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Dennis Grote Personal information Full name Dennis Grote Date of birth 9 August 1986 Place of birth Kaiserslautern, West Germany Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Playing position Left winger / Midfielder Youth career 1. FC Kaiserslautern FC Vorwärts Wettringen –2002 SC 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) National team‡ 2005 Germany U-19 2006 Germany U-20 2007–2009 Germany U-21 14 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 06:05, 11 June 2009 (UTC)Dennis Grote (born 9 August 1986 in Kaiserslautern) is a German footballer. He played as a left winger and midfielder for VfL Bochum and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.[1] In 2009, he won the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship with Germany national under-21 football team.
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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 came as an amateur in five league games are used. In summer 2005 he signed his professional contract.
It was 2005 in the German U-19 junior selection. In 2006 he was appointed to the U-20 national team. In February 2007 he was called up for the first time in the Germany Under-21 national team.
On 16 December 2005, he scored his first goal in the 88th Minute for a 1–0 victory in the second division match against Unterhaching. Easter Monday 2006, he earned promotion with VfL Bochum to the Bundesliga after winning 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 in a 1–0 victory for Bochum in November 2009.[3][4] In his final season at Bochum during the 2010–11 season he only played eight times for them in the 1. 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 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 get two assists in the match for fellow German trialist Felix Luz.[8]
International career
Grote has 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.[9][10] He was an unused substitute against England Under 21's in the final.[11]
Honours
Germany Under 21's
- UEFA Under-21 Championship: 2009
Bochum
- Promotion to the first Bundesliga 2006 with VfL Bochum
Club performance League Cup Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Germany League DFB-Pokal Total 2003–04 VfL Bochum II Oberliga Westfalen 2 0 – 2 0 2004–05 4 0 – 4 0 2004–05 VfL Bochum Bundesliga 5 0 0 0 5 0 2005–06 VfL Bochum II Oberliga Westfalen 12 2 1 0 13 2 2005–06 VfL Bochum 2. Bundesliga 9 1 0 0 9 1 2006–07 VfL Bochum II Oberliga Westfalen 6 0 – 6 0 2004–05 VfL Bochum Bundesliga 16 1 1 0 17 1 2007–08 VfL Bochum II Oberliga Westfalen 6 0 – 6 0 2007–08 VfL Bochum Bundesliga 18 1 2 1 20 1 2008–09 VfL Bochum II Regionalliga West 4 1 – 4 1 2008–09 VfL Bochum Bundesliga 20 3 1 0 21 3 2009–10 VfL Bochum II Regionalliga West 7 0 – 7 0 2009–10 VfL Bochum Bundesliga 10 1 1 0 11 1 2010–11 2. Bundesliga 7 0 1 0 8 0 2010–11 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 13 0 0 0 13 0 Total Germany 139 10 7 1 146 11 Career total 139 10 7 1 146 11 References
- ^ "Grote, Dennis" (in German). kicker.de. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/2-bundesliga/2010-11/vfl-bochum-8/34419/spieler_dennis-grote.html. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player%3D99358/profile/index.html
- ^ http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/09/11/22/SOCCER_Hamburg_Nightlead.html
- ^ http://www.ifotbol.com/f_photos_details.php?image_id=2c5f6ef03bc666c02cbe83d840102a4e
- ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/84737/dennis-grote?cc=5739
- ^ http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/transfer-talk-chelsea-yet-to-agree-a-deal-for-lukaku
- ^ http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20110805/trialists-in-frame-at-farsley_2247585_2411198
- ^ http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/latest-whites-news/leeds_united_whites_eye_mendy_deal_1_3656288?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
- ^ http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player%3D99358/profile/index.html
- ^ http://www.skysports.com/football/euro2008/player-profiles/0,23132,16266_132204,00.html
- ^ http://www.thefa.com/England/mens-under-21s/News/match-centre/2009/Germany%20v%20England%20-%20Final
External links
- Dennis Grote at fussballdaten.de (German)
Germany squad – 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Winners (1st Title) 
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen – current squad Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- German footballers
- German people of Dutch descent
- VfL Bochum players
- VfL Bochum II players
- Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players
- Germany under-21 international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
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