Rouwen Hennings

Rouwen Hennings

Hennings playing for FC St. Pauli
Personal information
Full name Rouwen Hennings
Date of birth (1987-08-28) 28 August 1987
Place of birth Bad Oldesloe, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Burnley
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2001 VfL Oldesloe
2001–2005 Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005–2007 Hamburger SV II 51 (11)
2006–2009 Hamburger SV 0 (0)
2007–2008 → VfL Osnabrück (loan) 29 (2)
2008–2009 → FC St. Pauli (loan) 21 (2)
2009–2012 FC St. Pauli 52 (10)
2011 St. Pauli II 3 (3)
2012 → VfL Osnabrück (loan) 17 (5)
2012–2015 Karlsruher SC 95 (36)
2015– Burnley 26 (1)
National team‡
2005–2006 Germany U19 5 (2)
2007 Germany U20 3 (2)
2007–2009 Germany U21 21 (13)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:09, 19 March 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:45, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

Rouwen Hennings (born 28 August 1987 in Bad Oldesloe, Schleswig-Holstein) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Burnley.

Hennings has previously played for Hamburger SV, VfL Osnabrück, FC St. Pauli and Karlsruher SC in the Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga and 3. Liga. He has also played international football for Germany at under-19, under-20 and under-21 level, making 21 caps and scoring 13 goals for the latter.

Club career

Hennings started his career with local junior side VfL Oldesloe before signing for Hamburger SV in 2001. He progressed through the junior sides to be promoted to the first team in 2005.[1] He featured mainly for the second side in the Regionalliga Nord, before joining 2. Bundesliga side VfL Osnabrück on a season-long loan in July 2007.[2] He struggled to score goals for Osnabrück, only scoring 2 goals in 30 appearances as the club finished in mid-table.[3] In the summer of 2008 he was again sent out on a season-long loan to 2. Bundesliga side FC St. Pauli.[2] He again struggled for goals, only scoring twice in 21 appearances as the side finished in 8th position, however, St. Pauli made the move permanent at the end of the season in July 2009 for €200,000.[3]

He spent three years at St. Pauli as a permanent player winning promotion to the Bundesliga in the 2009–10 season as the side finished runners-up in the 2. Bundesliga, with Hennings scoring 9 goals in 29 appearances.[3] St. Pauli only lasted one season in the Bundesliga, finishing in last place and Hennings struggled to make an impact, only making 16 appearances.[3] During the 2011–12 season back in the 2. Bundesliga, Hennings struggled to break into the first team and in January 2012 he was sent out on loan to former club VfL Osnabrück in the 3. Liga.[3] He found some goalscoring form at Osnabrück scoring five in seventeen.[3]

In June 2012, he signed for 3. Liga side Karlsruher SC for €50,000 and won promotion to 2. Bundesliga in his first season with the club as they finished as champions.[2] Karlsruher made a good return to the second division finishing in 5th place as Hennings scored 10 goals in 31 appearances.[3] In his final season with the club he finished as top scorer in the league with 17 goals as Karlsruher narrowly missed out on automatic promotion and finished in third position, qualifying for the play-offs.[2] Hennings went on to score once more in the 3–2 aggregate play-off defeat to his former club Hamburger SV.[2] He made a total of 102 appearances for Karlsruher scoring 37 goals.[3]

In the summer of 2015 he was in high demand across Europe, being linked with a move back for former club Hamburger SV and also to SV Werder Bremen, whilst there was also an offer from Greek side PAOK FC, where Frank Arnesen was sporting director.[2] In July 2015, Football League Championship side Sheffield Wednesday had a bid rejected for Hennings, but in August 2015 fellow Championship side Burnley signed him on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[1][2][4] Hennings scored his first goal for the club in a 2-2 draw with Cardiff City on 28 November 2015.[5]

International career

Hennings has represented Germany at under-19, under-20 and under-21 level.[6][7][8] He first represented Germany at under-19 level in October 2005 whilst playing in the qualifiers for the 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. He gained five caps at this level scoring twice in a 3–2 victory over Greece as Germany failed to qualify for the main tournament.[6] Hennings also gained three caps at under-20 level in 2007, scoring in friendly international victories over Switzerland and Austria.[7] He made his debut for the under-21 side in February 2007, replacing Marcel Heller as a substitute in the 0–0 draw with Italy.[8] He featured heavily in the qualification for the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, finishing as joint top scorer in the qualifiers with seven goals.[8] He scored braces against Israel and Luxembourg, and also scored against Northern Ireland and Moldova.[8] Despite being top goalscorer, Hennings could not force himself into the squad for the final tournament and finished his under-21 career with 21 appearances and 13 goals.[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 March 2016.
Club statistics
Season Club League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hamburger SV II 2005–06[3] Regionalliga Nord 223———223
2006–07[3] Regionalliga Nord 298———298
Total 5111———5111
Hamburger SV 2005–06[3] Bundesliga 0000—0000
2006–07[3] Bundesliga 0000—0000
Total 0000—0000
VfL Osnabrück (loan) 2007–08[3] 2. Bundesliga 29210——302
FC St. Pauli (loan) 2008–09[3] 2. Bundesliga 21210——222
FC St. Pauli 2009–10[3] 2. Bundesliga 29920——319
2010–11[3] Bundesliga 16110——171
2011–12[3] 2. Bundesliga 7010——80
Total 731250——7812
FC St. Pauli II 2011–12[3] Regionalliga Nord 33———33
VfL Osnabrück (loan) 2011–12[3] 3. Liga 175———175
Karlsruher SC 2012–13[3] 3. Liga 35930——389
2013–14[3] 2. Bundesliga 311000——3110
2014–15[3] 2. Bundesliga 271710—2[lower-alpha 1]13018
2015–16[3] 2. Bundesliga 2010——30
Total 953650—2110237
Burnley 2015–16[9] Championship 26121——282
Career total 29470131—2130972
  1. ↑ Appearances in Bundesliga relegation play-offs

Honours

FC St. Pauli

Karslruher SC

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Clarets Snap Up Hennings". Burnley F.C. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Willkommen Rouwen Hennings". Claretsmad. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Weltfussbal - Rouwen Hennings". Weltfussbal. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Hennings, Rouwen" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Cardiff 2-2 Burnley". BBC. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Under-19 - Rouwen Hennings". Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Under-20 - Rouwen Hennings". Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Under-21 - Rouwen Hennings". Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Rouwen Henings in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

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