Lennart Thy

Lennart Thy (born 25 February 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors. Thy won the FIFA Fair Play Award during the 2018 The Best FIFA Football Awards.

Club career
On 18 January 2016, Werder Bremen announced Thy would be returning 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 gain 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. On 18 June, Thy made his debut in a 2–0 win over DPMM.

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 Netherlands 2–1 after-extra-time.

Honours
Germany
 * UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2009

Individual
 * FIFA Fair Play Award: 2018
 * UEFA European Under-17 Championship top goalscorer: 2009
 * Eredivisie Team of the Month: May 2022
 * Eerste Divisie top goalscorer: 2022–23
 * Eerste Divisie Team of the Year: 2022–23