Niklas Uwe Schmidt (born 1 March 1998) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for French club

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. At international level, he represented Germany's U16, U17, and U19 youth teams.

Club career

Schmidt is a youth exponent from

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen, Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, Werder are best known for their professional association foo ...

. He made his 3. Liga debut on 31 July 2016 against Sportfreunde Lotte. He played the full game. On 24 September 2016, he made his first team debut in the

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against

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg (), is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg. I ...

coming on as a 76th-minute substitute for captain Clemens Fritz and assisting the 2–1 winner in stoppage time. In July 2018, Schmidt joined

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side

SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. The club was previously known as ''SV Wehen'' but added ''Wiesbaden'' to its name during the summer of 2007. They left their previous ground, the Taunusstein, t ...

on loan for the 2018–19 season while his contract with Werder Bremen was extended. In June 2019, it was announced he had agreed a "long-term" extension of his contract with Werder Bremen and that he would join

VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section. The footba ...

on a two-year loan. Following his return from loan at Osnabrück in summer 2021 Schmidt was expected to leave Werder Bremen. Good performances in pre-season training and matches earned him playing time at the club. In October, having made nine league appearances in which he scored one goal and made four assists, he signed a contract extension. In August 2023 Schmidt moved to French club

, playing in the

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. The transfer fee paid to Werder Bremen was reported as €2.5 million.

International career

Schmidt is a Germany youth international having represented the country at U16, U17, and U19 levels.

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* 1998 births Living people Men's association football midfielders German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Ligue 1 players SV Werder Bremen players SV Werder Bremen II players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players VfL Osnabrück players Toulouse FC players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub