Vitaly Janelt

Vitaly Janelt (born 10 May 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Championship club Brentford. He is a product of the Hamburger SV and RB Leipzig academies and made his professional breakthrough at VfL Bochum. Janelt is a German U21 international.

Vitaly Janelt
Janelt playing for VfL Bochum in September 2019.
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-05-10) 10 May 1998
Place of birth Hamburg, Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Brentford
Number 27
Youth career
0000–2007 Bargfelder SV
2007–2010 SSC Hagen Ahrensburg
2010–2014 Hamburger SV
2014–2017 RB Leipzig
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 RB Leipzig II 6 (0)
2016–2018 RB Leipzig 0 (0)
2017–2018 → VfL Bochum (loan) 20 (0)
2018–2020 VfL Bochum 33 (2)
2020– Brentford 23 (2)
National team‡
2013 Germany U15 2 (1)
2014–2015 Germany U17 16 (4)
2016 Germany U19 2 (0)
2019 Germany U20 1 (0)
2019– Germany U21 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:16, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:57, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Club career

RB Leipzig

After beginning his career with spells in the youth systems at Bargfelder SV, SSC Hagen Ahrensburg and Hamburger SV, Janelt joined the academy at RB Leipzig in 2014,[2] for a fee reported to be €150,000.[3] He signed a five-year professional contract in July 2016 and progressed to the reserve team,[4] for which he made six Regionalliga Nordost appearances during the 2016–17 season.[5] Prior to Janelt's departure from the Red Bull Arena at the end of the 2017–18 season,[2] disciplinary issues led to him spending 18 months away on loan.[3][6][7]

VfL Bochum (loan and permanent transfer)

On 9 January 2017, Janelt joined 2. Bundesliga club VfL Bochum on loan until 30 June 2018,[6] with an option to buy.[8] He made 20 appearances during an injury-affected spell and signed a three-year contract with the club on 30 May 2018,[5][8] for an undisclosed fee.[2] After making 10 appearances during the 2018–19 season, Janelt broke into the first team in 2019–20, with 24 appearances during a season which was ended prematurely by the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] Janelt departed VfL Bochum in October 2020 and made 54 appearances during his ​3 1⁄2 years at the Ruhrstadion.[5][9]

Brentford

On 3 October 2020, Janelt moved to England to sign a four-year contract with Championship club Brentford for an undisclosed fee.[9] He scored his first goal for Brentford in a 2–1 win over Queens Park Rangers on 27 November 2020.[10]

International career

Janelt was capped by Germany at U15, U17, U19, U20 level and is a current U21 international.[11] He was a part of the Germany squads at the 2015 UEFA European U17 Championship and the 2015 U17 World Cup.[12][13]

Personal life

Janelt's older brother Vincent also became a footballer.[14][15]

Career statistics
As of match played 9 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoals
RB Leipzig II2016–17[5]Regionalliga Nordost60— —60
VfL Bochum (loan)2016–17[5]2. Bundesliga70— —70
2017–18[5]13000 —130
Total 20 0 0 0 — 20 0
VfL Bochum 2018–19[5] 2. Bundesliga 9110 —101
2019–20[5] 24 1 0 0 — 24 1
2020–21[5] 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
VfL Bochum total53210 — 542
Brentford 2020–21[10] Championship 23 2 1 0 2 0 26 2
Career total82420 2 0864

References
  1. Vitaly Janelt at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  2. "VfL verpflichtet Vitaly Janelt". www.vfl-bochum.de (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  3. "RB Leipzig: Vitaly Janelt und Idrissa Touré aus Nationalelf geworfen". Die Welt (in German). 15 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  4. "Janelt and Toure pen professional deals with Leipzig". Vavel. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  5. "Vitaly Janelt". FuPa (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  6. "VfL leiht Vitaly Janelt aus". VfL Bochum 1848 (in German). Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  7. "VfL-Sportvorstand Christian Hochstätter im Exklusiv-Interview: "Man kann es nie allen recht machen!"". Lokalkompass (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  8. "Vom Skandalprofi zum Hoffnungsträger – bleibt Janelt oder ist er bald Geschichte?". Einsachtvieracht (in German). 22 April 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  9. "Vitaly Janelt joins Brentford". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  10. "Games played by Vitaly Janelt in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  11. "Vitaly Janelt" (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  12. "UEFA Under 17 Championship – Bulgaria 2015 – 6–22 May – Official Programme" (PDF). p. 11. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  13. "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 – Teams – Germany". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  14. "Vitaly Janelt im Interview über seinen Blitzstart in der zweiten englischen Liga und die Aufstiegsambitionen". Sportbuzzer.de (in German). Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  15. Vincent Janelt at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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