Yannik Lührs

German footballer (born 2003)

Yannik Lührs
Personal information
Full name	Yannik Luka Lührs
Date of birth	(2003-09-09) 9 September 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth	Hanover, Germany
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Hannover 96
Number	34
Youth career
0000–2018	TSV Bemerode
2018–2022	Hannover 96
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–	Hannover 96 II	23	(0)
2023–	Hannover 96	9	(0)
International career^‡
2021–2022	Germany U19	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:22, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Yannik Luka Lührs (born 9 September 2003) is a German professional footballer who plays for Hannover 96 as a centre-back.

Club career

Born and raised in Hanover,^[2] Lührs joined the youth department of Hannover 96 in the summer of 2018 after his beginnings in the youth department of local club TSV Bemerode. For the club, he played 36 matches in the Under 17 Bundesliga and 21 matches in the Under 19 Bundesliga, in which he scored a total of two goals. In the summer of 2022, he was promoted to the reserve team's squad in the Regionalliga Nord. At the end of October 2022, he signed his first professional contract with the club.^[3] He made his first professional appearance in the 2. Bundesliga on 8 April 2023 in a 1–6 away defeat against Hamburger SV in the starting lineup.^[4]

International career

Lührs played a total of two games for the German national under-19 team in 2021 and 2022.

References

^ Yannik Lührs at WorldFootball.net
^ "Yannik Lührs im Gespräch: Über sein Debüt, 96 und Stürmerduelle". hannover96.de (in German). Hannover 96. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
^ "Talent Yannik Lührs erhält Profivertrag bei Hannover 96". zeit.de (in German). Die Zeit. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
^ "Hannover 96: Yannik Lührs der einzige "Gewinner" beim 1:6-Debakel". neuepresse.de (in German). Neue Presse. 8 April 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.