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Joelle Wedemeyer

Marie-Joelle Wedemeyer (born 12 August 1996 in Braunschweig) is a German footballer currently under contract at Bundesliga club Wolfsburg.

Career

MTV Wolfenbüttel

Wedemeyer played for MTV Wolfenbüttel until 2011 and then transferred to VfL Wolfsburg's youth department, whose junior team she played for in the Women’s Junior Bundesliga in its inaugural 2012/13 season. As a member of teams selected by the Lower Saxony Football Association, she took part in the national cup in 2011 (U15s), 2012 (U17s) and 2013 (U19s).

VfL Wolfsburg

Since the 2013/14 season, she has been a member of VfL Wolfsburg's first team squad, although she predominantly only features for the reserve team. Having made her first appearance for the first team in the second round of the German Cup against third division side TSG Burg Gretesch, she represented her country for the first time on the 16th of October 2013 in the second leg of the UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 tie against Pärnu JK.

International career

Wedemeyer made her debut in a 7-0 victory over Ukraine in Brussels on the 7th of April 2014. With the Under-20s-national team, she took part in the World Cup in Canada from the 5th until the 24th August 2014 and came on as a substitute for Rebecca Knaak in the second half of the final against the Nigerian national team. Thanks to Lena Petermann’s winning goal (1-0) in the 98th minute, Wedemeyer and her team became World Champions. She made her first appearance for the full national team on the 10th of June 2018, in a 3-2 win against the Canadian national team in Hamilton (Ontario, Canada).

Honours

• Under-20- World Cup Champion in 2014
• UEFA Women's Champions League Winner in 2014
• Bundesliga Winner in 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
• German Cup Winner in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

See also

• Joelle Wedemeyer in the data bank of Soccerdonna.de
• Joelle Wedemeyer in the data file of the German Federal Football Association