Lewis Holtby
Holtby with Schalke 04 in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Lewis Harry Holtby | ||
| Date of birth | 18 September 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Erkelenz, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Hamburger SV | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–2001 | Sparta Gerderath | ||
| 2001–2004 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| 2004–2007 | Alemannia Aachen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | Alemannia Aachen | 33 | (8) |
| 2009–2013 | Schalke 04 | 55 | (10) |
| 2010 | → VfL Bochum (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | → Mainz 05 (loan) | 30 | (4) |
| 2013–2015 | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Fulham (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | → Hamburger SV (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2015– | Hamburger SV | 29 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008 | Germany U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Germany U19 | 12 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | Germany U20 | 6 | (2) |
| 2009–2013 | Germany U21 | 24 | (14) |
| 2010– | Germany | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:31, 9 April 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 June 2013 |
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Lewis Harry Holtby (born 18 September 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Hamburger SV. Holtby represented Germany at various youth levels and was awarded the Gold Fritz Walter Medal in 2009. He made his debut for the senior national side in 2010.
Holtby began his career at the age of four with Sparta Gerderath. When he was eleven years old he moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach. Mönchengladbach eventually released the player for what they saw as having physical deficiencies, which included being too small and too slow.
Holtby was promoted to the Alemannia Aachen first team squad by caretaker manager Jörg Schmadtke. He made his first appearance in the 2007–08 season when he was substituted on in the 80th minute for Mirko Casper in a 2–2 draw against FC St. Pauli. For the rest of the season he only made one more appearance, a 1–3 loss on the last match day to TuS Koblenz.
Holtby left Alemannia Aachen after five years and signed a four-year contract with Schalke 04 until 30 June 2013. In January 2010 he was loaned out to VfL Bochum to get more playing experience.
In May 2010, Holtby returned to Schalke 04 and at the end of the month he was loaned out to FSV Mainz 05 for the 2010–11 season.
In March 2011, Horst Heldt announced that Holtby would return to the club at the end of June. In August Holtby scored his first goal for Schalke in a 5–1 win over 1. FC Köln. Schalke announced that Holtby would not extend his contract which would expire at the end of the 2012–13 season. In the January 2013 transfer window, Tottenham Hotspur announced that Holtby would be joining the English Premier League club in July 2013. In Holtby's first game following the announcement on 18 January, he scored the winning goal for Schalke in a 5–4 defeat of Hannover 96.
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