Linda Dallmann (born 2 September 1994) is a German professional

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who plays for

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club

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and the Germany national team.

Club career

Linda Dallmann started playing football at STV Hünxe and finally came to

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via PSV Wesel-Lackhausen, for which she was active from 2009 to 2010 in the B youth. In the 2010–11 season she played for

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. On 6 March 2011 (21st matchday), she made her debut in the

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in a 7-1 defeat at home against

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, substituting for Eunice Beckmann in the second half. For the 2011/12 season, the offensive player moved to league rivals SG Essen-Schoenebeck. There she scored her first Bundesliga goal on 16 October 2011 (7th matchday) in a 4-0 away win against

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with the goal to make it 2-0 in the 75th minute. For the 2019/20 season, she was signed by league rivals

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, with whom she received a contract in March 2019 that was valid until 30 June 2021. In February 2020, she extended her contract to 2023. She helped her team win the Bundesliga in the 2021–2022 season. In December 2022, she extended her contract for a further three years to 2026.

International career

Youth

Linda Dallmann was active for the first time on 18 May 2010 in the game of the U-16 national team against the French team for a junior selection of the German Football Association. For the U-17 national team, she scored her first international goal in April 2011 as part of the Euro 2011 qualifier. In March 2014, Dallmann made her debut for the U-20 national team as part of the Six Nations Tournament in La Manga. She also took part in the U-20 World Cup held in Canada in August 2014, played all six tournament games, and became world champion with a 1-0 victory in overtime in the final against

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's selection.

Senior

She was first selected for the Germany national team in September 2016 by national coach

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, and made her official debut on 16 September 2016 in Moscow, in the team's 4–0 win over

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in a European Championship qualifier. 20170721 WEURO GER ITA 7842

In the 2017 European Championship tournament in the Netherlands, in which she played two out of four games, her team was eliminated in the quarter-finals against the national team of

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. For the 2019 World Cup, she was called up to the squad by national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg. She reached the quarterfinals with the national team. For the European Championship 2022 in England she was appointed to the squad by national coach Voss-Tecklenburg. The German team reached the final, but failed because of England and became Vice European Champions. Dallmann appeared in all six games, being a substitute five times.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dallmann goal.''

Honours

Bayern Munich *

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, 2023–24, 2024–25 *

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: 2024–25 *

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2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

Germany U17 *

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third place:

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Germany U20 *

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Germany *

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runner-up:

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third place: 2023–24 Individual * Germany women's national Player of the Year: 2017

References

External links

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