Tjark Ernst (born 15 March 2003) is a German professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

for 2. Bundesliga club

Hertha BSC Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC () or Hertha Berlin, is a German professional football club based in Berlin. Hertha BSC plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football league system, German footbal ...

Club career

Ernst is a youth product of the German clubs TSG Niederdorfelden, DJK Arminia Bochum and

Bochum Bochum (, ; ; ; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 372,348 (April 2023), it is the sixth-largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federa ...

. On 12 February 2022, he first made a senior match day squad as the backup goalkeeper for Bochum in a

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

match against

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional football team, ...

. On 30 June 2022, he transferred to

on a contract until 2026 and was originally assigned to their reserves. He made his senior and professional debut with Hertha in a 2–1

win over

Wolfsburg Wolfsburg (; Eastphalian language, Eastphalian: ''Wulfsborg'') is the fifth-largest city in the Germany, German state of Lower Saxony, on the river Aller (Germany), Aller east of Hanover and west of Berlin. Wolfsburg is famous as the locat ...

on 27 May 2023.

International career

Ernst is a youth international for Germany, having played at every youth level for them. In September 2023, he was called up to the Germany U21s for a

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification The 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification was a men's under-21 national football team competition that determined the 15 teams that joined the automatically qualified hosts Slovakia in the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship ...

match.

Personal life

Ernst's father

Thomas Ernst Thomas Ernst (born 23 December 1967) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Ernst was born in Wiesbaden, Hesse. He started playing professionally with Eintracht Frankfurt. At the Hessian club, he could o ...

was also a professional football

, and his mother Kerstin Pohlmann was also a professional footballer.

Career statistics

Honours

Germany U21 *

UEFA European Under-21 Championship The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the comp ...

runner-up:

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ernst, Tjark 2003 births Living people Footballers from Stuttgart German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers VfL Bochum players Hertha BSC players Hertha BSC II players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players 21st-century German sportsmen Germany men's under-21 international footballers