Grant-Leon Ranos

Grant-Leon Ranos
Ranos playing for Armenia in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-07-20) 20 July 2003
Place of birth Gehrden, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Tenerife
Number 22
Youth career
–2012 FC Beningsen
2012–2017 Hannover 96
2017–2018 Borussia Dortmund
2018–2022 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 Bayern Munich II 45 (23)
2023–2026 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 17 (8)
2023–2026 Borussia Mönchengladbach 19 (1)
2025 → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) 5 (0)
2026 → Eintracht Braunschweig (loan) 11 (0)
2026– Tenerife 0 (0)
International career‡
2023– Armenia 26 (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 June 2026

Grant-Leon Ranos (Armenian: Հրանտ-Լեոն Ռանոս; born 20 July 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Segunda División club Tenerife. Born in Germany, he plays for the Armenia national team.[1]

Personal life

Ranos was born in Gehrden, Germany. His father is from Armenia.[2] Several Armenia media outlets have reported that his original last name is Yeranosyan.[3]

Club career

As a youth player, Ranos joined the youth academy of Borussia Dortmund, moving from the youth academy of Hannover 96.[4] After that, he joined the Bayern Munich under–19 team.[5] In 2022, he was promoted to Bayern Munich II where he became a regular starter.[6]

On 24 May 2023, Ranos signed a four-year contract with Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach that will run until 2027, set to join on a free transfer on 1 July 2023.[7] On 22 January 2025, he moved to 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2. Bundesliga on loan.[8]

On 2 February 2026, Ranos returned to 2. Bundesliga and joined Eintracht Braunschweig on loan.[9] On 17 July, he moved abroad for the first time in his career, after signing a two-year contract with Segunda División side Tenerife.[10]

International career

Despite being born in Germany, in 2023 Ranos acquired Armenian citizenship and chose to represent Armenia internationally.[11] In March of the same year, he received his first call-up to the Armenian senior national team for a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Turkey and a friendly match against Cyprus, respectively.[12]

He then won his first cap for Armenia by starting the latter game, on 28 March 2023 in the process, Ranos also scored his first two international goals, as the friendly eventually ended in a 2–2 draw.[13] Ranos' first competitive start was a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match versus Wales on 16 June 2023. Ranos scored two goals to help Armenia to a 4–2 victory.[14]

On 22 March 2025, coach John van 't Schip removed him from the Armenian national team. The decision came after the player reportedly pressured the coach to include him in the lineup for the match against Georgia in Tbilisi. The coach became upset over the player's insistence, leading to his removal from the squad. It was later reported that the player refused to remain with the national team and declared "firewall forever."[15] He returned to the national team after van 't Schip was replaced by Yeghishe Melikyan in August 2025.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 May 2026[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayern Munich II 2021–22 Regionalliga Bayern 93—0093
2022–23 Regionalliga Bayern 3620—003620
Total 4523—004523
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2023–24 Bundesliga 9011—101
2024–25 Bundesliga 2000—20
2025–26 Bundesliga 8110—91
Total 19121—212
Borussia Mönchengladbach II 2023–24 Regionalliga West 83——83
1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) 2024–25 2. Bundesliga 50——50
Eintracht Braunschweig (loan) 2025–26 2. Bundesliga 110——110
Career total 882721009028

International

As of match played 9 June 2026[17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Armenia 202394
202480
202561
202630
Total265
Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ranos goal.
List of international goals scored by Grant-Leon Ranos
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
128 March 2023Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia Cyprus1–12–2Friendly
22–1
316 June 2023Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales Wales2–14–2UEFA Euro 2024 qualification
43–1
59 September 2025Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia Republic of Ireland2–02–12026 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ↑ "Bayern Munich striker Grant-Leon Ranos to play for Armenian national team". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  2. ↑ Kessler, Philipp (15 March 2023). ""Eine große Ehre für mich": Teenager des FC Bayern künftig für A-Nationalmannschaft ["A great honor for me": FC Bayern teenagers for the senior national team in the future]". tz.de (in German). Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Ranos wurde zwar im niedersächsischen Gehrden geboren, sein Papa stammt allerdings aus Armenien.
  3. ↑ "Հրանտ Երանոսյան կամ Հրանտ-Լեոն Ռանոս․ Ո՞վ է Հայաստանի հավաքականի խոստումնալից նորեկը (տեսանյութ) [Hrant Yeranosyan or Hrant-Leon Ranos: Who is the promising newcomer of the Armenian national team]". vnews.am (in Armenian). 15 March 2023. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Հրանտ-Լեոն Ռանոսը (ծնունդով՝ Երանոսյան)
  4. ↑ "Kommt der neue Lewy aus der Bayern-Jugend?". bild.de. 30 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Grant-Leon Ranos: Mit Namenswechsel zum Lewandowski-Nachfolger?". FuPa. fupa.net.
  6. ↑ "FC Bayern München - Reserve-Torjäger Grant-Leon Ranos: Namenswechsel und Sonderstellung | Goal.com Deutschland". www.spox.com (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "News".
  8. ↑ "FCK sichert sich die Dienste von Grant Ranos" [FCK secures the services of Grant Ranos] (in German). 1. FC Kaiserslautern. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Grant-Leon Ranos stürmt in der Rückrunde für die Eintracht" [Grant-Leon Ranos will play for Eintracht Frankfurt in the second half of the season] (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  10. ↑ "Grant-Leon Ranos, #TanNuestro" [Grant-Leon Ranos, #SoTrulyOurs] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 17 July 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  11. ↑ ""Eine große Ehre für mich": Teenager des FC Bayern künftig für A-Nationalmannschaft". tz.de. 15 March 2023.
  12. ↑ "26 man squad". FFA.am. FOOTBALL FEDERATION OF ARMENIA.
  13. ↑ "Armenia vs. Cyprus - 28 March 2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  14. ↑ "Euro 2024: Armenia beats Wales, Ranos and Zelarayán score brace". sport.news.am.
  15. ↑ "Nach Paukenschlag auf Länderspielreise – FCK-Spieler Ranos meldet sich zu Wort" (in German). SÜDWEST24. 23 March 2025.
  16. ↑ Grant-Leon Ranos at Soccerway
  17. ↑ "Grant-Leon Ranos". eu-football.info. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
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