Diego Demme

Arminia Bielefeld

Born in Herford, Germany, Demme began playing football at a young age and played for various youth teams, such as, SpVg Hiddenhausen, SV Sundern, SV Enger-Westerenger and JSG Kirchlengern Stift Quernheim before joining Arminia Bielefeld, where he started off his professional career. He then signed a contract in 2008. Having progressed through the academy and Arminia Bielefeld II, Demme was called up to the first team in early–December for the first time and made his debut for the first team, starting the whole game, in a 4–1 loss against Greuther Fürth on 4 December 2010. After making his debut for the club, his performance was praised by the local German media, Neue Westfälische. Following this, Demme had a handful of first team football until February when he found himself behind the pecking order from competitions in the midfield position. Despite spending time on the bench, in numbers of games towards the end of the 2010–11 season, Demme went on to make 10 appearances in all competitions. At the end of the 2010–11 season, he signed a one–year contract extension with the club. However, at the start of the 2011–12 season, Demme was plagued by injuries. It wasn't until on 8 August 2011 when he made his first appearance of the season, making his first start, in a 1–0 loss against VfR Aalen. As the season goes by, Demme continued to plagued by injuries and struggled in the first team, being placed on the substitute bench. After he stayed in the club…

Although Demme is eligible to play for Germany and Italy, he said: "If you come first, I'll take it right away." Demme was first called up to the Germany national team in 2017, for the friendly against Denmark on 6 June 2017, for the 2018 World Cup qualification match against San Marino on 10 June 2017, in which he made his international debut, and for the Confederations Cup, but withdrew from the squad ahead of the tournament due to a back injury.

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As of match played 4 July 2025

International

Born in Herford, Germany, Demme was born to an Italian father and a German mother, making him German-Italian. Demme's father was a huge fan of Diego Maradona, and named his son after him. Because of his Italian father, he has an Italian passport. Demme said about his fitness, quoting: "In the past, I ate a lot of meat. But now I just feel better, I regenerate faster. The body is no longer so acidified, I have hardly any muscular problems." Growing up, Demme said he idolised Gennaro Gattuso. In December 2018, Demme married his long–term girlfriend, Alina. The couple has two daughters Gia and Ellie.