Lars Dietz (born 7 January 1997) is a German professional

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who plays as a centre-back for

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club

Viktoria Köln Viktoria usually refers to Viktoria, a name which is the same as Victoria (name), but may also refer to: Places * FK Viktoria Stadion, stadium of Viktoria Žižkov * Viktoria-Luise-Platz, building in Berlin * Viktoriastadt, now known as Victori ...

Club career

Dietz began his career in

Rot Weiss Ahlen Rot Weiss Ahlen is a German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after the team was relegate ...

's youth system, before joining

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional fo ...

in 2009. Despite never making a first team appearance for Borussia Dortmund, Dietz played 38 league games for the club's

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in the Regionalliga over the course of three seasons. On 3 January 2018,

Union Berlin 1. Fußballclub Union Berlin e. V., commonly known as 1. FC Union Berlin () or Union Berlin, is a professional German football club in Köpenick, Berlin. The club's origins can be traced to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweid ...

confirmed the signing of Dietz on a contract running until the summer of 2021. On 31 August 2018, Dietz joined

club

Sportfreunde Lotte VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as well ...

on loan for the rest of the 2018–19 season. On 13 August 2019, Dietz joined

on loan until the end of 2019–20 season.

International career

Dietz made 7 appearances for Germany U20, making his debut in a 1–0 loss against Italy U20 as a substitute on 1 September 2016.

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at kicker.de * 1997 births Living people People from Soest (district) Footballers from Arnsberg (region) German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Men's association football central defenders Borussia Dortmund II players 1. FC Union Berlin players Sportfreunde Lotte players FC Viktoria Köln players FC Würzburger Kickers players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub