Lennart Thy (born 25 February 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors.
On 18 January 2016, Werder Bremen announced Thy would return to the club for the 2016âÂÂ17 season. He signed a three-year contract. On 24 September 2016, he scored his first goal for the club since his return after coming on as a substitute in a 2âÂÂ1 win over VfL Wolfsburg.
In July 2017, Werder Bremen confirmed that Thy would be loaned to Eredivisie sideàVVV-Venlo for the 2017âÂÂ18 season.
In July 2018, Thy left Werder Bremen permanently to join BB Erzurumspor, a newly promoted club that gained promotion to the Turkish 2018âÂÂ19 Süper Lig.
In September 2018, Thy won the FIFA Fair Play Award during the 2018 The Best FIFA Football Awards. He had missed an Eredivisie match for VVV-Venlo against PSV Eindhoven to save the life of a leukemia patient in urgent need of matching stem cells for treatment by donating blood. Widespread coverage of this action was followed by an increase in cell donations in the Netherlands.
On 5 January 2019, Thy returned to the Eredivisie signing with PEC Zwolle on a one-and-a-half-year contract.
In May 2020, Thy agreed to join Sparta Rotterdam, also of the Eredivisie.
In June 2022, Thy returned to former club PEC Zwolle, newly relegated to the Eerste Divisie. He signed a three-year contract. On 3 March 2023, in a league match against Den Bosch, Thy came on as a substitute at half-time for Younes Taha and scored a hat-trick in a record-tying 13âÂÂ0 league victory. Thy claimed the top goalscorer's award in the Eerste Divisie for the 2022âÂÂ23 Eerste Divisie season, having scored 23 goals in 36 appearances. His remarkable contributions played a significant role in PEC's successful promotion back to the 2023âÂÂ24 Eredivisie.
On 31 May 2024, Singaporean club Lion City Sailors announced the signing of Thy on a two-year contract from PEC Zwolle. The transfer fee was undisclosed and reported as less than â¬600,000 by Singaporean newspaper The Straits Times. On 18 June, Thy made his debut in a 2âÂÂ0 win over DPMM. Despite Maxime Lestienne's equaliser in the 91st minute of the 2025 AFC Champions League Two final against Sharjah, the Sailors finished as a runner-up after conceding in the 97th minute to finish the game in a 2âÂÂ1 defeat.
Thy was joint topscorer in the tournament alongside Luc Castaignos as Germany won the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. Thy scored the equaliser to Castaignos' opener in the final as Germany beat the Netherlands 2âÂÂ1 after-extra-time.
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Germany U17
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