Carlotta Wamser vs Birmingham City | photo taken from @carlottawamser on instagram
Manchester City boosted their defence during the summer after signing Carlotta Wamser from Bayer Leverkusen on a four year deal and even though she has only been in the Women’s Super League a month, she has shone game after game.
During the season prior to her arrival at the blues, she was chased by a number of clubs in Europe including WSL giants, Chelsea and Arsenal which just shows how much she was wanted. After spending one season with Bayer Leverkusen, she played 20 times and scored on one occasion playing mainly as a left back with her ability in defence catching the eyes of different clubs.
She was part of the squad that reached the semi-finals in Switzerland for Germany and aims to play for her beloved country in the Women’s World Cup in Brazil next year. She hopes to join her club and country teammates, Rebecca Knaak and Sydney Lohmann in South America after playing a pivotal role for the current league champions.
The dynamic defender comes forward to attack when needed and has helped Lauren Hemp on the left side of the flank in the more recent games for the champions. Playing four games in the league, she has made four interceptions and made her league debut coming on for Alex Greenwood against Birmingham City with 15 minutes to go. Ahead of Khadija Shaw’s goal versus Aston Villa, she was pivotal up to the assist that Lauren Hemp provided, helping the players coming into the midfield alongside either Sam Coffey or Yui Hasegawa.
She impacted straight away for the side and later replaced Gracie Prior in defence for Aston Villa with Alex Greenwood moving into her more natural role of Centre Back rather than where she has been playing the last season or so. She started against Liverpool the week later and assisted for Lauren Hemp’s goal coming further and further up the pitch mirroring what Kerstin Casparij and Iman Beney do on the right side.
Against bottom of the table Charlton, Wamser came on for Casparij with 12 minutes to go, proving that she can switch between both sides on the pitch allowing a variety of players to come in and out of the team.
Prior to the arrival of the German International, City had players like Demi Stokes and Leila Ouahabi covering the role at left back with Stokes lasting nearly ten years with the squad between 2015 and 2024. Wamser looks to provide a different look to the role and work with Lauren Hemp providing assists to Khadija Shaw mainly.
Wamser is a player to watch throughout the season and in the future as she aims to be a key player for the cityzens and earn her place in the German National Team squad for the Women’s World Cup 2027.