Merle Frohms (born 28 January 1995) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany national team.

Club career

Merle Frohms played together with boys for Fortuna Celle until 2011 and was signed by VfL Wolfsburg in late 2010. In her first season, she was part of the second team but wasn't used. On 9 December 2012, she debut in a 3–0 victory against FSV Gütersloh 2009 in what was her only game for the 2012–13 season. The following season she was moved to the second team as she played in sixteen matches for the team in the

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as the team finished in third place. The 2014–15 season initially saw her contract being extended for another two years with sport director, Ralf Kellermann stating that "she has a great goalkeeping talent with such a perspective". It was during this season that she played another three games for the main club which included an appearance in the Champions League when she was a starter in the semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain. During this contract she was a substitute in both Wolfsburg victories in the

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in 2014–15 and 2015–16. After another two years in the team, she moved to fellow Bundesliga club

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where she played in 18 games for the club in the first season. Frohms joined

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in 2020, the club's first signing after it merged with

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International career

Frohms first appearance in an international tournament was the finals of the

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where she played as the main keeper in the semi-final role against

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before stopping penalties from Chloé Froment and

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in the final to give Germany the Under-17 title and also gaining a spot in the

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. Later that year she was chosen as the main goalkeeper for Germany at the

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where she would play in all six of the matches as the national team finished in fourth place.

Career statistics

International

Honours

;VfL Wolfsburg *

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, 2013–14 *

, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18 * DFB Pokal :

, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 Germany *

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runner-up:

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Germany U20 *

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Germany U17 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Frohms, Merle 1993 births Living people People from Celle German women's footballers VfL Wolfsburg (women) players SC Freiburg (women) players Eintracht Frankfurt (women) players Women's association football goalkeepers Germany women's international footballers Frauen-Bundesliga players 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers from Lower Saxony UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players