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Almuth Schult
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Schult in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-02-09) 9 February 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Dannenberg, Germany
Height 1.80 m
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Kansas City Current
Number 1
Youth career
1996–2007 FC SG Gartow
2007–2008 Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Hamburger SV 0 (0)
2008–2011 Magdeburger FFC 44 (0)
2011–2013 SC 07 Bad Neuenahr 43 (0)
2013–2022 VfL Wolfsburg 116 (0)
2022 Angel City FC 1 (0)
2024 Hamburger SV 4 (0)
2024– Kansas City Current 4 (0)
National team
2008–2009 Germany U19 11 (0)
2009–2010 Germany U20 10 (0)
2010 Germany U23 1 (0)
2011– Germany 66 (0)
Honours
Women's football
Representing Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Olympic Games
Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold 2013 Sweden
Silver 2022 England
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 September 2024 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:57, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

Almuth Schult (German pronunciation: [ˈʔalmuːt ˈʃʊlt]; born 9 February 1991) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League and the Germany national team.

Club career

At the age of five, Schult began her career at her local football club FC SG Gartow, before moving to Hamburger SV in 2007. She joined Magdeburger FFC in 2008, where she played in the third-tier Regionalliga. At Magdeburg Schult became a regular starter and achieved promotion with her team to the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, where she played two full seasons. In 2011, Schult signed a three-year contract with Frauen-Bundesliga side SC 07 Bad Neuenahr. In 2013, she signed a two-year contract with Bundesliga and UEFA Women's Champions League champions VfL Wolfsburg.

In April 2022, she signed an 18-month contract with NWSL club Angel City FC. However, she featured in only one match, and left the club in November that year.

In April 2024, she joined Hamburger SV until the end of the 2023–24 season.

On 2 August 2024, the Kansas City Current announced that they had signed Schult through the end of the 2024 season.

International career

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Almuth Schult in 2021.

Schult reached third-place with Germany at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, appearing in two matches. Two years later, she was Germany's first choice goalkeeper at the 2010 U-20 Women's World Cup, which the team won. The tournament was played on home soil in Germany. Schult was called up as third goalkeeper for Germany's 2011 Women's World Cup squad. Her first team debut was on 15 February 2012 against Turkey.

After the retirement of Nadine Angerer, Schult's first major tournament as the starting goalkeeper for Germany came at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she played every minute and earned Germany their first ever gold medal in women's Olympic football.

Personal life

She is married. In spring 2020, she became the mother of twins and in August 2023 of a third child.

Honours

VfL Wolfsburg

Germany

Germany U20

  • FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: 2010

Germany U17

  • FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: third place 2008

Individual

  • IFFHS World's Best Woman Goalkeeper: 2014
  • IFFHS World's Best Woman Goalkeeper of the Decade 2011–2020

See also

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