Thomas Dähne (born 4 January 1994) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Dähne joined the youth set-up of Red Bull Salzburg from

TSV 1860 Rosenheim TSV 1860 Rosenheim is a German association sport club from the town of Rosenheim, Bavaria. The origins of the club are in the establishment of the gymnastics club and community fire brigade ''Freiwillige Turnerfeuerwehr Rosenheim'' on 20 Octob ...

, and he advanced through the club's youth system, making his debut for the second team as a stand in for first-choice goalkeeper Niclas Heimann in a 5–0 win against TSV St. Johann in Regional League West on 29 April 2010. Dähne established himself in the first team of

FC Liefering FC Liefering GmbH is an Football in Austria, Austrian association football club, originally from Salzburg#Districts, Liefering, Salzburg. It currently plays in the Austrian Football Second League, Second League, the second tier of Austrian f ...

—Red Bull's feeder team—during the 2012–13 season, which he finished by making his

Austrian Football Bundesliga The Bundesliga ( , "Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Austria and the highest level of the Austrian football league system. The competition decides the A ...

debut for Red Bull Salzburg in a 3–0 win against

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on 26 May 2013. On 10 August 2015, Dähne joined

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

club

HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki (), or simply as HJK (), is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. The club competes in Veikkausliiga, the top division of the Finnish football league system. Founded in 1907, the ...

for the remainder of the season. In October of the same year, HJK asserted their option of keeping him under contract for the 2016 season. On 23 November 2017, he signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with

Wisła Płock Wisła Płock Spółka Akcyjna (Wisła Płock S.A.), commonly referred to as Wisła Płock (), is a Polish professional football club based in Płock, Masovian Voivodeship. They will compete in the Ekstraklasa in the 2025–26 season after wi ...

. Since 2020, Dähne has played for

in 2. Bundesliga. The club won the promotion to

for the 2024–25 season, and Dähne made his Bundesliga debut on 16 February 2025, in a match against

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International career

Dähne has represented Germany at every level up to under-20, and he was a member of the German

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at the

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Career statistics

Honors

FC Liefering *

Regionalliga West The Regionalliga West is a German professional football division administered by the German Football Association#Western Germany, Western German Football Association based in Duisburg. It is one of the five German regional football associations. ...

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HJK *

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Finnish Cup The Finnish Cup (; ) is Finland's main national cup competition in football. This yearly competition is open for all member clubs of the FA of Finland and has been played since 1955. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa Conference League ...

: 2016–17

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* 1994 births Living people People from Rosenheim (district) Footballers from Upper Bavaria Men's association football goalkeepers German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian Regionalliga players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Oberliga (football) players Veikkausliiga players Ekstraklasa players FC Red Bull Salzburg players FC Liefering players RB Leipzig players RB Leipzig II players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Wisła Płock players Holstein Kiel players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria German expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland German expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub