| Intro | German footballer | |||
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Athlete Football player Association football player |
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Germany Uganda |
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| Type | Sports | |||
| Gender | male | |||
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26 November 1994, London, England, UK |
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| Age | 26 years | |||
| Star sign | Sagittarius | |||
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Melvyn Lorenzen (born 26 November 1994) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a left winger or as a striker. He also holds German citizenship.
Club career
Werder Bremen
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.
He was released by Werder Bremen after playing for the reserves in the 2016–17 season. In his time at the club, he made a total of 14 Bundesliga appearances scoring one goal.
ADO Den Haag
In late July 2017, Lorenzen joined Eredivisie side ADO Den Haag on a two-year contract. He made his debut against FC Utrecht in a 3–0 loss at home.
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 7 June 2019
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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| 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 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 3. Liga | 9 | 1 | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 30 | 2 | — | 30 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 54 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 7 | ||
| 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 | ||
| ADO Den Haag | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 2018–19 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
| Total | 42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 110 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 114 | 11 | ||