Dina Sophia Orschmann (born 8 January 1998) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for 1. FC Union Berlin.

Dina Orschmann
Personal information
Full name Dina Sophia Orschmann
Date of birth (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
1. FC Union Berlin
Number 25
Youth career
2014–2017 SFC Star 1900
2013–2016 1.FC Union Berlin
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 UCF Knights[1] 34 (9)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 1. FC Union Berlin 52 (32)
2019 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam II 9 (9)
2019–2022 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam[2] 42 (12)
2022 Rangers 8 (2)
2023– 1. FC Union Berlin 34 (38)
International career
2015 Germany U17 7 (2)
2017 Germany U19 11 (2)
2016–2018 Germany U20 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of end of season 2021-22
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2019

Club career

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Orschmann started her career with her twin sister Katja,[3] in the youth team of SFC Stern 1900, before moving to 1. FC Union Berlin in 2013 and went through several Berlin selection teams up to U-18. At Union, she moved up to the senior team in October 2014.[4] She made her debut in the Bundesliga second division on 26 April 2015 against VfL Bochum. She appeared in 13 games for Union Berlin, but could not avoid relegation. After being relegated to the Regional North League, Orschmann became a regular at Union and scored 22 goals in 20 games to get promoted back to the 2. Bundesliga.[5]

After scoring nine goals for Berlin in 20 games in the 2. Bundesliga North in the 2016–17 season, she left to attend the University of Central Florida in the US, for whose football team Central Florida Knights she also played.[6] On February 4, 2019, she returned to Germany and signed a six-month contract with Turbine Potsdam.[7] Almost two months later, she made her Bundesliga debut in a 3–0 win over MSV Duisburg.[8] On May 22, 2019, she renewed her contract for the 2019/20 season with Potsdam.[9] In 2022, she joined Scottish side Rangers.[10] In January 2023, she left Rangers to rejoin FC Union Berlin.[11]

International career

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Orschmann made her U-17 debut on February 17, 2015[12] in a 4–2 win over England. Almost four months later, on June 16, 2015, she was called up to the U-17 European Championship squad.

She was included in the squad for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea, She scored in the group match against South Korea.[13] Germany reached the quarter-finals where they were defeated by France. She later took part in her second 2018 FIFA U-20 Woman's World Cup in France. Germany reached the quarter-final against Japan where they lost 1–3.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Dina Orschmann - 2018 - Women's Soccer".
  2. ^ "Dina Orschmann Stats, Goals, Records, Assists, Cups and more".
  3. ^ "Orschmann-Zwillinge vereint ins Glück".
  4. ^ "Orschmann mal zwei: Turbine verstärkt sich".
  5. ^ "Eiserne Ladies: Abschied Teil I".
  6. ^ "Nach Hurrikan Irma: Berliner Junioren-Nationalspielerin Dina Orschmann berichtet aus Florida". Archived from the original on 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  7. ^ Mehring, Friederike (4 February 2019). "Turbine Potsdam verpflichtet U20-Nationalspielerin Dina Orschmann". 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam.
  8. ^ "Turbine siegt im letzten Heimspiel der Saison 18/19 gegen den MSV Duisburg 3:0". 7 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Dina Orschmann verlängert bei Turbine Potsdam".
  10. ^ "dina orschmann joins fc union berlin".
  11. ^ "Katja und Dina Orschmann kehren zum 1. FC Union Berlin zurück" (in German). 1. FC Union Berlin. 13 January 2023.
  12. ^ "England U 17 - Deutschland U 17 (W), 2:4, Länderspiel 2014/15 Saison".
  13. ^ "Dina Orschmann: "Einfach nur Glück gefühlt"".
  14. ^ "England and Japan complete semi-final line-up". FIFA. 17 August 2018.
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