Luca Valentin Herrmann (born 20 February 1999) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Club career

Herrmann was born in

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

. After playing youth football for PSV Freiburg, Herrmann switched to

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's youth academy in 2011. Having made his senior debut for

SC Freiburg II SC Freiburg II is the reserve team of German association football club SC Freiburg, based in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg. The team played as SC Freiburg Amateure until 2005. The team has reached the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German C ...

in August 2017, he played 69 times for the reserve side, scoring 8 goals. He signed for

Dynamo Dresden Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, are a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. K ...

on a three-year contract in June 2021. On 23 May 2024, Herrmann signed with

Career statistics

International career

Herrmann has represented Germany at under-15, under-16 and under-19 levels.

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* * 1999 births Living people German men's footballers Footballers from Freiburg im Breisgau Men's association football midfielders Germany men's youth international footballers 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players SC Freiburg II players Dynamo Dresden players SC Paderborn 07 players {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub