Diego Demme

Diego Demme

Demme celebrating promotion to the Bundesliga with RB Leipzig in 2016
Personal information
Full name Diego Demme[1]
Date of birth (1991-11-21) 21 November 1991[1]
Place of birth Herford, Germany
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
RB Leipzig
Number 31
Youth career
0000–2010 Arminia Bielefeld
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Arminia Bielefeld 20 (0)
2012–2014 SC Paderborn 07 58 (0)
2014– RB Leipzig 106 (1)
National team
2017– Germany 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:13, 10 June 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:13, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Diego Demme (born 21 November 1991) is a German professional footballer[2] who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Germany national team.

Club career

Demme started off his professional footballing career in Arminia Bielefeld where he stayed in the club for three years before moving to SC Paderborn 07.

He moved to Paderborn in 2012 and played in the 2. Bundesliga.

He then went on to signed for RB Leipzig where he played in the 3. Liga in 2014, before being promoted to 2. Bundesliga. The team then was promoted to the Bundesliga to play in the 2016–17 Bundesliga.

International career

Demme was first called up to the 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 2017 Confederations Cup, but withdrew from the squad ahead of the tournament due to a back injury.[3][4]

Honours

Club

SC Paderborn 07

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: List of players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 2 July 2017. p. 4. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  2. "Demme, Diego" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  3. "RB Leipzig's Diego Demme out of Confederations Cup with Germany". bundesliga.com. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  4. "Leipzig's Demme, Hoffenheim's Demirbay and Wagner, Hertha's Plattenhardt and Gladbach's Stindl all included in Germany squad for Confederations Cup". bundesliga.com. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
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