Lisa Schmitz

Lisa Schmitz
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-04) 4 May 1992
Place of birth Cologne, Germany
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
Number 1
Youth career
Germania Zündorf
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2015 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 121 (0)
2015– 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 0 (0)
National team
2007 Germany U-15 3 (0)
2007 Germany U-16 1 (0)
2007–2009 Germany U-17 6 (0)
2009–2011 Germany U-19 10 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 1 July 2015 (UTC).


Lisa Schmitz (born 4 May 1992 in Cologne) is a German footballer. She plays as a goalkeeper for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam.

Club career

Schmitz started playing football at Germania Zündorf and joined second division team Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 2008.[1] Being Bayer's frist choice goalkeeper she helped her team getting promoted to the Bundesliga in 2010. She was named best goalkeeper at the DFB-Hallenpokal in 2014 and 2015[2] and won that cup in 2015. After having played 121 league games for Leverkusen, thereof 86 in the Bundesliga, Schmitz signed a two-year contract with 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam in 2015.[3]

International career

Schmitz made her debut for the German under-15 national team in 2007.[1] In 2008 she was part of the under-17 team that won the UEFA Under-17 Championship and finished third at the FIFA U-17 World Cup later that year. Being third choice goalkeeper behind Anna Felicitas Sarholz and Almuth Schult she wasn't used in any of the matches during both tournaments though. In 2011 she was called up to the German squad that won the UEFA Under-19 Championship and played in 4 matches at the final tournament.

Honours

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Germany

References

  1. 1 2 "Geh mal in die Kiste!". ksta.de (in German). 22 October 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Beste Torhüterinnen". dfb.de. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Potsdam verpflichtet Torhüterin Schmitz". dfb.de (in German). 9 April 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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