Nick Woltemade
Woltemade in 2026
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-02-14) 14 February 2002 (age 24)
Place of birth Bremen, Germany
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Positions
  • 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 33 (8)
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 12 (4)
Medal record
Representing  Germany
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up 2025 Slovakia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:19, 24 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:52, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Nick Woltemade ( German pronunciation: [nɪk ˈvɔltəˌmaːdə]; 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

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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] Four more brief appearances followed, and thanks to a 6–1 win for Bremen against 1. FC Köln on the final matchday, relegation to the 2. Bundesliga was ultimately avoided.[8]

Parallel to his involvement with the first team, the striker continued to play for Werder's second team. In the summer of 2020, he was permanently transferred to the Bundesliga team. However, throughout the season, Kohfeldt frequently relied on Josh Sargent in attack, leading to Woltemade only playing as a substitute, at times even starting on the bench for several games in a row. After the turn of the year, the season ended prematurely for the now 18-year-old, as he first contracted a virus and then suffered a torn ligament. Without him, Werder were relegated to the second division, finishing second from bottom.[9] The 2021–22 second division campaign was also marked by few minutes of playing time for the young player and several months out of action following foot surgery.[10] Bremen were promoted back to the Bundesliga as runners-up, thanks in part to the highly successful strike duo of Niclas Füllkrug and Marvin Ducksch.[11]

Loan to SV Elversberg

In August 2022, Woltemade joined newly-promoted 3. Liga club SV Elversberg on a one-year loan.[12] 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.[13]

VfB Stuttgart

Ahead of the 2024–25 season, Woltemade moved to VfB Stuttgart and signed a four-year contract with the club.[14] He ended his first season with 17 goals scored in all competitions, including a goal in the DFB-Pokal final, which his side won.[15][16]

Newcastle United

On 30 August 2025, Woltemade made a permanent switch to Premier League club 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.[17][18] On 13 September, he made his debut in the Premier League and scored the winner in a 1–0 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers.[19] On 1 October, he netted his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 4–0 away win over Union Saint-Gilloise.[20] This made him the first Newcastle player to score on both his Premier League and Champions League starts.[21] On 5 October, Woltemade scored a penalty in a 2–0 win over Nottingham Forest, becoming only the third player to score in his first three matches at St James' Park, behind Les Ferdinand and Alan Shearer.[22] On 14 December, Woltemade scored an own goal in a 1–0 loss to Sunderland, which was the first Wear–Tyne derby in the Premier League since 2016.[23] He bounced back the following weekend by scoring both goals in a 2–2 draw against Chelsea,[24] but then went through a difficult spell, failing to score in the next fourteen matches.[25] This ended on 14 February 2026, his 24th birthday, when he scored the final goal in a 3–1 comeback victory over Aston Villa in the fourth round of the FA Cup.[26]

International career

Woltemade was a youth international footballer for Germany who competed in the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[27]

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.[28]

On 22 May 2025, Woltemade received his first call-up to the Germany national team for the Nations League Finals.[29] On 4 June, he debuted in the semi-final against Portugal.[30] On 13 October, he scored his first goal for his country in a 1–0 win over Northern Ireland, in the World Cup qualification.[31] On 14 November, he scored his first brace in a 2–0 win over Luxembourg.[32] On 21 May 2026, he was selected in Germany’s 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[33] 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.[34]

Personal life

Woltemade's sister Madita (born 1998) is a handball player for TuS Komet Arsten in the Handball-Regionalliga Niedersachsen [de],[35] after a period at TV Oyten Vampires, and is also employed as a teacher.[36]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 May 2026[37]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals 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 — — — 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 — — — 32 10
VfB Stuttgart 2024–25 Bundesliga 28 12 5 5 — 0 0 0 0 33 17
2025–26 Bundesliga 1 0 1 1 — — 1[c] 0 3 1
Total 29 12 6 6 — 0 0 1 0 36 18
Newcastle United 2025–26 Premier League 33 8 3 1 5 1 10[d] 1 — 51 11
Career total 144 32 13 7 5 1 10 1 1 0 173 41
  1. ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearance in Franz Beckenbauer Supercup
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 29 June 2026[37]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2025 8 4
2026 4 0
Total 12 4
As of match played 17 November 2025
Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Woltemade goal.[38]
List of international goals scored by Nick Woltemade
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 13 October 2025 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland 1–0 1–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 14 November 2025 Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 1–0 2–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 2–0
4 17 November 2025 Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, Germany  Slovakia 1–0 6–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

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[39]

Individual

  • 3. Liga Player of the Season: 2022–23[13]
  • DFB-Pokal top scorer: 2024–25[40]
  • VDV Bundesliga Newcomer of the Season: 2024–25[41]
  • Kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2024–25[42]
  • UEFA European Under-21 Championship top scorer: 2025[43]
  • UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2025[44]

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