Chris Löwe
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| Full name | Chris Jorg Löwe[1] | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 April 1989 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Plauen, East Germany | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Left back | |||||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||||
Current team | Huddersfield Town | |||||||||||
| Number | 15 | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| –2002 | 1. FC Wacker Plauen | |||||||||||
| 2002–2007 | Chemnitzer FC | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Chemnitzer FC | 85 | (9) | |||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Borussia Dortmund | 7 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Borussia Dortmund II | 6 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2013–2016 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 99 | (4) | |||||||||
| 2016– | Huddersfield Town | 41 | (2) | |||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:00, 29 May 2017 (UTC). | ||||||||||||
Chris Jorg Löwe (German pronunciation: [kʀɪs ˈløːvə]; born 16 April 1989) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left back for Premier League club Huddersfield Town.
Career
Chemnitzer FC
Löwe began his career in the youth of 1. FC Wacker Plauen and Chemnitzer FC and was promoted in the 2007–08 season to the first team.
Borussia Dortmund
Löwe was sold to Borussia Dortmund for €200,000 and signed a four-year contract. Löwe earned his first competitive appearance for Dortmund in the 2011 DFL-Supercup against rivals FC Schalke 04 on 23 July 2011. In the club's league opener on 5 August 2011, Löwe started in the back four helping his side to a 3–1 victory over HSV.[2]
1. FC Kaiserslautern
In 2013, Löwe was sold to 1. FC Kaiserslautern for €500,000 and signed a contract that will last to 2016.
Huddersfield Town
In 2016, Löwe signed a pre-contract agreement with Huddersfield Town on a 3-year deal having being out of contract in the summer at 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He made his debut for the Terriers in their 2–1 win over Brentford on 6 August 2016. Löwe scored his first goal for Huddersfield scoring the opener in a 2–1 win over Barnsley on 20 August 2016.[3] Löwe helped Huddersfield progress to the Championship Playoff Final in a penalty shoot out against Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-3 win as the tie ended 1-1 on aggregate on 17 May 2017.[4] He the went on to score in the penalty shootout against Reading FC at Wembley Stadium which resulted in a 4-3 win after drawing 0-0 in 120 minutes, gaining Huddersfield promotion to the Premier League on 29 May 2017.[5]
Career statistics
- As of match played 11 March 2017[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chemnitzer FC | 2008–09 | Regionalliga Nord | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | Regionalliga Nord | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 4 | |||
| 2010–11 | Regionalliga Nord | 34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 4 | |||
| Total | 85 | 9 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 88 | 9 | ||||
| Borussia Dortmund II | 2011–12 | Regionalliga West | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | 3. Liga | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Borussia Dortmund | 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2012–13 | 2. Bundesliga | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 2. Bundesliga | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 1 | |||
| 2014–15 | 2. Bundesliga | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 2 | |||
| 2015–16 | 2. Bundesliga | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | |||
| Total | 99 | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 108 | 4 | |||
| Huddersfield Town | 2016–17 | Championship | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| Career total | 230 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 246 | 14 | ||
Honours
Borussia Dortmund[7]
Huddersfield Town Championship Play-Off Final 2017
References
- ↑ "Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ↑ "Borussia Dortmund 3 - 1 Hamburg SV". ESPN Soccernet. 5 August 2011. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ↑ "Huddersfield Town 2-1 Barnsley". BBC. 20 August 2016.
- ↑ "Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Huddersfield Town (agg: 1-1, 3-4 pens)". BBC. 17 May 2017.
- ↑ "Huddersfield Town 0-0 Reading (4-3 pens)". BBC. 29 May 2017.
- ↑ "C. LÖWE". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ↑ Chris Löwe at Soccerway
External links
- Chris Löwe at worldfootball.net
- Chris Löwe at Fussballdaten (in German)
- Chris Löwe at Soccerbase
