Lennard Sowah

Lennard Adjetey Sowah (born 23 August 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left-back for TuS Dassendorf. He has previously played for Portsmouth, Hamburger SV II, FC Vestsjælland, Heart of Midlothian and Cracovia.

Lennard Sowah
Personal information
Full name Lennard Adjetey Sowah[1]
Date of birth (1992-08-23) 23 August 1992
Place of birth Hamburg, Germany
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 TuS Dassendorf
Number 14
Youth career
2004–2006 SC Urania Hamburg
2006–2007 FC St. Pauli
2007 Arsenal
2007–2010 Portsmouth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Portsmouth 5 (0)
2010–2013 Hamburger SV 0 (0)
2010–2013 Hamburger SV II 44 (0)
2012 → Millwall (loan) 0 (0)
2014–2015 FC Vestsjælland 3 (0)
2015–2016 Hamburger SV II 4 (0)
2016–2017 Hamilton Academical 7 (0)
2017 Heart of Midlothian 11 (0)
2017–2018 Cracovia 7 (0)
2018–2019 Hamilton Academical 18 (0)
2021– TuS Dassendorf 30 (0)
International career
2008 Germany U16 2 (0)
2010 Germany U18 1 (0)
2010 Germany U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2022

Club career

Portsmouth

Sowah originally came to England after receiving interest from Arsenal. He left Arsenal and joined Portsmouth, where he forced himself onto the periphery of the first team under both Paul Hart and Avram Grant. He was rewarded with the squad number 46 and made his first appearance on the Portsmouth bench in the League Cup win against Carlisle United.[2] He was also named on the bench in FA Cup games against Coventry City and Sunderland. Sowah made his Premier League debut in April 2010 against Blackburn Rovers, as a substitute for Richard Hughes. His next appearance came in a 0–0 draw against Wigan Athletic, in which he played the whole of the second half.

On 18 April 2010, playing against Aston Villa, Sowah became the first player born after the Premier League was formed to start a Premier League match.[3] He was born eight days after the first Premier League matches were played. Sowah's Premier League appearances came as Portsmouth were preparing for the 2010 FA Cup Final against Chelsea, however he was an injury doubt for the final and ultimately did not feature.[4]

Hamburger SV

On 6 July 2010, Sowah returned to his hometown and signed for Hamburger SV on a free transfer.[5][6]

Millwall (loan)

Having not made a single senior appearance for Hamburger SV, he signed on loan for Championship side Millwall until the end of the season on 31 January 2012, his first return to English football since his release from Portsmouth. He failed to make an appearance for the club during his loan spell.

FC Vestsjælland

On 22 June 2014, Sowah signed a one-year contract with the Danish club FC Vestsjælland.

Return to Hamburger SV

On 29 July 2016, he returned to Hamburger SV signing a one-year contract with the reserves.[7]

Scotland

Sowah moved to Scottish club Hamilton Academical in October 2016.[8] He made his debut on 15 October 2016, in a 2–2 draw away to Partick Thistle.[9] In December 2016 it was announced that Sowah would be offered a new contract by the club,[10] however he left the club at the end of his contract on 3 January 2017.[11][12]

Sowah then signed for another Scottish club, Heart of Midlothian, on a contract due to run until the end of the 2016–17 season.[13] Sowah was released by Hearts at the end of his contract in June 2017.

Cracovia

On 20 June 2017 he signed a contract with Ekstraklasa side Cracovia.[14]

Return to Hamilton

In June 2018, he signed again with Hamilton Academical.[15] He left Hamilton in May 2019.[16][17]

International career

Sowah was born to Ghanaian parents in Hamburg and as such, has both German and Ghanaian citizenship. He has represented Germany at under-16,[18] under-18 level and under-19 level.[19] The Ghanaian FA also declared interest in having him represent their under-20 side.[20]

Career statistics
As of 20 June 2019[21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Portsmouth 2009–10 Premier League 500000––50
Hamburger SV II 2010–11 Regionalliga Nord 140––––140
2011–12 111––––111
2012–13 190––––190
Total 441––––441
Millwall (loan) 2012–13 Championship 000000––00
FC Vestsjælland 2014–15 Danish Superliga 3010–––40
Hamburger SV II 2015–16 Regionalliga Nord 40––––40
Hamilton Academical 2016–17 Scottish Premiership 700000––70
Heart of Midlothian 2016–17 Scottish Premiership 110400000–150
Cracovia 2017–18 Ekstraklasa 7010–00–80
Hamilton Academical 2018–19 Scottish Premiership 1801020––210
Career total 991702000001081

References
  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/06/2010 and 30/06/2010" (PDF). The Football. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  2. "Carlisle 1–3 Portsmouth". BBC News. 22 September 2009.
  3. "Premier League milestone for Sowah". Premier League. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  4. "FA Cup final: Ivanovic doubtful for Blues". RTE. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  5. "Sowah seals Hamburg switch". Sky Sports. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  6. "HSV verpflichtet Lennard Sowah Mit Lennard Sowah kommt ein weiterer Hamburger Jung zum HSV". Hsv.de. 31 May 2010. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  7. "Sowah zurück beim HSV II". kicker Online (in German). 29 July 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  8. "Lennard Sowah signs". hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  9. "Hamilton let lead slip again, but Eamonn Brophy snatches point against Thistle". The Scotsman. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  10. "Hamilton: Darian MacKinnon signs new deal, Lennard Sowah to follow". BBC Sport. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  11. "Players departing". Hamilton Academical F.C. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  12. "Hamilton: Richard Roy, Lennard Sowah and Robbie Thomson exit". BBC Sport. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  13. "Aaron Hughes: Hearts sign Northern Ireland defender & Lennard Sowah". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  14. "Lennard Sowah piłkarzem Cracovii" (in Polish). 90minut. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  15. "Lennard Sowah: Hamilton Academical sign defender for second time". BBC Sport. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  16. "Player Departures". Hamilton Academical F.C. 21 May 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  17. "Hamilton: Eight players leave after safety secured". BBC Sport. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  18. "DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. – Team". Dfb.de. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  19. "DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. – Statistik". Dfb.de. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  20. "Africans eye up Pompey starlet – Portsmouth Today". Portsmouth.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  21. Lennard Sowah at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
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