| Intro | German footballer | ||
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Athlete Football player Association football player |
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| From |
Germany Uganda |
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| Type | Sports | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Birth | 26 November 1994, London, Greater London, London, England | ||
| Age: | 25 years | ||
| Star sign | Sagittarius | ||
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Melvyn Lorenzen (born 26 November 1994) is a Ugandan footballer who plays for SV Werder Bremen as a left winger or as a striker. He also holds German citizenship.
Club career
Lorenzen joined SV Werder Bremen in 2013 from Holstein Kiel. He made his Bundesliga debut on 5 October 2013 against VfB Stuttgart. He replaced Eljero Elia after 88 minutes in a 1–1 draw in Stuttgart.
On 13 December 2014, Lorenzen played his first Bundesliga match as part of the starting lineup and scored in a 3–3 draw against Hannover. On 28 January 2015, Lorenzen sustained an injury to the meniscus of his right knee before undergoing surgery two days later.
Lorenzen had his first appearance of the 2015–2016 season in Werder’s 0–1 home defeat to Bayern Munich on 17 October 2015 before being substituted after 59 minutes.
International career
Lorenzen was born in London, England to an Ugandan father and a German mother. His surname comes from his mother. His father is called Drake Mugisa. In 2016, he was called up to the Ugandan national team, and made his debut in a friendly 2-0 loss to Zimbabwe on 31 May 2016.
Career statistics
- As of match played on 7 May 2016
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Werder Bremen II | 2013–14 | Regionalliga Nord | 13 | 4 | — | — | 13 | 4 | ||
| 2014–15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 3. Liga | 9 | 1 | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | ||
| Werder Bremen | 2013–14 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2015–16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Total | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 6 | ||