Andreas Luthe

Luthe began his career with SuS Niederbonsfeld and later moved to Borussia Velbert, where he was scouted by VfL Bochum in 2001. He was promoted to Bochum's second team in 2006, for which he played 75 matches until 2010. Prior to the 2009–10 season, Luthe signed a professional contract with Bochum and became a part of the first team squad as a backup goalkeeper. He made his debut for the first team on 22 September 2009 in the DFB Cup, replacing the injured first-choice goalkeeper Philipp Heerwagen. His Bundesliga debut followed on 25 September 2009 against 1. FC Nürnberg, in which he kept a clean sheet in his team's 1-0 win. After two more league appearances, he returned to the bench. At the end of the season, Bochum were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga. After Heerwagen had made a number of mistakes in the first four matchdays of the 2010–11 season, Luthe became the team's first-choice keeper starting on matchday five. He was named Bochum's new captain at the start of the 2012-13 season. After a successful start to the 2015–16 season, Bochum only won two points on the matchdays 11 to 16, with Luthe not keeping a clean sheet in any of these games. Bochum head coach Gertjan Verbeek reacted by making changes to the team and withdrew Luthe from the starting eleven for the match against 1. FC Heidenheim on 6 December 2015, he was replaced with Manuel Riemann. Luthe reacted to this decision the day before the match by publicly criticising it on Facebook, stating that he "remained…