Yannik Lührs

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

Club career
Born and raised in Hanover, 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. He made his first professional appearance in the 2. Bundesliga on 8 April 2023 in a 1–6 away defeat against Hamburger SV in the starting lineup.

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

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