Dina Orschmann

Dina Orschmann

Personal information
Full name	Dina Sophia Orschmann
Date of birth	(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	Berlin, Germany
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 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 as of end of season 2021-22 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 June 2019

Dina Orschmann

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

Club career

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 4 February 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 22 May 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

Orschmann made her U-17 debut on 17 February 2015 ^[12] in a 4–2 win over England. Almost four months later, on 16 June 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

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". 13 June 2017.
6. "Nach Hurrikan Irma: Berliner Junioren-Nationalspielerin Dina Orschmann berichtet aus Florida". Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
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". Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
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"". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
14. "England and Japan complete semi-final line-up". FIFA. 17 August 2018.

External links

• German Football Association Profile