Lisa Schmitz (born 4 May 1992) is a German

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who plays as a

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for

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in the Division 1 Feminine. She has also played for Germany.

Club career

Schmitz started playing football at Germania Zündorf and joined

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team

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, t ...

in 2008. Being Bayer's first choice goalkeeper she helped her team getting promoted to the

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in 2010. She was named best goalkeeper at the

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in 2014 and 2015 and won that cup in 2015. After having played 121 league games for Leverkusen, thereof 86 in the Bundesliga, Schmitz signed a two-year contract with

Turbine Potsdam 1. Frauenfußballclub Turbine Potsdam 71 e. V., commonly known as 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (or Turbine Potsdam outside of Germany), is a German women's football club located in Potsdam, Brandenburg. They are one of the most successful women's footb ...

in 2015.

International career

Schmitz made her debut for Germany under-15 national team in 2007. 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 Almuth Schult (; born 9 February 1991) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper the Germany national team and is currently a free agent. Club career At the age of five, Schult began her career at her local football club FC SG Gartow, be ...

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

* 2. Bundesliga South: 2009–10 *DFB-Hallenpokal: 2015

Germany

* UEFA U-17 Championship: Winner

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: Third place

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: Winner

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* * 1992 births Living people German women's footballers German expatriate women's footballers Germany women's international footballers 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players Bayer 04 Leverkusen (women) players Footballers from Cologne Women's association football goalkeepers Frauen-Bundesliga players Montpellier HSC (women) players Division 1 Féminine players Expatriate women's footballers in France German expatriate sportspeople in France {{Germany-women-footy-bio-stub