Lennart Thy

Lennart Thy (born 25 February 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors.

Club career On 18 January 2016, Werder Bremen announced Thy would return to the club for the 2016–17 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 2–1 win over VfL Wolfsburg.

VVV-Venlo (loan) In July 2017, Werder Bremen confirmed that Thy would be loaned to Eredivisie side VVV-Venlo for the 2017–18 season.

BB Erzurumspor In July 2018, Thy left Werder Bremen permanently to join BB Erzurumspor, a newly promoted club that gained promotion to the Turkish 2018–19 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.

PEC Zwolle On 5 January 2019, Thy returned to the Eredivisie signing with PEC Zwolle on a one-and-a-half-year contract.

Sparta Rotterdam In May 2020, Thy agreed to join Sparta Rotterdam, also of the Eredivisie.

Return to PEC Zwolle 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 13–0 league victory. Thy claimed the top goalscorer's award in the Eerste Divisie for the 2022–23 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 2023–24 Eredivisie.

Lion City Sailors 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 €600,000 by Singaporean newspaper The Straits Times.

International career 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 2–1 after-extra-time.

Career statistics

Honours Lion City Sailors AFC Champions League Two runner-up: 2024–25 Singapore Premier League: 2024–25 Singapore Cup: 2024–25, 2025–26 Singapore Community Shield runner-up: 2025

Germany U17 UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2009

Individual FIFA Fair Play Award: 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship top goalscorer: 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the tournament: 2009 Eerste Divisie top goalscorer: 2022–23 Singapore Premier League Team of the Year: 2024–25