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Almuth Schult (German pronunciation: [ˈʔalmuːt ˈʃʊlt]; born 9 February 1991) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League and the Germany national team.




Club career


At the age of five, Schult began her career at her local football club FC SG Gartow, before moving to Hamburger SV in 2007. She joined Magdeburger FFC in 2008, where she played in the third-tier Regionalliga. At Magdeburg Schult became a regular starter and achieved promotion with her team to the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, where she played two full seasons. In 2011, Schult signed a three-year contract with Frauen-Bundesliga side SC 07 Bad Neuenahr. In 2013, she signed a two-year contract with Bundesliga and UEFA Women's Champions League champions VfL Wolfsburg.
In April 2022, she signed an 18-month contract with NWSL club Angel City FC. However, she featured in only one match, and left the club in November that year.
In April 2024, she joined Hamburger SV until the end of the 2023–24 season.
On 2 August 2024, the Kansas City Current announced that they had signed Schult through the end of the 2024 season.




International career



Schult reached third-place with Germany at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, appearing in two matches. Two years later, she was Germany's first choice goalkeeper at the 2010 U-20 Women's World Cup, which the team won. The tournament was played on home soil in Germany. Schult was called up as third goalkeeper for Germany's 2011 Women's World Cup squad. Her first team debut was on 15 February 2012 against Turkey.
After the retirement of Nadine Angerer, Schult's first major tournament as the starting goalkeeper for Germany came at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she played every minute and earned Germany their first ever gold medal in women's Olympic football.




Personal life


She is married. In spring 2020, she became the mother of twins and in August 2023 of a third child.




Honours


VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga: 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
DFB-Pokal: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
UEFA Women's Champions League: 2014
Germany

UEFA European Women's Championship: 2013, runner-up: 2022
Summer Olympic Games: Gold medal, 2016
Algarve Cup: 2012, 2014
Germany U20

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: 2010
Germany U17

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: third place 2008
Individual

IFFHS World's Best Woman Goalkeeper: 2014
IFFHS World's Best Woman Goalkeeper of the Decade 2011–2020




References






External links



Profile at DFB (in German)
Player German domestic football stats at DFB (in German)
Almuth Schult – FIFA competition record (archived)
Almuth Schult at WorldFootball.net
Almuth Schult at Olympics.com
Almuth Schult at Team Deutschland (in German)
Almuth Schult at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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