Joelle Wedemeyer

Wedemeyer played for MTV Wolfenbüttel until 2011 and then transferred to VfL Wolfsburg youth department, whose junior team she played for in the Women’s Junior Bundesliga in its inaugural 2012/13 season. As a member of teams selected by the Lower Saxony Football Association, she took part in the national cup in 2011 (U15s), 2012 (U17s) and 2013 (U19s).[1]

Since the 2013/14 season, she has been a member of VfL Wolfsburg's first team squad, although she predominantly only features for the reserve team. Having made her first appearance for the first team in the second round of the German Cup against third division side TSG Burg Gretesch, she represented her country for the first time on the 16th of October 2013 in the second leg of the UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 tie against Pärnu JK.

Wedemeyer made her debut for U-17 national side in a 7-0 victory over Ukraine in Brussels on the 7th of April 2014. With the Germany U20 team, she took part in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada from the 5th until the 24th August 2014 and came on as a substitute for Rebecca Knaak in the second half of the final against the Nigeria. Thanks to Lena Petermann’s winning goal (1-0) in the 98th minute, Wedemeyer and her team became World Champions. She made her first appearance for the full national team on the 10th of June 2018, in a 3-2 win against the Canada in Hamilton (Ontario, Canada).