Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lars Stindl | ||
Date of birth | 26 August 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Speyer, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
1991–2000 | TSV Wiesental | ||
2000–2007 | Karlsruher SC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2010 | Karlsruher SC II | 49 | (11) |
2007–2010 | Karlsruher SC | 56 | (13) |
2010–2015 | Hannover 96 | 131 | (19) |
2015– | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 50 | (14) |
National team‡ | |||
2007 | Germany U20 | 3 | (0) |
2009 | Germany U21 | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:28, 26 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2009 |
Lars Stindl (born 26 August 1988) is a German footballer who plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga.
Born in Speyer, Stindl began his career in the youth teams for TSV Wiesental and joined a similar setup at Karlsruher SC in summer 2000. He started his professional career with Karlsruher SC, making his first appearance on 15 March 2008 in the Bundesliga. He was substituted on in the 81st minute in a 0–1 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt. On 29 November 2008, Stindl scored his first Bundesliga goal against Hannover 96. In February 2010, he announced his intention to leave Karlsruher SC. On 16 March 2010, his transfer to Hannover 96 was confirmed.
On 25 March 2015 it was confirmed that Stindl would move to Borussia Mönchengladbach for the 2015–16 season.
On 8 August 2015, he marked his competitive debut by scoring a brace in a 4–1 win at FC St. Pauli in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.
Stindl was confirmed as Gladbach's new captain on 1 August 2016 after the retirement of previous captain Martin Stranzl and the transfer of vice-captain Granit Xhaka to Arsenal.
On 23 February 2017, Stindl scored a hat-trick at ACF Fiorentina's Stadio Artemio Franchi, as Borussia overturned a 0–3 aggregate deficit to qualify for the UEFA Europa League Round of 16.