Noel Niemann (born 14 November 1999) is a German professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

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for club

VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its football section. History Foundation to WW2 The cl ...

Career

Born in Munich, Niemann started playing football with local SV 1880 München. In June 2020, Munich-based blog ''sechzger.de'' reported Niemann would not renew his expiring contract at 3. Liga club 1860 Munich and had instead signed for

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

, who at the time were leading the table of the 2. Bundesliga. In July 2020, Arminia Bielefeld confirmed the move. Niemann signed a contract until summer 2024. On 30 August 2022, Niemann signed with

Personal life

Niemann was born in Germany and is of Afghan and Liberian descent.

References

Living people 1999 births German people of Afghan descent German people of Liberian descent Sportspeople of Liberian descent German footballers Footballers from Munich Men's association football midfielders 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Austrian Football Bundesliga players TSV 1860 Munich II players TSV 1860 Munich players Arminia Bielefeld players Türkgücü München players TSV Hartberg players VfL Osnabrück players German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate footballers in Austria {{Germany-footy-midfielder-stub