Lars Unnerstall

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Lars Unnerstall
Unnerstall with Twente in 2024
Personal information
Full name Lars Unnerstall[1]
Date of birth (1990-07-20) 20 July 1990 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth Ibbenbüren, West Germany[1]
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Twente
Number 1
Youth career
1994–2002 SV Uffeln
2002–2005 Grün-Weiß Steinbeck
2005–2008 Preußen Münster
2008–2009 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Schalke 04 II 54 (0)
2011–2014 Schalke 04 34 (0)
2014 → Aarau (loan) 16 (0)
2014–2017 Fortuna Düsseldorf 10 (0)
2017–2018 VVV-Venlo 32 (0)
2018–2021 PSV 15 (0)
2018–2019 → VVV-Venlo (loan) 33 (0)
2019–2021 Jong PSV 2 (0)
2021– Twente 144 (0)
International career
2010 Germany U20 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 December 2025

Lars Unnerstall (born 20 July 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club Twente.

Club career

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Schalke 04

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Unnerstall with Schalke 04 in 2011

Born in Ibbenbüren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Unnerstall finished his development at FC Schalke 04 after joining at the age of 18.[2] In April 2010, after featuring regularly for the B team, he signed a professional contract until 2012.[3]

For the 2011–12 season, coach Ralf Rangnick announced Unnerstall as second-choice behind Ralf Fährmann.[4] His professional debut took place on 31 July 2011, in an 11–1 away win against FC Teningen in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.[5] In October, he agreed to an extension until June 2013.[6]

On 15 October 2011, after Fährmann's ejection early in the game, Unnerstall made his Bundesliga debut, in an eventual 1–2 home defeat to 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[7] After it was revealed the former had suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury[8] he became the starter,[9] remaining as such even after the signing of veteran Timo Hildebrand[10][11][12] and earning praise from manager Huub Stevens.[13]

Unnerstall agreed to a new deal until 2015 before the 2012–13 campaign started.[14] He continued to battle with Hildebrand for starting duties,[15][16][17] and was also first choice during the team's run in the UEFA Champions League;[18] he also committed several mistakes in home matches, which led to fan criticism.[19][20]

During the 2013 off-season, Unnerstall was linked a move away from the club.[21][22] Nothing came of it, however, and he remained as third-choice behind Fährmann and Hildebrand.[23]

On 24 January 2014, Unnerstall was loaned to Swiss Super League side FC Aarau.[24][25] His first match took place eight days later, in a 1–1 draw against FC St. Gallen;[26] he was later chosen Player of the Month for this display.[27][28]

Fortuna Düsseldorf

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Unnerstall as a Fortuna Düsseldorf player (2014)

On 21 May 2014, Unnerstall joined Fortuna Düsseldorf as a replacement for Fabian Giefer,[29] for a reported fee of €250,000.[30] He spent most of his tenure as backup to Michael Rensing,[31] featuring rarely in the 2. Bundesliga[32][33][34] and adding two appearances in the 2015–16 edition of the domestic cup.[35][36]

Increasingly frustrated with his lack of playing time,[37][38][39] and occasionally demoted to the reserves,[40] Unnerstall was also afflicted with pneumonia in early 2017.[41]

VVV and PSV

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Unnerstall signed a two-year deal with VVV-Venlo in June 2017, for an undisclosed fee.[42] On 18 May of the following year he agreed to a three-year contract at fellow Eredivisie team PSV Eindhoven, being immediately loaned to his previous club.[43]

After a series of poor performances from regular starter Jeroen Zoet in autumn 2019, Unnerstall became first choice for PSV.[44] He finished the season with 14 league appearances.

In the 2020–21 campaign, however, Mark van Bommel's successor Roger Schmidt preferred the newly recruited Yvon Mvogo, and Unnerstall was demoted to backup once again.[45] Due to a tight schedule in the autumn of 2020, he played the full match against Sparta Rotterdam on 29 November, a 1–0 win.[46]

Twente

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On 2 March 2021, Unnerstall agreed to join FC Twente also of the Dutch top division as of 1 July.[47]

International career

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In September 2010, Unnerstall was called by the German under-20 team, featuring against Switzerland[48] and Poland the following month.[49] On 31 August 2011 he was selected to the under-21s,[50] but did not appear in any games with the latter.

Career statistics

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As of match played on 14 December 2025[51][52][53]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Schalke 04 2010–11 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
2011–12 Bundesliga 21 0 3 0 5[a] 0 – 29 0
2012–13 Bundesliga 13 0 0 0 5[b] 0 – 18 0
2013–14 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 34 0 3 0 10 0 – 47 0
Aarau 2013–14 Swiss Super League 16 0 0 0 – – 16 0
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2014–15 2. Bundesliga 10 0 0 0 – – 10 0
2015–16 2. Bundesliga 0 0 2 0 – – 2 0
2016–17 2. Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Total 10 0 2 0 – – 12 0
VVV-Venlo 2017–18 Eredivisie 32 0 0 0 – – 32 0
2018–19 Eredivisie 33 0 1 0 – – 34 0
Total 65 0 1 0 – – 66 0
PSV 2019–20 Eredivisie 14 0 2 0 2[a] 0 – 18 0
2020–21 Eredivisie 1 0 3 0 0 0 – 4 0
Total 15 0 5 0 2 0 – 22 0
Twente 2021–22 Eredivisie 32 0 3 0 – – 35 0
2022–23 Eredivisie 33 0 2 0 4[c] 0 4[d] 0 43 0
2023–24 Eredivisie 32 0 1 0 6[c] 0 – 39 0
2024–25 Eredivisie 31 0 2 0 9[a] 0 – 42 0
2025–26 Eredivisie 16 0 1 0 – – 17 0
Total 144 0 9 0 19 0 4 0 176 0
Career total 284 0 20 0 31 0 4 0 339 0
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ^ Appearances in Eredivisie European competition play-offs

Honours

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Schalke 04

Individual

References

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