Nick Woltemade

Nick Woltemade

Personal information
Date of birth	(2002-02-14) 14 February 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth	Bremen, Germany
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) [1]
Position(s)	Forward, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Newcastle United
Number	27
Youth career
2009–2010	TS Woltmershausen [2]
2010–2020	Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2024	Werder Bremen	48	(2)
2022	Werder Bremen II	3	(0)
2022–2023	→ SV Elversberg (loan)	31	(10)
2024–2025	VfB Stuttgart	29	(12)
2025–	Newcastle United	1	(1)
International career‡
2018	Germany U16 [3]	2	(0)
2018–2019	Germany U17 [3]	13	(3)
2021–2022	Germany U20 [3]	7	(2)
2023–2025	Germany U21 [3]	18	(13)
2025–	Germany	4	(0)
Medal record Representing   Germany UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up 2025 Slovakia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:32, 13 September 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:17, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

Nick Woltemade (born 14 February 2002) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Germany national team.

Club career

Werder Bremen

Woltemade joined Werder Bremen in 2010 from TS Woltmershausen. In the 2018–19 season he scored 18 goals and made eight assists in 24 matches for Werder Bremen's U17 team in the U17 Bundesliga. ^[4]

Having scored seven goals in eight matches for the U19 team, Woltemade received his first team call-up for a Bundesliga match against Bayer Leverkusen on 11 January 2020. ^[5] On 1 February 2020, he made his professional debut in a 2–1 league defeat away to FC Augsburg, becoming the youngest Bundesliga player in Werder Bremen's history at 17 years, 11 months, and 16 days. ^[4]

Loan to SV Elversberg

In August 2022, Woltemade joined newly-promoted 3. Liga club SV Elversberg on a one-year loan. ^[6] He scored ten goals in the league, helping his club achieve back-to-back promotions to the 2. Bundesliga, and earning the 3. Liga Player of the Season award. ^[7]

VfB Stuttgart

Ahead of the 2024–25 season, Woltemade moved to VfB Stuttgart and signed a four-year contract with the club. ^[8] He ended his first season with 17 goals scored in all competitions, including a goal in the DFB-Pokal final, which his side won. ^{[9] [10]}

Newcastle United

On 30 August 2025, Woltemade made a permanent switch to Premier League side Newcastle United in a club-record deal reported to consist of an initial fee of £65 million plus £4.3 million in potential add-ons. ^{[11] [12]} On 13 September, he made his debut in the Premier League and scored the decisive goal in the 1–0 win against Wolves. ^[13]

International career

Woltemade was a youth international footballer for Germany who competed in the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. ^[14]

On 22 May 2025, Woltemade received his first call-up to the Germany national team for the Nations League Finals. ^[15] On 4 June, he debuted in the semi-final against Portugal. ^[16]

Woltemade was included in the Germany squad at the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, scoring a hat-trick in Germany's 3–0 group victory against Slovenia. He scored his fourth goal of the tournament in a 4–2 victory against the Czech Republic, as Germany confirmed their progression to the knockout stage of the competition and ended the tournament as finalist and top scorer with six goals. ^[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 September 2025 ^[18]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		League cup [b]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Werder Bremen	2019–20	Bundesliga	5	0	1	0	—		—		6	0
	2020–21	Bundesliga	6	0	2	0	—		—		8	0
	2021–22	2. Bundesliga	7	0	0	0	—		—		7	0
	2023–24	Bundesliga	30	2	0	0	—		—		30	2
	Total		48	2	3	0	—		0	0	51	2
Werder Bremen II	2021–22	Regionalliga Nord	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2022–23	Regionalliga Nord	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
	Total		3	0	—		—		—		3	0
SV Elversberg (loan)	2022–23	3. Liga	31	10	1	0	—		—		35	17
VfB Stuttgart	2024–25	Bundesliga	28	12	5	5	—		0	0	33	17
	2025–26	Bundesliga	1	0	1	1	—		1 [c]	0	3	1
	Total		29	12	6	6	—		1	0	36	18
Newcastle United	2025–26	Premier League	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Career total			111	25	5	5	0	0	1	0	120	30

1. Includes DFB-Pokal, FA Cup
2. Includes EFL Cup
3. Appearance in Franz Beckenbauer Supercup

International

As of match played 7 September 2025 ^[18]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany	2025	4	0
Total		4	0

Honours

SV Elversberg

• 3. Liga: 2022–23
• Saarland Cup: 2022–23

VfB Stuttgart

• DFB-Pokal: 2024–25

Germany U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2025 ^[19]

Individual

• 3. Liga Player of the Season: 2022–23 ^[7]
• DFB-Pokal top scorer: 2024–25 ^[20]
• VDV Bundesliga Newcomer of the Season: 2024–25 ^[21]
• Kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2024–25 ^[22]
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship top scorer: 2025 ^[23]
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2025 ^[24]

References

1. Nick Woltemade at WorldFootball.net
2. "Nick Woltemade". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
3. "Nick Woltemade" (in German). German Football Association. 1 February 2020.
4. Knips, Björn (1 February 2020). "Werder Bremen - Plötzlich in der Startelf: Das ist Nick Woltemade!". Kreiszeitung (in German). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
5. Sander, Carsten (1 February 2020). "Werder-Sturm - Sogar U19-Hüne Nick Woltemade hat Einsatzchancen". Kreiszeitung (in German). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
6. "Elversberg leiht Nick Woltemade von Werder aus". Kicker (in German). 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
7. "Fan-Voting hat entschieden: Woltemade zum Spieler der 3. Liga gewählt". Kicker (in German). 23 May 2023.
8. "VfB sign Nick Woltemade". VfB Stuttgart. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
9. "Stuttgart 4–2 Bielefeld". ESPN. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
10. "Nick Woltemade | Statistiken | Bundesliga 2024/25". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2025.
11. "Newcastle United complete club record deal for Nick Woltemade". Newcastle United F.C. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
12. "Newcastle complete club-record signing of Nick Woltemade from Stuttgart". The Athletic. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
13. Spellman, Damian (13 September 2025). "Nick Woltemade makes perfect start to get Newcastle's season up and running". The Independent.
14. "U 17-EM: Feichtenbeiner nominiert 20 Spieler" (in German). German Football Association. 17 April 2019. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
15. "Mit Bischof und Woltemade: Nagelsmann nominiert 26 Spieler für Final Four" (in German). German Football Association. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
16. "Fußball-Nationalmannschaft | Nagelsmann denkt um: Woltemade bleibt beim A-Team". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 5 June 2025.
17. Begley, Emlyn (18 June 2025). "The 'two-metre Messi-Musiala' starring at U21 Euros". BBC Sport . Retrieved 22 June 2025.
18. "Nick Woltemade | Club matches". WorldFootball. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
19. "England 3-2 Germany (aet) highlights: Rowe header ensures Young Lions retain title". UEFA. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
20. "DFB-Pokal – Torjäger 2024/25" [DFB-Pokal: Goalscorers 2024–25]. Kicker (in German). Olympia-Vertlag GmBH. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
21. "Florian Wirtz ist erneut VDV-Spieler der Saison" (in German). VDV. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
22. "Mit Bayern- und Bayer-Trio: Die kicker-Elf der Saison". Kicker (in German). Olympia-Vertlag GmBH. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
23. "Under-21 EURO top scorer: Nick Woltemade". UEFA. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
24. "2025 Under-21 Euro Team of the Tournament". UEFA . 1 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.

External links

• Nick Woltemade at WorldFootball.net
• Nick Woltemade at Soccerway
• Nick Woltemade at DFB (also available in German )