Laura Dick

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Laura Dick
2025-09-08 Fussball, Frauen-Bundesliga, FC Carl Zeiss Jena - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim STP 6408 (cropped).jpg
Dick with TSG Hoffenheim in 2025
Personal information
Full name Laura-Johanna Dick
Date of birth (2003-06-13) 13 June 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Saarbrücken, Germany
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 TSG Hoffenheim
Number 1
Youth career
FV Fischbach
TuS Jägersfreude
2018–2020 TSG Hoffenheim
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2024 TSG Hoffenheim II 30 (0)
2021– TSG Hoffenheim 48 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 Germany U15 3 (0)
2019–2020 Germany U17 6 (0)
2021–2022 Germany U19 5 (0)
2024–2025 Germany U23 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:57, 2 January 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:57, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Laura-Johanna Dick (born 13 June 2003) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Frauen-Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim.

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Youth career

Dick grew up in Sulzbach, a town in Saarbrücken. [1] She received an education at the Saarland Elite School [2] before leaving home at the age of 14 to advance her career, first with FV Fishbach and then with TuS Jägersfreude. [3] [4] In the summer of 2018, she joined TSG Hoffenheim's under-17 squad. [5] Only 15 years old, she lived with a host family in the nearby town of Sankt Leon-Rot as she continued to train and develop at Hoffenheim. [3]

Club career

In 2020, Dick was promoted to Hoffenheim's second team. [6] She played in 30 2. Frauen-Bundesliga matches from 2021 to 2024, with the bulk of her appearances coming in the 2020–21 season. [7] At the same time, she started gaining experience with Hoffenheim's first team, which she joined officially in 2021. [6] She made her senior debut in a DFB-Pokal match against FC Ingolstadt in November 2020, [4] [7] and her Frauen-Bundesliga debut a year later in a 5–1 win against FC Carl Zeiss Jena on 7 November 2021. [8]

Over the next two years, Dick shadowed Martina Tufekovic, [3] forming a supportive relationship with the Hoffenheim first-choice goalkeeper. [9] She extended her contract with Hoffenheim through 2026 on 4 April 2024 after having made 11 appearances in the Bundesliga up to that point. [8] Dick then went on to seize the starting position from Tufekovic, establishing herself as the new number one goalkeeper early in the 2024–25 season. [10] [11]

In March 2025, Dick contributed to Hoffenheim's run to the DFB-Pokal semifinals, in which they were beaten by Bayern Munich after Dick made a blunder that set up a Bayern comeback victory. [12] The following month, Dick signed a three-year extension with the club through 2028. [5] Hoffenheim head coach Theodoros Dedes  [ de ] praised Dick in November 2025, pointing out her growing confidence and referring to her as the "best German goalkeeper in the league." [13]

International career

Dick kicked off her international career with the Germany under-15 national team, making 3 appearances across two years. [7] In 2019, she was a member of the Germany squad that won the 2019 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship after beating the Netherlands on penalties in the final; [9] Dick spent the tournament as the number two goalkeeper, behind Pauline Nelles  [ de ]. [14] Three years later, she participated in the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, in which Germany failed to advance from their group. [8] Dick has also played for the Germany U23s. [2]

Despite never having been capped for the Germany senior team, Dick was on the list of standby players for the squad that went on to reach the semifinals of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025. [15] In October 2025, she received her first official call-up to the senior team ahead of two UEFA Women's Nations League matches against France, filling in for the injured Ann-Katrin Berger. [3] [16] Dick's goal is to make the Germany squad for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup. [15]

References

  1. ↑ Benedyczuk, David (10 September 2022). "DFB-Pokal-Highlights im Frauenfußball: Saarländerin Laura Dick im Tor der TSG Hoffenheim fiebert der Rückkehr in die Heimat entgegen". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Laura Dick steht erneut im DFB-Kader - Saarländischer Fußballverband". Saarländischer Fußballverband (in German). 21 November 2024. Archived from the original on 16 October 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Regel, Stefan (16 October 2025). "„Erst mal ankommen. Und einfach genießen": Saarländerin Laura Dick für deutsche Nationalmannschaft nominiert". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  4. 1 2 Zenner, Sebastian (26 November 2020). "Laura Dick aus Sulzbach: Die Prophezeiung der „Roten Zora"". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Laura Dick extends her contract with TSG Hoffenheim until 2028". Sky Sports . 17 April 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Saarländerin Laura Dick verlängert bis 2024 im Kraichgau". Saarsport News (in German). 20 October 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  7. 1 2 3 Laura Dick at DFB (also available in German )
  8. 1 2 3 Hoffenheim. "Laura Dick bleibt bei der TSG". TSG Hoffenheim (in German). Archived from the original on 27 March 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  9. 1 2 "'Das würde den Fußball auf jeden Fall verändern' - 90min fragt nach: Bei Hoffenheims Laura Dick". 90min.de (in German). 15 November 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  10. ↑ "Torhüterin Laura Dick hält 1:0 für Hoffenheim fest". DFB (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  11. ↑ "Laura Dick verlängert vorzeitig bis 2028". TSG Hoffenheim (in German). Archived from the original on 16 May 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  12. ↑ "Patzer gegen Bayern: Torhüterin weint auf dem Platz". t-online (in German). 22 March 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  13. ↑ "Dedes adelt Dick: "Aktuell die beste deutsche Torhüterin der Liga - mindestens"". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  14. ↑ "Pauline Nelles - 2025 Women's Soccer Roster". Sun Devil Athletics. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  15. 1 2 "TSG Hoffenheim Frauen: "Ein Traum ist die WM 2027 in Brasilien"". Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  16. ↑ "Wück holt Oberdorf und Anyomi zurück und nominiert drei Neulinge". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2026.
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