 Stindl lining up forGermany in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Lars Edi Stindl[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (age 37)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Speyer, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder,forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991–2000 | TSV Wiesental | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2007 | Karlsruher SC | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Karlsruher SC II | 49 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Karlsruher SC | 56 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Hannover 96 | 131 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2023 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 222 | (62) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Karlsruher SC | 24 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 482 | (109) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Germany U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Germany U21 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Germany | 11 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Lars Edi Stindl (born 26 August 1988) is a German former professionalfootballer who played as anattacking midfielder. He could also play as aforward. During his career, Stindl played forKarlsruher SC,Hannover 96 andBorussia Mönchengladbach and also represented theGermany national team from 2017 to 2018. He scored the only goal in thefinal of the2017 FIFA Confederations Cup againstChile to ensure Germany's first ever title in this tournament.[3]
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Born inSpeyer, Stindl began his career in the youth teams forTSV Wiesental and joined a similar setup atKarlsruher SC in summer 2000.[4] He started his professional career with Karlsruher SC, making his first appearance on 15 March 2008 in theBundesliga. He was substituted on in the 81st minute in a 1–0 defeat toEintracht Frankfurt. On 29 November 2008, Stindl scored his first Bundesliga goal againstHannover 96. In February 2010, he announced his intention to leave Karlsruher SC. On 16 March 2010, his transfer to Hannover 96 was confirmed.[5]
On 25 March 2015 it was confirmed that Stindl would move toBorussia Mönchengladbach for the2015–16 season.[6]
On 8 August 2015, he marked his competitive debut by scoring a brace in a 4–1 win atFC St. Pauli in the first round of the2015–16 DFB-Pokal.[7]
Stindl was confirmed as Gladbach's new captain on 1 August 2016 after the retirement of previous captainMartin Stranzl and the transfer of vice-captainGranit Xhaka to Arsenal.[8]
On 23 February 2017, Stindl scored a hat-trick atACF Fiorentina'sStadio Artemio Franchi, as Borussia overturned a 3–0 aggregate deficit to qualify for theUEFA Europa LeagueRound of 16.[9]
On 15 December 2020, Stindl scored a hat-trick againstEintracht Frankfurt in theBundesliga. Two of the goals came after the 90th minute.[10]
In April 2023, Gladbach confirmed that Stindl would depart the club at the end of the2022–23 season, after eight years, following the expiration of his contract.[11][12]
On 28 April 2023,Karlsruher SC announced that Stindl would rejoin his boyhood club at the end of the2022–23 season. On 11 August 2023, he scored his first goal for the club in the first round of theDFB-Pokal against1. FC Saarbrücken, nevertheless his side got knocked out of the competition.
On 28 March 2024, Stindl announced that he would retire at the end of the season.[13][14] He played in more than 430 league matches in both the first and second division of theGerman league pyramid.[15]
Stindl is a formerGermany U20 international and has won one cap for theGermany U21.[16]
Stindl was first called up to thesenior national team in 2017, for the friendly againstDenmark on 6 June 2017, for the 2018 World Cup qualification match againstSan Marino on 10 June 2017 and for the2017 Confederations Cup to be held from 17 June to 2 July 2017.[17]
Stindl made his international debut on 6 June against Denmark, where he started for the game and played the full 90 minutes.[18]
In the opening game of the2017 FIFA Confederations Cup againstAustralia, Stindl scored his first goal for Germany in the fifth minute of the match.[19] He followed this up with his second international goal in Germany's 1–1 draw withChile three days later.[20] He repeated the feat against the same opposition in theFinal of the tournament, scoring the only goal of the match to help Germany claim the title, finishing as joint top goalscorer with three goals.[21]
On 14 November 2017 he scored a vital equaliser in the 90th minute of a friendly againstFrance (which was the last friendly match of Germany in that year and Germans were lagging behind by 1–2), which ensured Germany's unbeaten streak remaining alive in 2017.[22] His eleventh and final match was a 0-1 loss against Brazil in March 2018.[23]
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Karlsruher SC II | 2006–07[24] | Regionalliga Süd | 12 | 2 | — | — | 12 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08[25] | Regionalliga Süd | 26 | 4 | — | — | 26 | 4 | |||
| 2008–09[25] | Regionalliga Süd | 10 | 5 | — | — | 10 | 5 | |||
| 2009–10[25] | Regionalliga Süd | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 49 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 11 | ||
| Karlsruher SC | 2007–08[25] | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2008–09[25] | Bundesliga | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 4 | ||
| 2009–10[25] | 2. Bundesliga | 33 | 9 | 2 | 0 | — | 35 | 9 | ||
| Total | 56 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 13 | ||
| Hannover 96 | 2010–11[26] | Bundesliga | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 2 | |
| 2011–12[27] | Bundesliga | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13[a] | 2 | 43 | 6 | |
| 2012–13[28] | Bundesliga | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9[a] | 2 | 29 | 4 | |
| 2013–14[29] | Bundesliga | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 3 | ||
| 2014–15[30] | Bundesliga | 21 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | 22 | 11 | ||
| Total | 131 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 161 | 26 | ||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2015–16[31] | Bundesliga | 30 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6[b] | 3 | 39 | 14 |
| 2016–17[32] | Bundesliga | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 10[c] | 5 | 44 | 18 | |
| 2017–18[33] | Bundesliga | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | 34 | 6 | ||
| 2018–19[34] | Bundesliga | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 3 | ||
| 2019–20[35] | Bundesliga | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 2 | 30 | 11 | |
| 2020–21[36] | Bundesliga | 30 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 8[b] | 2 | 42 | 17 | |
| 2021–22[37] | Bundesliga | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 29 | 5 | ||
| 2022–23[38] | Bundesliga | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | 31 | 9 | ||
| Total | 222 | 62 | 21 | 9 | 28 | 12 | 271 | 83 | ||
| Career total | 458 | 105 | 32 | 12 | 50 | 16 | 540 | 133 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2017 | 10 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 4 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 June 2017 | Fisht Olympic Stadium,Sochi, Russia |  Australia | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 2 | 22 June 2017 | Kazan Arena,Kazan, Russia |  Chile | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 3 | 2 July 2017 | Krestovsky Stadium,Saint Petersburg, Russia | Chile | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 4 | 14 November 2017 | RheinEnergieStadion,Cologne, Germany |  France | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
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