 Grote in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 August 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kaiserslautern, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Preußen Münster | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |||||||||||||||||
| FC Vorwärts Wettringen | |||||||||||||||||
| –2002 | 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 | 82 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | MSV Duisburg | 55 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Chemnitzer FC | 98 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 71 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Wacker Innsbruck | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Preußen Münster | 32 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Germany U-19 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Germany U-20 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Germany U-21 | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Dennis Grote (born 9 August 1986) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Preußen Münster.[1] In 2009, he won the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship with the Germany under-21 national team.
Club 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 SV 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]
He moved to Chemnitzer FC for the 2016–17 season.[10] After three season at the club, he moved to Rot-Weiss Essen ahead of the 2019–20 season. The deal was announced already on 8 April 2019 and he penned a two-year contract.[11]
On 7 February 2022, Grote was released from his contract with Rot-Weiss Essen and signed a contract until the end of the 2021–22 season with Wacker Innsbruck in Austria.[12]
On 13 July 2022, Grote, who was free again after the bankruptcy of Wacker Innsbruck, signed a contract with Preußen Münster.[13]
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][14] He was an unused substitute against England Under 21s in the final.[15]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| 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 |
| Preußen Münster | 2011–12 | 3. Liga | 12 | 1 | – | 12 | 1 | |
| 2012–13 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 9 | ||
| Total | 82 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 86 | 12 | ||
| MSV Duisburg | 2014–15 | 3. Liga | 35 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 6 |
| 2015–16 | 2. Bundesliga | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Total | 55 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 6 | ||
| Chemnitzer FC | 2016–17 | 3. Liga | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| 2017–18 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | Regionalliga Nordost | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 7 | |
| Total | 98 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 11 | ||
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 2019–20 | Regionalliga West | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 10 | ||
| 2021–22 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||
| Total | 63 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 11 | ||
| Career total | 437 | 50 | 19 | 2 | 456 | 52 | ||
Honours
Germany U21
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.
- ↑ "ifotbol.com". 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 wird ein Himmelblauer" (in German). chemnitzerfc.de. 4 July 2016. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ "Dennis Grote wird Essener". Rot-Weiss Essen (in German). 8 April 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ↑ "Dennis Grote zum FC Wacker Innsbruck" (Press release) (in German). Wacker Innsbruck. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ↑ "Das sagt Dennis Grote über seine Wacker- und RWE-Zeit" (Press release) (in German). 16 September 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Dennis Grote » Club matches". worldfootball.net.
External links
- Dennis Grote at fussballdaten.de (in German)