Dennis Grote

Dennis Grote (born 9 August 1986) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left winger or midfielder for Rot-Weiss Essen.[1] In 2009, he won the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship with the German under-21 football team.

Dennis Grote

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
Club information
Current team	Rot-Weiss Essen
Number	6
Youth career
	1. FC Kaiserslautern
	FC Vorwärts Wettringen
0000–2002	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	77	(11)
2014–2016	MSV Duisburg	56	(6)
2016–2019	Chemnitzer FC	98	(11)
2019–	Rot-Weiss Essen	15	(0)
National team
2004–2005	Germany U-19	5	(0)
2005–2006	Germany U-20	5	(0)
2007–2009	Germany U-21	14	(0)
Honours Men's football Representing  Germany UEFA European Under-21 Championship Winner 2009 Sweden
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:30, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

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 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]

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][12] He was an unused substitute against England Under 21s in the final.[13]

Career statistics

As of 25 June 2017[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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		21	6	2	0	23	6
	Total		69	9	4	0	73	9
MSV Duisburg	2014–15	3. Liga	35	6	1	0	36	6
	2015–16	2. Bundesliga	20	0	1	0	21	0
	Total		55	6	2	0	57	6
Chemnitzer FC	2016–17	3. Liga	34	2	5	2	39	4
Career total			296	27	18	4	315	31

Honours

Germany U-21

• UEFA Under-21 Championship: 2009

References

1. "Grote, Dennis" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
2. "Dennis Grote". UEFA.com. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
3. "Grote Gets Bochum Going". Sportinglife.com. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
4. "ifotbol.com". ifotbol.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011.
5. "Dennis Grote". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
6. Pyke, Chris (25 May 2010). "Transfer talk: Chelsea yet to agree a deal for Romelu Lukaku". The National. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
7. "Trialists in Frame at Farsley". Leeds United. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
8. Hay, Phil (7 August 2011). "Leeds United: Whites eye Mendy deal". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
9. "Vertrag bis 2016: MSV Duisburg verpflichtet Dennis Grote" (in German). msv-duisburg.de. 1 April 2014.
10. "Dennis Grote wird ein Himmelblauer" (in German). chemnitzerfc.de. 4 July 2016. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
11. "Dennis Grote wird Essener". Rot-Weiss Essen (in German). 8 April 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
12. "Dennis Grote". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012.
13. "Germany v England - Final". TheFA.com. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

External links

• Dennis Grote at fussballdaten.de (in German)