Lisa Schmitz

Lisa Schmitz
Schmitz with Turbine Potsdam in 2015
Personal information
Full name Lisa Schmitz[1]
Date of birth (1992-05-04) 4 May 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Cologne, Germany
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 22
Youth career
2007–2008 Germania Zündorf
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2015 Bayer Leverkusen 121 (0)
2015–2019 Turbine Potsdam 69 (0)
2019–2023 Montpellier 58 (0)
2023– VfL Wolfsburg 4 (0)
International career‡
2007 Germany U15 3 (0)
2007 Germany U16 1 (0)
2007–2009 Germany U17 6 (0)
2009–2011 Germany U19 10 (0)
2018– Germany 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:00, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:00, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Lisa Schmitz (born 4 May 1992) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for VfL Wolfsburg. She has also played for the German national team in international friendly matches.

Club career

Schmitz making a save against Turbine Potsdam in 2015

Schmitz started playing football in 2007 at the youth division of FC Germania Zündorf where she was the only girl on the team.[2] Schmitz started her senior career in the 2008–09 season with newly formed Bayer 04 Leverkusen women's team, playing in the 2. Bundesliga Süd at the time.[3][4][5] Being the first goalkeeper, Schmitz saw plenty of action at Bayer Leverkusen. She saw the team promoted to Bundesliga in the 2010–11 season. During her time with Bayer Leverkusen, Schmitz was named best goalkeeper at the DFB-Hallenpokal in 2014 and 2015 and won that cup in 2015.[6][7]

In 2015, after a grand total of 121 league appearances for Bayer Leverkusen, 86 of which were in the Bundesliga, Schmitz signed a two-year contract with Bayer Leverkusen's Bundesliga rival 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam.[8][9][4][5]

After a total of four years at Turbine Potsdam and 69 Bundesliga appearances, Schmitz left Germany to join Montpellier HSC playing in the French Division 1. Féminine.[10][2]

Schmitz returned to Germany after four years in France, signing a two year contract with VfL Wolfsburg.[11][12][4] The 2023–24 season was Schmitz's first experience not being the first goalkeeper of her team.[2] Nevertheless, Schmitz made four appearances with VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga and further two appearances in the Champions League qualifiers against Paris FC.[5]

International career

Schmitz made her debut for Germany under-15 national team in 2007.[3] In 2008, she was part of the U17 team that won the UEFA U17 Championship and finished third at the FIFA U17 World Cup later that year. Being third choice goalkeeper behind Anna Felicitas Sarholz and Almuth Schult she did not appear in any of the tournament matches. In 2011, she was called up to the Germany team that won the UEFA U19 Championship and played in 4 matches at the tournament final.

Honours

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Germany

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 27 October 2008. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Unfamiliar role". VfL Wolfsburg. 8 December 2013. Archived from the original on 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Geh mal in die Kiste!". ksta.de (in German). 22 October 2008. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "DFB player profile: Lisa Schmitz" (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  5. ^ a b c "Erfahrene Schmitz ersetzt Frohms im VfL-Tor". kicker. 9 October 2023. Archived from the original on 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Beste Torhüterinnen". dfb.de. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Sights: The Last DFB-Hallenpokal der Frauen". Our Game Magazine. 16 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Potsdam verpflichtet Torhüterin Schmitz". dfb.de (in German). 9 April 2015. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Lisa Schmitz: "Leistung vom Anpfiff bis zum Abpfiff abrufen"" (in German). DFB. 10 October 2015. Archived from the original on 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Lisa Schmitz rejoint le MHSC (officiel)" (in French). MHSC OnAir. 17 June 2019. Archived from the original on 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Torhüterin Schmitz wechselt aus Frankreich zum VfL Wolfsburg" (in German). Berliner Zeitung. 3 March 2023. Archived from the original on 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Dernier match de Lisa Schmitz sous les couleurs de Montpellier" (in French). MHSC OnAir. 28 May 2023. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.