Janek Sternberg

Janek Sternberg
	Sternberg with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	19 October 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth	Bad Segeberg, Germany
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	VfB Lübeck
Number	37
Youth career
1996–2006	Leezener SC
2006–2007	SV Eichede
2007–2011	Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2013	Hamburg II
2011–2013	Hamburg
2013–2017	Werder Bremen II
2014–2017	Werder Bremen
2017–2018	Ferencváros
2018–2020	1. FC Kaiserslautern
2020–2022	Hallescher FC
2023–	VfB Lübeck
International career‡
2009	Germany U18
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 July 2019

Janek Sternberg (born 19 October 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left-back for VfB Lübeck.^[1]

Club career

Sternberg joined Werder Bremen in 2013 from Hamburger SV. After initially playing matches with Werder's reserve team, he made his first team debut in a Bundesliga game against SC Paderborn 07 on 29 November, 2014. He played the full game in a 4–0 home win.^[2]

On 21 January, 2017, Sternberg joined Ferencváros.^[3]

In May 2018, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, newly relegated to the 3. Liga, announced Sternberg would join for the 2018–19 season, having agreed a contract until 2021.^[4]

On 31 January, 2020, Sternberg joined Hallescher FC on a deal lasting until the summer of 2021.^[5]

Free agent Sternberg moved to VfB Lübeck, which placed first in the Regionalliga Nord, in January 2023.^[6] He signed a one-year contract with the option of another year.^[6]

International career

Sternberg is a youth international for Germany at the U18 level.^[7]

References

^ Janek Sternberg at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
^ "Werder Bremen vs. Paderborn - 29 November 2014". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
^ "Werder Bremen: Janek Sternberg wechselt doch zu Ferencvaros Budapest". Kreiszeitung (in German). 21 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ "Zwei Neue: FCK holt Sternberg und Biada". kicker Online (in German). 30 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
^ "HFC verpflichtet Janek Sternberg" (in German). Hallescher FC. 31 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b "VfB Lübeck: Sternberg soll Kastenhofer-Ausfall kompensieren". kicker (in German). 15 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
^ "Janek Sternberg - Spielerprofil".

External links

Janek Sternberg at WorldFootball.net

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