Lennard Sowah
Introduction '''Lennard Adjetey Sowah''' (born 23 August 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left-back for TuS Dassendorf. He has previously played for Portsmouth, Hamburger SV II, FC Vestsjælland, Heart of Midlothian and Cracovia.
Club career ===Portsmouth===Sowah originally came to England after receiving interest from Arsenal. He left Arsenal and joined Portsmouth, where he forced himself onto the periphery of the first team under both Paul Hart and Avram Grant. He was rewarded with the squad number 46 and made his first appearance on the Portsmouth bench in the League Cup win against Carlisle United. He was also named on the bench in FA Cup games against Coventry City and Sunderland. Sowah made his Premier League debut in April 2010 against Blackburn Rovers, as a substitute for Richard Hughes. His next appearance came in a 0–0 draw against Wigan Athletic, in which he played the whole of the second half.On 18 April 2010, playing against Aston Villa, Sowah became the first player born after the Premier League was formed to start a Premier League match. He was born eight days after the first Premier League matches were played. Sowah's Premier League appearances came as Portsmouth were preparing for the 2010 FA Cup Final against Chelsea, however he was an injury doubt for the final and ultimately did not feature.===Hamburger SV===On 6 July 2010, Sowah returned to his hometown and signed for Hamburger SV on a free transfer.====Millwall (loan)====Having not made a single senior appearance for Hamburger SV, he signed on loan for Championship side Millwall until the end of the season on 31 January 2012, his first return to English football since his release from Portsmouth. He failed to make an appearance for the club during his loan spell.===FC Vestsjælland===On 22 June 2014, Sowah signed a one-year contract with the Danish club FC Vestsjælland.===Return to Hamburger SV===On 29 July 2016, he returned to Hamburger SV signing a one-year contract with the reserves.===Scotland===Sowah moved to Scottish club Hamilton Academical in October 2016.He made his debut on 15 October 2016, in a 2–2 draw away to Partick Thistle. In December 2016 it was announced that Sowah would be offered a new contract by the club, however he left the club at the end of his contract on 3 January 2017.Sowah then signed for another Scottish club, Heart of Midlothian, on a contract due to run until the end of the 2016–17 season. Sowah was released by Hearts at the end of his contract in June 2017.===Cracovia===On 20 June 2017 he signed a contract with Ekstraklasa side Cracovia.===Return to Hamilton===In June 2018, he signed again with Hamilton Academical. He left Hamilton in May 2019.
International career Sowah was born to Ghanaian parents in Hamburg and as such, has both German and Ghanaian citizenship. He has represented Germany at under-16, under-18 level and under-19 level.The Ghanaian FA also declared interest in having him represent their under-20 side.
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsPortsmouth2009–10Premier League500000––50Hamburger SV II2010–11Regionalliga Nord140––––1402011–12111––––1112012–13190––––190Total441––––441Millwall (loan)2012–13Championship000000––00FC Vestsjælland2014–15Danish Superliga3010–––40Hamburger SV II2015–16Regionalliga Nord40––––40Hamilton Academical2016–17Scottish Premiership700000––70Heart of Midlothian2016–17Scottish Premiership110400000–150Cracovia2017–18Ekstraklasa7010–00–80Hamilton Academical2018–19Scottish Premiership1801020––210Career total991702000001081
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