Dennis Diekmeier is a 27-year-old right back for Hamburger SV. Diekmeier was born in 1989 in Thedinghausen, West Germany, and began his football career at TSV Bierden in 1995, and then moved to TSV Verden in 2001. He finished his youth career at Werder Bremen from 2003 to 2008, and then began his senior career on Werder Bremen’s second team, playing in the Regionalliga Nord and the 3. Liga. He played for 1. FC Nürnberg from 2009 to 2010, in both the 2. Bundesliga and 1. Bundesliga, and finally transferred to his current club in July 2010, where he has appeared on both the first and second squads. Diekmeier was also part of the German team that in 2008 won the European U-19 championship.