Henrik Ernst

Henrik Ernst ( born September 2, 1986 in Hannover ) is a German football player. He is currently under contract with RB Leipzig.

Career

Ernst began his career at Heesseler SV. At the age of 19 he moved to Hannover 96 and played mainly in the second team, for which he gave on 26 August 2007, Andreas Bergmann in the league game against Holstein Kiel made ​​his debut and a total of 97 games completed, in which he scored six goals.

In the 2009/10 Bundesliga season Ernst came to two professional appearances for the first team. So he replaced the ninth game against Eintracht Frankfurt in the 85th minute for Didier Ya Konan and on the twelfth game against Hamburger SV in the 77th minute for Sofian Chahed.

For the season 2011/12 Ernst moved free transfer to the third division RB Leipzig. He received a two- year contract. His debut for RasenBallsport he gave on 29 July 2011 at the DFB Cup against VfL Wolfsburg under coach Peter Pacult. In his first season for Leipzig Ernst came to 29 league games and scoring two goals. The Advised rise was missed. The following season Ernst came under new coach Alexander Angry only to 19 locations, most of them as a substitute. At the end of the season he won the championship with RB and increased after two ascent games ( here was Ernst also substitute twice ) in the 3rd league. At the beginning of the third league season again only a reserve player, Ernst stood at the ninth Gameday for the first time in the starting lineup and would not be displaced until the winter break from his position.