Leon Pöhls
{{Short description|German footballer (born 1997)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Leon Pöhls
|image =
|full_name = Leon-Maurice Pöhls{{Worldfootball.net|leon-poehls}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|5|1|df=y}}
|birth_place = Hamburg, Germany
|position = Goalkeeper
|currentclub = Shamrock Rovers
|clubnumber = 97
|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2014
|youthclubs1 = Eintracht Norderstedt
|youthyears2 = 2015–2016
|youthclubs2 = IMG Academy
|youthyears3 = 2016–2019
|youthclubs3 = i2i Academy
|years1 = 2016–2019
|clubs1 = Tadcaster Albion
|caps1 =
|goals1 =
|years2 = 2019–
|clubs2 = Shamrock Rovers
|caps2 = 55
|goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2020
|clubs3 = Shamrock Rovers II
|caps3 = 10
|goals3 = 0
|club-update = 5 January 2025
}}
Leon-Maurice Pöhls (born 1 May 1997) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for League of Ireland Premier Division club Shamrock Rovers.
Early life
Pöhls studied international business management at York St John University.{{cite web |last1=Stadnischenko |first1=Henrik |title=Hamburger Irland-Legionär Pöhls im Interview: Meister mit den Rovers |trans-title=Hamburg Ireland international Pöhls in an interview: Champion with the Rovers |url=https://www.transfermarkt.de/irland-legionar-pohls-im-interview-fur-mich-ist-ein-traum-in-erfullung-gegangen-quot-/view/news/430268 |website=Transfermarkt |access-date=19 February 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240219041935/https://www.transfermarkt.de/irland-legionar-pohls-im-interview-fur-mich-ist-ein-traum-in-erfullung-gegangen-quot-/view/news/430268 |archive-date=19 February 2024 |language=German |date=19 November 2023}}
Career
Pöhls started his senior career with English side Tadcaster Albion in 2016, where he spent three seasons before moving to League of Ireland Premier Division side Shamrock Rovers in 2019,{{Cite web|url=https://www.tadalbion.com/news/breaking-news--goalkeeper-moves-on-2396586.html|title=BREAKING NEWS | Goalkeeper Moves On|website=www.tadalbion.com}} helping the club win the league.{{cite news |last1=O'Hehir |first1=Paul |title=Leon Pohls eager for more after answering Shamrock Rovers SOS |url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/leon-pohls-eager-more-after-26479665 |access-date=19 February 2024 |work=Irish Mirror Online |date=16 March 2022}} Since joining the club, Pöhls became the second-choice goalkeeper behind Alan Mannus, but made 14 league appearances in the 2023 season while Mannus was out of action with a finger injury.{{cite news |last1=McDonnell |first1=Daniel |title=Leon Pohls will be No 1 for Shamrock Rovers next year |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/leon-pohls-will-be-no-1-for-shamrock-rovers-next-year/a688342302.html |access-date=19 February 2024 |work=Irish Independent |date=31 October 2023}} In October 2023 Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley announced Pöhls would become the club’s first choice goalkeeper for the 2024 season, succeeding Mannus who retired. Shamrock Rovers finished second place in the Premier Division, narrowly missing out on the league title on the last day of the season.{{cite news |title=Irlands Rekordmeister fehlen fünf Minuten: Shelbourne löst Rovers ab |trans-title=Ireland's record champions missing five minutes: Shelbourne succeed Rovers |url=https://www.kicker.de/shamrock-gegen-waterford-2024-league-of-ireland-4899062/spielbericht |access-date=3 November 2024 |work=Kicker |date=1 November 2024 |language=German}}
Personal life
Pöhls is a native of Hamburg, Germany.{{cite news |last1=Bonk |first1=Lennart |title="Ich schmiss mein Studium und flog direkt nach Irland" |trans-title="I dropped out of university and flew straight to Ireland" |url=https://11freunde.de/artikel/leon-poehls-interview/9799447 |access-date=19 February 2024 |work=11Freunde |date=2 December 2023 |language=German}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 3 July 2024}}{{cite web |title=L. Pöhls |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/leon-pohls/596451/ |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=19 February 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="7"|Shamrock Rovers
|2019 |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020
|LOI Premier Division |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in the League of Ireland Cup}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021
|LOI Premier Division |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022
|LOI Premier Division |3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in the UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2023
|LOI Premier Division |15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3{{efn|Appearances in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 0 | 1{{efn|name=POI Cup|Appearance in the President of Ireland's Cup}} | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 2024
|LOI Premier Division |21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=POI Cup}} | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 0 | |
| Shamrock Rovers II
|2020 |10 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!51 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 0 |
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References
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{{Shamrock Rovers F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pohls, Leon}}
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Hamburg
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:League of Ireland players
Category:Tadcaster Albion A.F.C. players
Category:Shamrock Rovers F.C. players
Category:German expatriate men's footballers
Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Ireland
Category:Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland
Category:German expatriate sportspeople in England