Lennard Sowah’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro German footballer
Is Athlete 
Football player 
Association football player 
From Germany 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 23 August 1992, Hamburg, Germany
Age: 27 years
Stats
Height: 187
Weight: 80

Lennard Adjetey Sowah (born 23 August 1992) is a German-Ghanaian professional footballer who is currently playing for Ekstraklasa club Cracovia. He has previously played for Portsmouth, Hamburger SV II, FC Vestsjælland and Hamilton Academical and Heart of Midlothian. He is a defender in the left back position, but can also play in a more advanced left wing position.

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. 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. He was born eight days after the first Premier League matches were played.

Hamburger SV

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

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.

Scotland

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

Sowah then signed for another Scottish club, Heart of Midlothian, on a contract due to run until the end of the 2016–17 season.

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.

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 and more recently, under-18 level.

The Ghanaian FA have also declared interest in having him represent their under-20 side.

Career statistics

As of match played 29 January 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Portsmouth 2009–10 Premier League 5 0 0 0 0 0 – – 5 0
Hamburger SV II 2010–11 Regionalliga Nord 14 0 – – – – 14 0
2011–12 11 1 – – – – 11 1
2012–13 19 0 – – – – 19 0
Total 44 1 – – – – 44 1
Millwall (loan) 2012–13 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
FC Vestsjælland 2014–15 Danish Superliga 3 0 1 0 – – – 4 0
Hamburger SV II 2015–16 Regionalliga Nord 4 0 – – – – 4 0
Hamilton Academical 2016–17 Scottish Premiership 7 0 0 0 0 0 – – 7 0
Heart of Midlothian 2016–17 Scottish Premiership 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 – 15 0
Career total 74 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 – 79 1
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