Women: Louisa Remien, Paula Schwartze and Amy Wrigge join senior squad
The Bayer 04 Women's first-team squad has taken on three homegrown players: Louisa Remien, Paula Schwartze and Amy Wrigge will be part of the Bundesliga team for the new season.
"We are very happy, in accordance with our philosophy, to be able to bring through three players from our own youth teams to the first-team squad," said Achim Feifel, sporting director of the Bayer 04 Women: “Louisa, Paula and Amy have really earned this move up thanks to their relentless commitment. We are very excited about their future development."
Goalkeeper Remien (came from SC 13 Bad Neuenahr) has played for Bayer 04 youth teams since 2020 and in 2023 won the U17 German championship. The 19-year-old keeper has been training with the first team since last season and she also took part in the two training camps in Katowice (Poland) and Alicante (Spain).
Full-back Schwartze was also at the training camp in Spain in the winter and has regularly trained with the first team since the start of the year. The 17-year-old joined Bayer 04 from SpVg Eidertal Molfsee in 2023 and last season she was in the Bundesliga squad three times (no appearances). Striker Wrigge has scored six goals in nine internationals for the Germany U17 team. The 17-year-old has played for Leverkusen since her move from SG Westküste in 2024.
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