Almuth Schult

Almuth Schult (; born 9 February 1991) is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper and was a member of the Germany national team.

She announced her retirement in March 2025.

Club career At the age of five, Schult began her career at her local football club FC SG Gartow, before moving to Hamburger SV in 2007. She joined Magdeburger FFC in 2008, where she played in the third-tier Regionalliga. At Magdeburg Schult became a regular starter and achieved promotion with her team to the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, where she played two full seasons. In 2011, Schult signed a three-year contract with Frauen-Bundesliga side SC 07 Bad Neuenahr. In 2013, she signed a two-year contract with Bundesliga and UEFA Women's Champions League champions VfL Wolfsburg.

In April 2022, she signed an 18-month contract with NWSL club Angel City FC. However, she featured in only one match, and left the club in November that year.

In April 2024, she joined Hamburger SV until the end of the 2023–24 season.

On 2 August 2024, the Kansas City Current announced that they had signed Schult through the end of the 2024 season. She left the club in December.

International career

Schult reached third-place with Germany at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, appearing in two matches. Two years later, she was Germany's first choice goalkeeper at the 2010 U-20 Women's World Cup, which the team won. The tournament was played on home soil in Germany. Schult was called up as third goalkeeper for Germany's 2011 Women's World Cup squad. Her first team debut was on 15 February 2012 against Turkey.

After the retirement of Nadine Angerer, Schult's first major tournament as the starting goalkeeper for Germany came at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she played every minute and earned Germany their first ever gold medal in women's Olympic football.

Personal life She is married. In spring 2020, she became the mother of twins and a third child in August 2023.

Honours VfL Wolfsburg Bundesliga: 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 DFB-Pokal: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League: 2014

Kansas City Current NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup: 2024

Germany UEFA European Women's Championship: 2013, runner-up: 2022 Summer Olympic Games: Gold medal, 2016 Algarve Cup: 2012, 2014

Germany U20 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: 2010

Germany U17 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: third place 2008

Individual IFFHS World's Best Woman Goalkeeper: 2014 IFFHS World's Best Woman Goalkeeper of the Decade 2011–2020