Dennis Seimen

Dennis Seimen
Seimen training with Stuttgart in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-12-01) 1 December 2005
Place of birth Heilbronn, Germany[1]
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 VfB Stuttgart
Number 41
Youth career
2009–2013 FC Heilbronn
2013–2015 Karlsruher SC
2015–2023 VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2025 VfB Stuttgart II 57 (0)
2023– VfB Stuttgart 0 (0)
2025–2026 → SC Paderborn (loan) 34 (0)
International career‡
2020 Germany U16 1 (0)
2021–2022 Germany U17 8 (0)
2022–2023 Germany U18 3 (0)
2023–2024 Germany U19 3 (0)
2024–2025 Germany U20 2 (0)
2025– Germany U21 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:49, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

Dennis Seimen (German pronunciation: [ˈdɛnɪs ˈzaɪ̯mən]; born 1 December 2005) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart and the Germany under-21 team.

Club career

Seimen was a youth product of FC Heilbronn and Karlsruher SC, before moving to VfB Stuttgart's academy in 2015.[3] Captaining their U17s, he signed his first professional contract with Stuttgart at the age of 15 on 13 October 2021.[4] He was promoted to VfB Stuttgart II in the Regionalliga in April 2023.[1] He was called up to Stuttgart's senior team for the first time as the backup goalkeeper in a Bundesliga tie with Bayer Leverkusen on 14 May 2023.[5] Seimen was named as the second keeper for the Stuttgart team in advance of the 2023–24 Bundesliga season.[6]

On 13 September 2024, Seimen extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2029.[7]

On 30 May 2025, Seimen moved on loan to SC Paderborn in 2. Bundesliga.[8] He broke SC Paderborn's record for most clean-sheets in a season, and even kept clean-sheets in all of his first four games.[9]

International career

While being eligible to also play for Romania,[10] he is a youth international for Germany. He was named captain of the Germany U17s in 2022,[11] and was part of the squad at the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[12] For the U21s, he made his debut in 2025 as first choice goalkeeper.[13]

Personal life

Born in Heilbronn, Germany, he is the son of Reinhold Seimen and Ana Nita. His father is Transylvanian Saxon, an ethnic German diasporic minority living in Romania, of whom most are Spätaussiedler by now. A football coach, his father was born in Zendersch, a village in Bladenmarkt, Transylvania (Siebenbürgen). His mother is Romanian and used to play football too.[14][15]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 May 2026[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfB Stuttgart II 2022–23 Regionalliga Südwest 40———40
2023–24 Regionalliga Südwest 190———190
2024–25 3. Liga 340———340
Total 570———570
VfB Stuttgart 2022–23 Bundesliga 0000——00
2023–24 Bundesliga 0000——00
2024–25 Bundesliga 0000000000
Total 0000000000
SC Paderborn (loan) 2025–26 2. Bundesliga 34000—20360
Career total 910000020930

References

  1. 1 2 "Ein Heilbronner Wunderkind im Tor – Wie Dennis Seimen beim VfB durchstartet - STIMME.de". www.stimme.de. 12 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Sport, S. W. R. (26 June 2023). "Der schwierige Spagat für den VfB Stuttgart im Fall Dennis Seimen". swr.online.
  3. ↑ "Dennis Seimen | VfB Stuttgart | Player Profile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website.
  4. ↑ "VfB sieht "großes Potenzial": 15-jähriges Torwarttalent verlängert". kicker.
  5. ↑ "VfB Stuttgart: Dennis Seimen darf sich über Kaderdebüt freuen". ligainsider.de. 14 May 2023.
  6. ↑ Germany, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart. "VfB Stuttgart: Hoeneß lobt Nübel – und erklärt den Plan mit Seimen". stuttgarter-zeitung.de.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "Dennis Seimen signs long-term extension". VfB Stuttgart. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "Dennis Seimen kommt per Leihe aus Stuttgart" [Dennis Seimen comes on loan from Stuttgart] (in German). SC Paderborn 07. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  9. ↑ Glocke, Die (26 February 2026). "Paderborns Torhüter Seimen auf Abschiedstournee". www.die-glocke.de (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "Descoperirea GSP. Avem iarăși un fotbalist în Bundesliga! Iar Stuttgart nici nu știe că are un român în lot! "Vrem ca într-o zi să stea în poarta lui VfB"". GSP.
  11. ↑ Zeitung, Eßlinger Zeitung ONLINE-Das Nachrichtenportal für die Region Esslingen- Eßlinger. "Dennis Seimen vom VfB Stuttgart: Ein Torhüter-Juwel wächst beim VfB heran - Esslinger Zeitung". www.esslinger-zeitung.de.
  12. ↑ "VfB-Quintett inklusive: Meisters U 17 für die EM steht". kicker.
  13. ↑ "Erstmalig nominiert - Newsarchiv - SC Paderborn 07". www.scp07.de. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "Ein Siebenbürger Sachse auf dem Sprung in die Bundesliga". www.siebenbuerger.de (in German). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  15. ↑ ""Sein Schuss ist brutal": Torwart-Juwel schwärmt von Karl". SPORT1 (in German). 5 April 2026. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  16. ↑ Dennis Seimen at Soccerway
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