Yannik Lührs

Yannik Luka Lührs (born 9 September 2003) is a German professional footballer who plays for Borussia Dortmund II^[2] as a centre-back.

Yannik Lührs

Personal information
Full name	Yannik Luka Lührs
Date of birth	(2003-09-09) 9 September 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Hanover, Germany
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Borussia Dortmund II
Number	34
Youth career
0000–2018	TSV Bemerode
2018–2022	Hannover 96
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–2024	Hannover 96 II	22	(0)
2023–2024	Hannover 96	10	(0)
2024–	Borussia Dortmund II	33	(1)
2024–	Borussia Dortmund	3	(0)
International career‡
2021–2022	Germany U19	2	(0)
2024–	Germany U20	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12:10, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Born and raised in Hanover,^[3] Lührs joined the youth department of Hannover 96 in the summer of 2018 after his beginnings in the youth department of local club TSV Bemerode. For the club, he played 36 matches in the Under 17 Bundesliga and 21 matches in the Under 19 Bundesliga, in which he scored a total of two goals. In the summer of 2022, he was promoted to the reserve team's squad in the Regionalliga Nord. At the end of October 2022, he signed his first professional contract with the club.^[4] He made his first professional appearance in the 2. Bundesliga on 8 April 2023 in a 6–1 away defeat against Hamburger SV in the starting lineup.^[5]

Lührs joined Borussia Dortmund II on a two-year contract starting in the 2024–25 season.^[6]

International career

Lührs played a total of two games for the German national under-19 team in 2021 and 2022.

Career statistics

As of match played 10 January 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hannover 96 II	2021–22	Regionalliga Südwest	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	2022–23	Regionalliga Südwest	14	0	—		—		—		14	0
	2023–24	Regionalliga Südwest	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	Total		22	0	—		—		—		22	0
Hannover 96	2022–23	2. Bundesliga	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	2023–24	2. Bundesliga	6	0	0	0	—		—		6	0
	Total		10	0	0	0	—		—		10	0
Borussia Dortmund II	2024–25	3. Liga	14	0	—		—		—		14	0
Borussia Dortmund	2024–25	Bundesliga	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
career total			49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	0