only league games are given. As of December 31, 2019 2 As of June 12, 2013

Lewis Harry Holtby [ həʊltbɪ ] (born September 18, 1990 in Erkelenz ) is a German football player who also has British citizenship . Trained at Borussia Mönchengladbach and Alemannia Aachen , he made his debut for Aachen in December 2007 in the 2nd Bundesliga . This was followed by positions at FC Schalke 04 , VfL Bochum and 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga before the son of a British father played for Tottenham Hotspur and FC Fulham in the Premier League . After five years at Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2, he has been playing for Blackburn Rovers since mid-September 2019 . In addition, Holtby was active in various DFB youth teams. For the senior national team , Holtby completed three international matches between 2010 and 2012 under Joachim Löw .

Childhood and family

Holtby's mother is German , his father is British , who was a soldier in Germany. Through him Holtby also became a supporter of Everton FC . In addition to the German , he has British citizenship. His younger brother Joshua Holtby is also a soccer player and is under contract with the Dutch second division club MVV Maastricht .

societies

Holtby played in the youth of Sparta Gerderath and Borussia Mönchengladbach until 2004 . There he was sorted out due to supposed physical deficits and then moved to Alemannia Aachen.

Beginnings at Alemannia Aachen

Interim coach Jörg Schmadtke called the 17-year-old into the professional squad for the first time on matchday 16 of the 2007/08 season and Holtby came on for his first second division appearance after being substituted in the 80th minute in a 2-2 draw against FC St. Pauli . In addition, the school holidays enabled him to travel to Breisgau on matchday 25 against SC Freiburg with the professionals from Alemannia Aachen . He only watched the game from the stands. On May 18, 2008, the last day of the 2007/08 season, coach Jürgen Seeberger took him into the starting line-up in the game against TuS Koblenz and let him play through.

Although he was still in the younger age group of the A-youth , he played his first game for Aachen II in the Oberliga Nordrhein on March 15, 2008 . From then on he was a permanent member of the amateur squad.

In the course of the 2008/09 season Holtby established himself in the professional team of Alemannia, in which he drew attention to himself with some good games and assists. On December 5, 2008, Holtby scored his first second division goal in the game against TSV 1860 Munich and on February 15, 2009 against 1. FC Nürnberg for the first time two goals in one game. In that game he was also watched by scouts from other clubs, who then expressed their interest. Those interested also included Bundesliga clubs and foreign clubs.

FC Schalke 04 and loan stations

Lewis Holtby in the FC Schalke 04 jersey in the 2011/12 season

For the 2009/10 season , Holtby moved to Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04 . He played his first Bundesliga game on matchday one at 1. FC Nürnberg.

During the winter break of the 2009/10 season, Holtby was loaned to VfL Bochum for a year and a half until June 30, 2011 . For Bochum he scored his first goal in the Bundesliga on March 13, 2010 in the game against Borussia Dortmund . After the relegation of Bochum at the end of the season, Holtby's loan contract ended prematurely.

For the 2010/11 season he was loaned to the Bundesliga club 1. FSV Mainz 05 . In his first competitive game for the club, he scored both goals in the DFB Cup match against the Berliner AK 07 on August 15, 2010. He was a regular player and top performer at Mainz. At times he was leader of the table with this team. He made a total of 30 Bundesliga appearances, scored four goals and finished the Bundesliga season in 5th place. This table placement was synonymous with qualifying for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League . Together with André Schürrle and Ádám Szalai , they became known as the “Bruchweg Boys” because they always celebrated their goals with a goal celebration that resembled a band.

After the loan contract ended, Holtby returned to FC Schalke 04 for the 2011/12 season. Holtby played a total of 27 times this season, in which Schalke 04 finished third in the table. Here Holtby scored six goals. Holtby played nine times in the Europa League.

Holtby did not extend his contract with Schalke 04, which expired at the end of the 2012/13 season.

Premier League

Holtby at Fulham FC (2014)

On January 4, 2013, the Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur announced the commitment of Holtby to July 1, 2013. On January 28, 2013, both clubs agreed on an immediate transfer. Two days after the move, Holtby made his debut for his new club on January 30, 2013 in the game at Norwich City . He had his first starting eleven at the home game against Newcastle United on February 9, 2013.

On January 31, 2014, Holtby moved to Fulham on loan until the end of the 2013/14 season . After relegation to the second English division , he initially returned to the Spurs.

Hamburger SV

On September 1, 2014, Holtby initially moved back to the Bundesliga for Hamburger SV on loan until the end of the 2014/15 season . According to a clause, Holtby was already firmly committed after three missions after the 5th match day and provided with a contract until June 30, 2018.

Training camp of HSV in Dubai he broke in a game against Eintracht Frankfurt , the clavicle and the HSV for over two months and was not to return round start available. In the away defeat against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on March 14, 2015, Holtby made his comeback.

Under Bruno Labbadia , Holtby was one of the permanent staff in the 2015/16 season . He was in the starting line-up in all 34 Bundesliga games and scored three goals. Also in the 2016/17 season he was a regular player under Labbadia and Markus Gisdol with 29 appearances. In 2017/18 , Holtby was sorted out by Gisdol and was not used from the tenth to the 18th day inclusive. Even in the seven games under Gisdol's successor Bernd Hollerbach , Holtby was not used. Before the 27th matchday, Christian Titz took over the team under which Holtby had already taken private training and with whom he maintains a friendly contact. In the last eight games, Holtby was used in the starting line-up and scored five goals. HSV was able to reduce the distance to the relegation place from seven to two points under Titz, but was relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time on May 12, 2018. For his achievements in the second half of the season, Holtby was listed by Kicker-Sportmagazin in the ranking of German football for the summer of 2018 on the position of "midfield offensive" in the "wider circle".

