Dennis Grote
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 August 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Kaiserslautern, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | MSV Duisburg | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |||
| FC Vorwärts Wettringen | |||
| –2002 | SC Preußen Münster | ||
| 2002–2004 | VfL Bochum | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003–2010 | VfL Bochum II | 41 | (3) |
| 2004–2011 | VfL Bochum | 85 | (7) |
| 2011 | → Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Preußen Münster | 77 | (11) |
| 2014– | MSV Duisburg | 55 | (6) |
| National team | |||
| 2004–2005 | Germany U-19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Germany U-20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Germany U-21 | 14 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:11, 6 March 2016 (UTC). | |||
Dennis Grote (born 9 August 1986) is a German footballer. He plays as a left winger and midfielder for MSV Duisburg.[1] In 2009, he won the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship with the German under-21 football team.
Career
After starting his career at Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern, he joined VfL Bochum in 2002 and came from the youth team to the first team in the Bundesliga. In the second half of the 2004–05 season, Grote played as an amateur in five league games. In summer 2005, he signed a professional contract.
On 16 December 2005, he scored his first professional goal in the 88th minute for a 1–0 victory in a second division match against Unterhaching. Easter Monday 2006, he earned promotion with VfL Bochum to the Bundesliga after winning the 2. Bundesliga.
He scored his first Bundesliga goal on 5 May 2007 in a 3–0 away victory against Hamburger SV. In 2007, he signed a new deal with Bochum until the end of the 2011 season.[2] He also scored his first goal of the season against Hamburger in a 1–0 victory for Bochum in November 2009.[3][4] In his final season at Bochum in 2010–11, he only played eight times for them in the Bundesliga.[5] During winter break 2010–11, he moved to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen on loan. However, Grote was unable to save them from relegation after playing 13 times. Oberhausen finished the season in 17th place and were relegated from the 2. Bundesliga.
In August 2011, Grote joined Leeds United on trial.[6] In August 2011, he played for Leeds against Farsley Celtic.[7] He helped getting two assists in the match for fellow German trialist Felix Luz.[8]
He joined MSV Duisburg for the 2014–15 season.[9]
International career
Grote played for Germany at various age levels, he won the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship with Germany in 2009, in the same side as the likes of Mesut Özil, Manuel Neuer and Sami Khedira.[2][10] He was an unused substitute against England Under 21's in the final.[11]
Career statistics
- As of 6 March 2016[1]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Total | |||||
| VfL Bochum II | 2003–04 | Oberliga Westfalen | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| 2004–05 | 4 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2005–06 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2006–07 | 6 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2007–08 | 6 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2008–09 | Regionalliga West | 4 | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | 7 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 4 | ||
| VfL Bochum | 2004–05 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2005–06 | 2. Bundesliga | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2004–05 | Bundesliga | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| 2007–08 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||
| 2009–10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2010–11 | 2. Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 85 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 91 | 8 | ||
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 2010–11 | 2. Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| SC Preußen Münster | 2011–12 | 3. Liga | 12 | 1 | – | 12 | 1 | |
| 2012–13 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | ||
| Total | 69 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 9 | ||
| MSV Duisburg | 2014–15 | 3. Liga | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 6 |
| 2015–16 | 2. Bundesliga | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Total | 55 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 262 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 276 | 27 | ||
Honours
- Germany U-21
References
- 1 2 "Grote, Dennis" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- 1 2 "Dennis Grote". UEFA.com. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ "Grote Gets Bochum Going". Sportinglife.com. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ "www.ifotbol.com". www.ifotbol.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011.
- ↑ "Dennis Grote". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ Pyke, Chris (25 May 2010). "Transfer talk: Chelsea yet to agree a deal for Romelu Lukaku". The National. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ "Trialists In Frame At Farsley". Leeds United. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ Hay, Phil (7 August 2011). "Leeds United: Whites eye Mendy deal". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ "Vertrag bis 2016: MSV Duisburg verpflichtet Dennis Grote" (in German). msv-duisburg.de. 1 April 2014.
- ↑ "Dennis Grote". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012.
- ↑ "Germany v England - Final". TheFA.com. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
External links
- Dennis Grote profile at Fussballdaten
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