Laurenz Dehl

Laurenz Dehl (born 12 December 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Austrian club Austria Klagenfurt.

Career
Born in Berlin, Dehl played youth football for SV Blau-Gelb Berlin before joining the academy of Union Berlin in 2011. He progressed through their academy and signed a two-year professional contract in summer 2019. He joined 3. Liga side Hallescher FC on a season-long loan in July 2020. He made his senior debut on 20 September 2020 as a substitute in a 2–0 victory away to 1. FC Magdeburg. He scored his first professional goal on 21 October 2020 with the opening goal of a 4–1 win over SV Meppen. He received the first red card of his career on 12 December 2020 after picking up a second yellow card for preventing Dynamo Dresden from taking a quick throw-in. He scored 3 goals in 22 appearances across the 2020–21 season.

Dehl made his debut for Union on 26 August 2021, as a substitute in a 0–0 Europa Conference League draw with Kuopion PS, in what turned out to be his only appearance of the season. On 2 December 2021, Union announced Dehl had to undergo surgery for an injury he picked up. In April 2022, Union extended Dehl's expiring contract.

On 25 July 2022, Dehl joined Bohemians in Ireland on loan until the end of the season in November 2022. He made just 1 appearance during his time in Ireland, playing the first 45 minutes of a 1–0 loss at home to Dundalk on 12 August 2022.

On 4 January 2023, Dehl was loaned to Viktoria Berlin.

On 24 January 2024, Dehl signed a contract with Austria Klagenfurt in Austria until June 2026 and was loaned to Viktoria Berlin for the remainder of the 2023–24 season.

Style of play
Having started his career as an attacking midfielder, he retrained as a right-back during the 2021–22 season according to Union managing director Oliver Ruhnert.