Nick Woltemade

Early career at academy of Werder Bremen

Woltemade began his career at TS Woltmershausen, a multi-sport club in Bremen, where he initially played handball in addition to football. In 2010, he transferred to Werder Bremen's youth academy, where he consistently attracted attention. In 2013, he won the Spatzenberg Cup in Löhne with Werder's Under-11 team. In his last season for the Under-17 team, of which he was the captain, he achieved 26 direct goal contributions. Woltemade scored two and three goals respectively on three occasions, but despite this, the team only finished fifth in the Northern/North-Eastern division. In the 2019–20 campaign, the striker once again demonstrated his class, scoring regularly for the Under-19s.

Werder Bremen

As a result of his performances in the academy, Woltemade was gradually introduced to the first team and regularly trained with Werder Bremen's first team under head coach Florian Kohfeldt. At the beginning of 2020, Woltemade was part of the squad that took part in the winter training camp on the training grounds of Mallorca. Without ever having played for the Under-23 team, Woltemade made his debut as a starter for Werder's first team on match day 20 of the 2019–20 Bundesliga season in an away game against FC Augsburg. At that point, he was 17 years and 352 days old. This appearance made him the youngest Werder player ever, surpassing Thomas Schaaf, who had been one day older when he made his debut on 18 April 1979. Four…

Club

As of match played 20 September 2026

International

As of match played 29 June 2026

As of match played 17 November 2025 Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Woltemade goal.

Woltemade was a youth international footballer for Germany who competed in the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. 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. On 22 May 2025, Woltemade received his first call-up to the Germany national team for the Nations League Finals. On 4 June, he debuted in the semi-final against Portugal. On 13 October, he scored his first goal for his country in a 1–0 win over Northern Ireland, in a 2026 World Cup qualifier. On 14 November, he scored his first brace in a 2–0 win over Luxembourg. On 21 May 2026, he was selected in Germany's 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. In the Round of 32 against Paraguay, he came off the bench, replacing Leroy Sané in a 1–1 draw before having his attempt saved by Orlando Gill in a penalty shootout defeat.

Woltemade's sister Madita (born 1998) is a handball player for TuS Komet Arsten in the Handball-Regionalliga Niedersachsen, after a period at TV Oyten Vampires, and is also employed as a teacher.