| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 March 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Osnabrück, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | GKS Tychy (on loan from Hannover 96) | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SC Schölerberg | |||
| –2020 | Osnabrücker SC | ||
| 2020–2021 | Blau-Weiß Lohne | ||
| 2021–2023 | SV Rödinghausen | ||
| 2023–2024 | Hannover 96 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023 | SV Rödinghausen | 11 | (0) |
| 2023– | Hannover 96 II | 23 | (0) |
| 2023– | Hannover 96 | 0 | (0) |
| 2025– | → GKS Tychy (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024 | Germany U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2025 | Germany U20 | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 October 2025 | |||
Leon-Oumar Wechsel (born 9 March 2005) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for I liga club GKS Tychy, on loan from Hannover 96.
Wechsel is a product of the youth academies of the German clubs SC Schölerberg, Osnabrücker SC, Blau-Weiß Lohne and SV Rödinghausen. In 2023, he was promoted to Rödinghausen's senior team in the Regionalliga West. On 15 June 2023, he transferred to Hannover 96, where he was assigned to their reserves. [2] He spent his first season with the club mainly playing for their under-19 team, while also making appearances for the reserves, helping them win the 2023–24 Regionalliga Nord. In the following season, he was promoted to act as the senior team's third goalkeeper, while regularly playing for the reserves in the 3. Liga. [3] On 13 June 2025, he extended his contract with Hannover for one more season and joined the Polish I liga club GKS Tychy on a year-long loan. [4]
Wechsel was born in Germany to a Guinean father and Polish mother. [5] In October 2025, he was called up to the Germany U21s for a set of 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches. [6]