Felix Wiedwald

Wiedwald in July 2012

Felix Wiedwald (born 15 March 1990 in Thedinghausen ) is a German football goalkeeper.

Career

In the club

Wiedwald began playing football at TSV Achim. At the age of nine he moved to Werder Bremen, where he went through all youth departments and with the C- and A-Juniors won the North German Championship. In his last year he took occasional youth in the training of the professional squad, with whom he attended a training camp in January 2009. For the 2009/10 season he was part of the second team, for the 2-2 away game against FC Carl Zeiss Jena in the 3rd League, he made ​​his professional league debut on 26 September 2009. After that, he regularly guarded the gate of the reserve and received in February 2010 to 2012 dated professional contract.

In summer 2011 Wiedwald moved to MSV Duisburg. He signed a three-year contract until 2014., Where he was first reserve goalkeeper behind Florian Fromlowitz and had 2011 (14th Round ) wait until the 18th November until the first time he was preferred to Fromlowitz at home against Eintracht Braunschweig.

After the relegation of MSV Duisburg Wiedwald joined the 2013/14 season as a substitute goalkeeper Kevin Trapp behind Eintracht Frankfurt. He signed a contract until 30 June 2015 his competitive debut for Eintracht Frankfurt he completed on 12 December 2013, the Europa League against Apoel Nicosia.; his first appearance in the first Bundesliga he came on February 2, 2014 when he appeared as a substitute in the match against Bayern Munich in for the injured Kevin Trapp.

In the National Team

After his first assignments at senior level Wiedwald was appointed once for a junior national team of the DFB. He was in the squad for the U-20 match against Austria on 13 November 2009 and was careful in the second-half goal.