Lars Lukas Mai

{{short description|German footballer (born 2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Lars Lukas Mai | image = LarsLukasMai.jpg | caption = Mai with [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] in 2021 | full_name = Lars Lukas Mai<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FU17/2017/PDF/FU17_2017_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 – List of Players |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |format=PDF |date=28 October 2017 |access-date=21 April 2018 |archive-date=30 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030233616/http://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FU17/2017/PDF/FU17_2017_SQUADLISTS.PDF |url-status=dead }}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|3|31|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Dresden]], Germany | height = 1.90 m | position = [[Centre-back]] | currentclub = [[FC Lugano|Lugano]] | clubnumber = 17 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2014 | youthclubs1 = [[Dynamo Dresden]] | youthyears2 = 2014–2018 | youthclubs2 = [[FC Bayern Munich Junior Team|Bayern Munich]] | years1 = 2017–2020 | clubs1 = [[FC Bayern Munich II|Bayern Munich II]] | caps1 = 54 | goals1 = 3 | years2 = 2018–2022 | clubs2 = [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2020–2021 | clubs3 = → [[SV Darmstadt 98|Darmstadt 98]] (loan) | caps3 = 29 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2021–2022 | clubs4 = → [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] (loan) | caps4 = 16 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2022– | clubs5 = [[FC Lugano|Lugano]] | caps5 = 115 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2023 | clubs6 = [[FC Lugano|Lugano II]] | caps6 = 1 | goals6 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2015 | nationalteam1 = [[Germany national under-15 football team|Germany U15]] | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2015–2016 | nationalteam2 = [[Germany national under-16 football team|Germany U16]] | nationalcaps2 = 6 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | nationalyears3 = 2016–2017 | nationalteam3 = [[Germany national under-17 football team|Germany U17]] | nationalcaps3 = 19 | nationalgoals3 = 1 | nationalyears4 = 2018 | nationalteam4 = [[Germany national under-18 football team|Germany U18]] | nationalcaps4 = 1 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | nationalyears5 = 2019 | nationalteam5 = [[Germany national under-19 football team|Germany U19]] | nationalcaps5 = 3 | nationalgoals5 = 0 | nationalyears6 = 2019–2020 | nationalteam6 = [[Germany national under-20 football team|Germany U20]] | nationalcaps6 = 1 | nationalgoals6 = 0 | nationalyears7 = 2020–2021 | nationalteam7 = [[Germany national under-21 football team|Germany U21]] | nationalcaps7 = 8 | nationalgoals7 = 0 | club-update = 26 May 2026 | nationalteam-update = 16:27, 13 November 2021 (UTC) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{fb|GER}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA European Under-21 Championship]]}} {{Medal|Winner|[[2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2021 Hungary–Slovenia]]|}} }} '''Lars Lukas Mai''' (born 31 March 2000) is a German professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[centre-back]] for [[Swiss Super League]] club [[FC Lugano|Lugano]]. He has represented Germany at various youth levels internationally.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 June 2022 |title=Lars Lukas Mai signs for FC Lugano |url=https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2022/06/lars-lukas-mai-signs-for-fc-lugano |access-date=18 June 2022 |website=[[FC Bayern Munich|FC Bayern München]]}}</ref><ref name="worldfootball">{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/lars-lukas-mai/2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618095932/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/lars-lukas-mai/2/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 June 2022 |title=Lars Lukas Mai |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref>

==Club career== Lars Lukas Mai, nicknamed Lasse, joined the [[FC Bayern Munich Junior Team|youth sector]] of Bayern Munich in July 2014 coming from [[Dynamo Dresden]].

On 21 April 2018, Mai debuted under the coach [[Jupp Heynckes]] in the 3–0 away win at [[Hannover 96]]. He played the full 90 minutes to become the first player born in the year 2000 to play for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/de/bundesliga/news/lars-lukas-mai-lasse-fc-bayern-munchen-debut.jsp|title=Debütant Lars Lukas Mai überzeugt bei Bayern München auf der großen Bühne|work=Bundesliga.com|language=German|date=22 April 2018|access-date=22 April 2018|archive-date=21 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621143621/https://www.bundesliga.com/de/bundesliga/news/lars-lukas-mai-lasse-fc-bayern-munchen-debut.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 27 April 2018, Mai signed his first professional contract, signing a three-year deal lasting until 30 June 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://fcbayern.com/de/news/2018/04/nachwuchsspieler-lars-lukas-mai-unterschreibt-profivertrag | title = Nachwuchsspieler Lars Lukas Mai unterschreibt Profivertrag | trans-title = Youth player Lars Lukas Mai signs professional contract | website = FC Bayern Munic | date = 27 April 2018 | access-date =28 April 2018 | language = de}}</ref>

On 21 July 2020, Mai signed a contract extension and was loaned out to [[SV Darmstadt 98|Darmstadt]] for the 2020–21 season.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2020/07/lukas-mai-signs-bayern-contact-extension-and-will-go-on-loan-to-darmstadt |title = Lukas Mai extends Bayern contract and will go on loan to Darmstadt | website = FC Bayern Munich | date = 21 July 2020| access-date = 22 July 2020}}</ref>

He joined [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] on loan for the [[2021–22 SV Werder Bremen season|2021–22 season]] in July 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Quinn |first1=Phillip |title=Official: Bayern Munich defender Lars Lukas Mai joins Werder Bremen on loan |url=https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com/2021/7/1/22558319/bayern-munich-transfer-news-rumors-lars-lukas-mai-werder-bremen-defender-centerback-darmstadt |website=Bavarian Football Works |publisher=SBNation |access-date=1 July 2021 |date=1 July 2021}}</ref>

On 18 June 2022, Mai moved to [[Swiss Super League]] club [[FC Lugano|Lugano]] on a three-year deal until 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transfermarkt: Lars Lukas Mai wechselt vom FC Bayern zum FC Lugano |url=https://www.sportschau.de/newsticker/dpa-lars-lukas-mai-wechselt-vom-fc-bayern-zum-fc-lugano-100.html |website=Sportschau |access-date=29 June 2022 |language=de |date=18 June 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life== His father Lars was a member of the Supervisory Board of Dynamo Dresden from November 2013 to September 2017. His older brother [[Sebastian Mai|Sebastian]] is also a footballer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lattenkreuz.de/spieler-portrait-lukas-mai-17-jahre/|title=Spieler-Portrait: Lukas Mai, 17 Jahre|work=lattenkreuz.de|language=German|date=12 May 2017|access-date=22 April 2018|archive-date=16 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816102811/http://www.lattenkreuz.de/spieler-portrait-lukas-mai-17-jahre/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club=== {{updated|match played 3 April 2024|<ref name="worldfootball"/>}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club!!rowspan="2"|Season!!colspan="3"|League!!colspan="2"|Cup!!colspan="2"|Continental!!colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|[[FC Bayern Munich II|Bayern Munich II]] |[[2017–18 Regionalliga|2017–18]] |rowspan="2"|[[Regionalliga Bayern]] |1||0|| colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- |[[2018–19 Regionalliga|2018–19]] |27||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||27||2 |- |[[2019–20 3. Liga|2019–20]] |[[3. Liga]] |26||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !54!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!54!!3 |- |[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] |[[2017–18 FC Bayern Munich season|2017–18]] |[[Bundesliga]] |2||0||0||0||0||0||2||0 |- |[[SV Darmstadt 98|Darmstadt 98]] (loan) |[[2020–21 SV Darmstadt 98 season|2020–21]] |[[2. Bundesliga]] |29||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||32||0 |- |[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] (loan) |[[2021–22 SV Werder Bremen season|2021–22]] |2. Bundesliga |16||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||17||0 |- | rowspan="3" |[[FC Lugano|Lugano]] |[[2022–23 FC Lugano season|2022–23]] | rowspan="2" |[[Swiss Super League]] |19 |0 |3 |0 |1{{Efn|Appearance in [[UEFA Europa Conference League]]}} |0 |23 |0 |- |[[2023–24 FC Lugano season|2023–24]] |25 |0 |3 |0 |7{{Efn|1 appearance in [[UEFA Europa League]] and 6 appearances in [[UEFA Europa Conference League]]}} |0 |35 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !44 !0 !6 !0 !8 !0 !58 !0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !145!!3!!10!!0!!8!!0!!163!!3 |} {{Notelist}}

==Honours== '''Bayern Munich II''' * [[Regionalliga Bayern]]: [[2018–19 Regionalliga#Regionalliga Bayern|2018–19]] * [[Premier League International Cup]]: [[2018–19 Premier League International Cup|2018–19]]<ref name="Soccerway">{{cite web | url =https://my.soccerway.com/players/lars-lukas-mai/443314/ | title = Lars Lukas Mai | website = Soccerway | access-date = 23 October 2019}}</ref>

'''Individual''' * [[Fritz Walter Medal]] U17 Bronze: [[Fritz Walter Medal#2017|2017]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/fritz-walter-medaillen-in-gold-fuer-oezcan-arp-und-feldkamp-171235/|title=Fritz-Walter-Medaillen in Gold für Özcan, Arp und Feldkamp |language=de|publisher=[[German Football Association]]|date=28 July 2017|access-date=28 July 2017}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{DFB|356672}} * {{Soccerway|lars-lukas-mai/443314}}

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