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​Niklas Lomb is a 27-year-old goalkeeper for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Lomb was born on July 28, 1993 in Cologne, Germany, and spent his youth career playing for SC West Köln and, from 2008 to 2012, Bayer Leverkusen. His senior career continued at Leverkusen, where he made 62 appearances for Bayer Leverkusen II from 2012 to 2014, and 5 appearances for the senior squad since 2012. In 2015, he was loaned to Hallescher FC, from 2015 to 2016 he was loaned to Preußen Münster, and from 2018 to 2019 he was loaned to SV Sandhausen. In 2020, he renewed his contract with Leverkusen.

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​Eduard Löwen is a 24-year-old midfielder for Hertha Berlin. Löwen was born on January 28, 1997 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany, and spent his youth career playing for SV Hottenbach, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, and 1. FC Saarbrücken. His senior career began at 1. FC Nürnberg in 2016, where he made 14 appearances for 1. FC Nürnberg II from 2016 to 2017, and 65 appearances for 1. FC Nürnberg between 2017 and 2019, scoring 8 goals. He has been with his current club since 2019, where he has made 7 appearances. Löwen also made 16 appearances while on loan to FC Augsburg in 2020, where he scored 2 goals. Löwen also made 7 appearances for Germany’s U21 squad from 2017 to 2019, scoring 1 goal.

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Cedric Teuchert is a 24-year-old forward for 1. FC Union Berlin. Teuchert was born on January 14, 1997 in Coburg, Germany, and spent his youth career playing for DVV Coburg from 2001 to 2009, and 1. FC Nürnberg from 2009 to 2015. His senior career continued at Nürnberg, where he made 54 appearances for 1. FC Nürnberg II and 1. FC Nürnberg between 2014 and 2018, scoring 16 goals. He joined Schalke, where he remained until 2020, including 1 season on loan to Hannover 96. He joined his current club in 2020, where he has scored 3 goals in 12 appearances. Teuchert also made 34 appearances for Germany’s U15, U16, U17, U18, U19, U20, and U21 squads between 2011 and 2018, scoring 16 goals.

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Bote Ridle Nzuzi Baku is a 22-year-old midfielder for VfL Wolfsburg. Baku was born on April 8, 1998 in Mainz, Germany, and spent his youth career playing for 1. FSV Mainz 05 from 2007 to 2018. His senior career continued at Mainz, where he made his debut for Mainz 05 II on July 30, 2017 in a 3:0 home win in the Regionalliga Südwest against FSV Frankfurt. His professional debut came on December 19, 2017 in the 2017-18 DFB Pokal, in a 3:1 home win against VfB Stuttgart. Finally, his Bundesliga debut came on April 29, 2018 in a 3:0 home win over RB Leipzig, when he scored the final goal of the match, in the 90th minute. Baku has also made 31 appearances for Germany’s U18, U19, U20, U21, and senior squads since 2015, scoring 4 goals. Baku was given the nickname “Ridle” by his father, who was a fan of Karl-Heinz Riedle, and in 2018, Baku had his name legally changed to include “Ridle”.