Vitaly Janelt
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Vitaly Janelt (born 10 May 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Brentford.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vitaly Janelt[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1998-05-10) 10 May 1998 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Brentford | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2007 | Bargfelder SV | ||
2007–2010 | SSC Hagen Ahrensburg | ||
2010–2014 | Hamburger SV | ||
2014–2017 | RB Leipzig | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | RB Leipzig II | 6 | (0) |
2016–2018 | RB Leipzig | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → VfL Bochum (loan) | 20 | (0) |
2018–2020 | VfL Bochum | 33 | (2) |
2020– | Brentford | 145 | (11) |
International career | |||
2013 | Germany U15 | 2 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Germany U17 | 16 | (4) |
2016 | Germany U19 | 2 | (0) |
2019 | Germany U20 | 1 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Germany U21 | 10 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:10, 19 May 2024 (UTC) |
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Janelt is a product of the Hamburger SV and RB Leipzig academies and made his professional breakthrough at VfL Bochum in 2017, before moving to England to join Brentford in 2020. He was capped by Germany at youth level and was a part of the 2021 European U21 Championship-winning squad.