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Lewis Holtby is a half-german, half-english footballer who plays for Schalke in the bundesliga.
Holtby began his career at age four with Sparta Gerderath. When he was eleven years old he moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach. Monchengladbach eventually released the player for what they saw as having physical deficiencies, which included being too small and too slow. After leaving Borussia Monchengladbach Holtby joined Alemannia Aachen.
Holtby was promoted to the Alemannia Aachen first team squad by caretaker manager Jorg Schmadtke. He made his first appearance in the 2007–08 season when he was substituted on in the 80th minute for Mirko Casper in a 2–2 draw against FC St. Pauli. For the rest of the seaon he only made one more appearance, a 3-1 loss on the last match day to TuS Koblenz.
He scored his first goal for Alemannia Aachen on 5 December 2008 against 1860 Munich. On 15 February he scored his first brace in a 6–2 home victory against FC Nuremberg. Holtby left Alemannia Aachen after five years and signed a four year contract with FC Schalke 04 until 30 June 2013.
Holtby starts reguarly for Schalke but is still looking for his first goal in Schalke colours. His technical ability is awesome, he can run past people, skill them and much more. He is a confident player and has played for the Germany u21 twice.
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