Despite relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga , Holtby extended his expiring contract for the 2018/19 season . Initially still a regular under Titz, he was no longer a regular under the new coach Hannes Wolf , who took over the team at the end of October 2018. In March 2019, the club announced that they would not make a new contract offer to Holtby. Before the 31st match day, Holtby asked coach Wolf not to have to go to the away game against direct promotion rivals Union Berlin after he had not trained in the starting eleven in the final training. He also said this in front of the team. Shortly thereafter, Holtby revised his statement at Wolf and admitted his mistake, but was still removed from the squad until his contract ended and transferred to the second team for training. Holtby completed 26 second division games in his final year at HSV, in which he scored four goals. In total, he played in five years under seven coaches in 127 league games in which he scored 14 goals.

Return to England

Since the end of July 2019, Holtby has kept fit under Christian Titz at the regional division Rot-Weiss Essen . On September 19, 2019, he joined the Blackburn Rovers . He signed a contract with the English second division club that ran until June 30, 2021.

National team

National coach Heiko Herrlich appointed Holtby for the first time in May 2008 in the squad of the U-18 national team of the DFB . On August 11, 2009 he made his debut for the German U-21 selection at the Lobanovskiy Cup in Ukraine against Turkey .

On September 5, 2009, he made his first game against South Africa in the German U-20 national team , with which he took part in the 2009 Junior World Cup .

On September 7, 2010 he scored two goals with the U-21 against Northern Ireland as part of the European Championship qualification .

Since Holtby, the son of an Englishman, also has British citizenship, there was also the opportunity to play for the English association until his A-compulsory international debut . In an interview in the current sports studio , however, he confirmed that if he was appointed to the senior national team, he wanted to play for the German team. On November 10, 2010, he and his team-mate André Schürrle were nominated for the first time for the squad of the international match against Sweden on November 17 , where he was in the starting line-up. On June 7, 2011, Holtby made his compulsory international debut for the German national team in the European Championship qualifier against Azerbaijan and is therefore only eligible to play for the DFB.

After he had not been considered for a year and a half, he was re -nominated for the national team after some players had canceled the game on November 14, 2012 in Amsterdam against the Netherlands .

successes

• DFL Supercup : 2011

Awards

• On September 9th, 2009 Holtby received the Fritz Walter Medal in gold in the U-19 age group in Hanover .
• Admission to the all-star team of the U-21 European Football Championship 2013

Web links

Commons : Lewis Holtby  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• official homepage
• Lewis Holtby in the database of weltfussball.de
• Lewis Holtby on Transfermarkt.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ He could play for England if Germany don't want him, 'says Holtby Snr , The Independent , October 1, 2010
2. ↑ Lewis Holtby happy with Man Utd, Arsenal interest - but prefers ( Memento from April 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ VfL borrows Holtby , vfl-bochum.de ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Mainz borrows Holtby. In: kicker online. Olympia Verlag GmbH, May 28, 2010, accessed on May 28, 2010 . 
5. ↑ BAK Ankaraspor 07 vs 1. FSV Mainz 05 1: 2 . weltfussball.de. August 15, 2010. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
6. ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine: FSV Mainz 05: Schürrle and Holtby soon to be national players? In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed on October 22, 2016]).
7. ↑ Lewis Holtby will leave FC Schalke 04 at the end of the season ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Club homepage of FC Schalke 04 from December 28, 2012  
8. ↑ Holtby to join in July , notice on the Tottenham Hotspur homepage, accessed January 4, 2013.
9. ↑ Lewis Holtby is switching to Tottenham Hotspur with immediate effect , notification on the FC Schalke 04 homepage, accessed on January 28, 2013.
10. ↑ Norwich City - Tottenham Hotspur 1: 1 (1: 0)
11. ↑ Holtby Joins
12. ↑ Holtby: Fulham Part Of Me fulhamfc.com, accessed June 14, 2014
13. ↑ Perfect: The HSV borrows Lewis Holtby ( memento of the original from September 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. hsv.de, accessed on September 1, 2014  
14. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt : Purchase option for Holtby drawn thanks to bizarre contractual clause , October 10, 2014, accessed on March 20, 2015.
15. ↑ Suspicion confirmed: broken collarbone in Lewis Holtby ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Internet presence of Hamburger SV, accessed and published on January 16, 2015  
16. ↑ 70 minutes outnumbered - HSV is defeated 0: 3 in Hoffenheim ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of Hamburger SV, accessed on March 15, 2015  
17. ↑ Father-son relationship Titz and Holtby: Ein Herz und ein Seele , mopo.de, April 30, 2018, accessed on May 12, 2018.
18. ↑ Hamburger SV: Lewis Holtby extended at HSV , May 24, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018.
19. ↑ Hamburger SV: HSV and Lewis Holtby split after this season , March 22, 2019, accessed on March 22, 2019.
20. ↑ Becker: "This behavior is not to be tolerated" , hsv.de, April 29, 2019, accessed on April 29, 2019.
21. ↑ "Very valuable": Holtby trains in Essen with , kicker.de, July 23, 2019, accessed on July 23, 2019.
22. ↑ Welcome Lewis! , rovers.co.uk, September 19, 2019, accessed September 19, 2019.
23. ↑ Germany - Northern Ireland 3-0 game report. Kicker, September 7, 2010, accessed September 8, 2010 . 
24. ↑ Interview in the ZDF sports studio, September 25, 2010
25. ↑ Löw appoints four newcomers to Sweden international. dfb.de, archived from the original on July 30, 2012 ; Retrieved November 10, 2010 . 
26. ↑ kicker online (ed.): Holtby is allowed to go to Amsterdam - Özil and Klose cancel. November 12, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2012 .