Simon Lorenz (born 30 March 1997) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for club

FC Ingolstadt 04 Fußballclub Ingolstadt 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Ingolstadt 04 or FC Ingolstadt, is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingolsta ...

. Lorenz started his career at 1899 Hoffenheim, debuting for their reserve team in 2016. He made his debut for their first team in the

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in December 2017. He joined

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...

of the 2. Bundesliga in January 2018, before spending the 2018–19 season on loan at

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side

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. He signed for fellow 2. Bundesliga side

Holstein Kiel Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., commonly known as Holstein Kiel () or KSV Holstein, is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s through the 1960s, the club was o ...

in summer 2020.

Early life

Born in

Buchen Buchen (; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Buche'') is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is situated in the Odenwald low mountain range, 23 km northeast of the regional center Mosbach. Geography Buchen is situa ...

, Lorenz attended Wilhelmi-Gymnasium in

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Club career

1899 Hoffenheim

After playing youth football for TSV Sulzbach and SV Schefflenz, he joined

1899 Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V. (), commonly known as TSG Hoffenheim (), are a German professional football club based in Sinsheim. Originally founded in 1899 as a gymnastics club, Hoffenheim came into being in their modern for ...

's academy in the summer of 2009. In summer 2016, he was promoted to their

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. He scored 4 goals in 35 matches in the

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ('Regional League Southwest') is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with t ...

across the 2016–17 season. He made his senior debut for the club in a 1–1

draw against

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on 7 December 2017. He scored 3 in 17 in the Regionalliga Südwest across the 2017–18 season.

VfL Bochum

On 31 January 2018, Lorenz signed for

on a contract until summer 2020, but failed to appear for their first team during the 2017–18 season. In July 2018, Lorenz signed for

of the

on a year-long loan deal. He made his debut for the club on 28 July 2018 as a half-time substitute in a 1–0 defeat against

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in the opening game of the season. He made his starting debut for the club on 4 August 2018 and scored the opening goal of the game with a 13th-minute header in a 5–1 win at home to

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. He appeared in 37 of the club's 38 league matches across the 2018–19 season, missing just the final match of the season, and scored 3 goals. Lorenz returned to VfL Bochum for the 2019–20 season, and made his debut for the club in the 3–1 defeat to

SSV Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn, is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club plays their home games at Jahnstadion Regen ...

on 28 July 2019. He scored his first goal for the club on 4 November 2019 with the second goal of a 3–1 win over 1. FC Nürnberg. He made 17 appearances and scored once in the league across the 2019–20 season. His contract was not renewed at the end of the season.

Holstein Kiel

In June 2020, Lorenz signed for fellow 2. Bundesliga club

on a free transfer on a three-year contract. He made his debut for the club in a 7–1

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victory over 1. FC Rielasingen-Arlen on 13 September 2020. He made his league debut for the club on 24 January 2021 in a 2–0 victory over

SV Darmstadt 98 Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German professional association football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was bri ...

. He was part of the Kiel team that reached the semi-finals of the

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, where they lost 5–0 to

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...

on 1 May 2021.

FC Ingolstadt

On 5 July 2023, Lorenz signed for

on a free transfer.

International career

Lorenz was called up to the Germany national under-18 team once but failed to make an appearance.

Style of play

He played as both an

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and

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in his youth career but transitioned to play as a

for their reserve team.

Career statistics

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lorenz, Simon 1997 births Living people People from Buchen Footballers from Karlsruhe (region) German men's footballers Men's association football defenders TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players VfL Bochum players TSV 1860 Munich players Holstein Kiel players FC Ingolstadt 04 players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players 21st-century German sportsmen