Finn Dahmen

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Finn Dahmen
Personal information
Full name Finn Gilbert Dahmen [1]
Date of birth (1998-03-27) 27 March 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Wiesbaden, Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 FC Augsburg
Number 1
Youth career
2002–2006 FC Bierstadt
2006–2008 Eintracht Frankfurt
2008–2017 Mainz 05
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 Mainz 05 II 70 (1)
2018–2023 Mainz 05 13 (0)
2023– FC Augsburg 52 (0)
International career‡
2012 Germany U15 1 (0)
2014 Germany U17 3 (0)
2015–2016 Germany U18 3 (0)
2016 Germany U19 2 (0)
2018 Germany U20 3 (0)
2020–2021 Germany U21 8 (0)
Medal record
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2021
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:56, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Finn Gilbert Dahmen (born 27 March 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club FC Augsburg. [2] and the Germany national team.

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Club career

Dahmen began his youth career at FC Bierstadt and Eintracht Frankfurt, before joining the academy of Mainz 05 in 2008. In 2017, he was promoted to Mainz's second team, and made his debut in the Regionalliga Südwest on 30 July 2017 against FSV Frankfurt, which finished as a 3–0 home win. [3] On 26 March 2018, Dahmen signed a long-term contract with the club until 2020. [4] On 11 April 2018, he scored for Mainz II in the second minute of second-half stoppage time against VfB Stuttgart II to secure a 1–1 draw, having scored with a backheel after coming forward for a Mainz free kick. [5] On 10 May 2019, he signed a long-term contract with the club until 30 June 2023. [6] He made his professional debut for Mainz's first team on 3 January 2021, starting in the away match against Bayern Munich. Having led 2–0 at half-time, the match finished as a 5–2 loss for Mainz. [7] Head coach Bo Svensson selected Dahman for the last two matches of the 2021–2022 season. [8] In February 2023, he announced that he would be leaving Mainz at the end of the season to play regular first-team football. [9]

On 1 June 2023, Dahmen signed a contract with FC Augsburg. [10] On 2 March 2025, he broke FC Augsburg's club record, after going 433 minutes without conceding a goal, breaking Marwin Hitz's record of 399 minutes. [11] On 2 May 2025, after making his 50th league appearance for the club, Dahmen's contract was extended until 30 June 2027 due to a clause in his contract. [12]

International career

Dahmen has played for the Germany under-15 and under-17 to under-21 national teams. He was included in the under-17 national team squad for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile. [13] However, he did not appear in the tournament. [2]

In August 2025, Dahmen received his first call-up to the German senior team, after being named in coach Julian Nagelsmann’s squad for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. [14]

Personal life

Dahmen was born in Wiesbaden, Hesse, [2] to an English mother [15] and a German father. [16]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 August 2025 [17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague DFB-Pokal OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mainz 05 II 2017–18 Regionalliga Südwest 271——271
2018–19 320——320
2019–20 100——100
2020–21 10——10
Total701——701
Mainz 05 2017–18 Bundesliga 0000—00
2018–19 0000—00
2019–20 0000—00
2020–21 3000—30
2021–22 2000—20
2022–23 8020—100
Total13020—150
FC Augsburg 2023–24 Bundesliga31010—320
2024–25 19020—210
2025–26 2010—30
Total52040—560
Career total136160001421

    Honours

    Individual

    References

    1. 1 2 "Finn Gilbert Dahmen | Player profile". Bundesliga . Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
    2. 1 2 3 Finn Dahmen at WorldFootball.net OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
    3. ↑ "Germany » Regionalliga Südwest 2017/2018 » 1. Round » 1. FSV Mainz 05 II – FSV Frankfurt 3:0". WorldFootball.net. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
    4. ↑ "Mainz 05 bindet Torwarttalent Dahmen bis 2020" [Mainz 05 ties goalkeeper talent Dahmen until 2020]. www.mainz05.de (in German).
    5. ↑ "05-Keeper Dahmen trifft zum Ausgleich" [05 keeper Dahmen scores the equaliser]. 1. FSV Mainz 05 (in German). 11 April 2018. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
    6. ↑ "Finn Dahmen erhält langfristigen Vertrag" [Finn Dahmen receives long-term contract]. www.mainz05.de (in German).
    7. ↑ "Germany » Bundesliga 2020/2021 » 14. Round » Bayern München – 1. FSV Mainz 05 5:2". WorldFootball.net. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
    8. ↑ "Dahmen überzeugt im "Schaufenster"" [Dahmen convinces in the "showcase"]. www.kicker.de (in German).
    9. ↑ Kirschbaum, Fabian. "Dahmen sieht sich bereit für neues Kapitel" [Dahmen sees himself ready for a new chapter]. www.ligainsider.de (in German).
    10. ↑ "FCA sign U21 European Champion Finn Dahmen". FC Augsburg.de/en. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
    11. ↑ ""Überragend gehalten": FCA-Keeper Dahmen überholt Hitz" ["Outstanding save": FCA keeper Dahmen overtakes Hitz]. www.kicker.de (in German).
    12. ↑ "Vertrag von Finn Dahmen bis 2027 verlängert" [Finn Dahmen's contract extended until 2027]. www.fcaugsburg.de (in German).
    13. ↑ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA . 28 October 2015. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
    14. ↑ "Julian Nagelsmann selects three fresh faces for September's FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers". Bundesliga. 27 August 2025.
    15. ↑ Schulz, David (31 March 2017). "FSV Mainz 05: Finn Dahmen und Bote Baku qualifizieren sich mit der deutschen U 19 für die EM" [FSV Mainz 05: Finn Dahmen and Bote Baku qualify for the European Championship with the German U19 team]. Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Mainz. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
    16. ↑ Plettenberg, Florian; Fischer, Felix (19 March 2025). "Es gab bereits Kontakt: Dahmen steht für Nagelsmann bereit!". Sky Sport (in German). Retrieved 17 May 2025.
    17. ↑ Finn Dahmen at Soccerway . Retrieved 12 June 2024.
    18. ↑ "Florian Wirtz ist erneut VDV-Spieler der Saison" (in German). VDV. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
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