Nick Woltemade (born 14 February 2002) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for club

SV Elversberg SpVgg 07 Elversberg is a German association football club, located in Spiesen-Elversberg, Saarland. History The club was founded in 1907 as ''FC Germania Elversberg''. It was dissolved in 1914, but then re-constituted in 1918 as ''Sportverein ...

on loan from

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are be ...

. He has represented Germany internationally at U16 and U17 youth levels.

Club career

Woltemade joined

in 2010 from TS Woltmershausen. In the 2018–19 season he scored 18 goals and made eight assists in 24 matches for Werder Bremen's U17 team in the U17 Bundesliga. Having scored seven goals in eight matches for the U19 side Woltemade was first called up to the first-team squad for a

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match against

Bayer 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, th ...

on 11 January 2020. On 1 February 2020, he made his professional debut in a 2–1 league defeat away to

FC Augsburg Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e. V., commonly known as FC Augsburg () or Augsburg, is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. The team was founded as ...

, becoming the youngest Bundesliga player in Werder Bremen's history at 17 years, 11 months, and 16 days. In August 2022, Woltemade joined

, newly promoted to the 3. Liga, on a one-year loan.

Career statistics

References

2002 births Footballers from Bremen Living people German footballers Association football forwards Association football midfielders Germany youth international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players SV Werder Bremen players SV Werder Bremen II players SV Elversberg players {{Germany-footy-midfielder-2000s-stub