Darmstadt 98 sign winger Noah Weißhaupt from SC Freiburg

Weißhaupt also spoke positively about the move. "Ich hatte in den Gesprächen mit den Verantwortlichen sofort ein gutes Gefühl und bin sicher, dass ich sehr gut zur Spielweise der Lilien passe", said the left winger. It had also been important to him to be able to "direkt mit der Mannschaft in die Vorbereitung starten zu können", and he is looking forward to "bereits auf den Auftakt Ende Juni". He also explained that he had followed Darmstadt intensively during the past season.

Response to striker departures

With the transfer, Darmstadt 98 are reacting to the impending departure of several key attacking players. The Hessians had recently sold top strikers Fraser Hornby to VfL Wolfsburg and Isac Lidberg to Borussia Mönchengladbach. The two attackers had scored 28 goals together last season. "Die beiden hatten in der vergangenen Saison zusammen 28 Tore erzielt", it was said from Darmstadt.

Weißhaupt brings experience from a total of 74 Bundesliga appearances, in which he scored two goals and provided eight assists. For SC Freiburg he played 78 competitive matches. His market value has fallen in recent times following several loan spells, from five million to 1.5 million euros.

Three loan stations in a short period

Weißhaupt had gone through three stations on loan in recent times. First, at the beginning of 2025, he was loaned out for six months to FC St. Pauli, where he accumulated over 1,000 minutes of playing time. This was followed by a loan to Polish record champions Legia Warsaw, before he played for Hannover 96 last season. At the Lower Saxony side as well as in Warsaw, he featured in 16 appearances, accumulating around 470 minutes and scoring one goal.

Darmstadt 98 will also be coached next season by head coach Florian Kohfeldt. The club currently sits fifth in the 2. Bundesliga table and is preparing for the start of the season at the end of June. With Weißhaupt, the "Lilien" are presenting their first new signing of the current transfer window.

Outlook on the new season

SC Freiburg, who reached the Europa League final in the past season, are seventh in the Bundesliga table. The Sport-Club's squad comprises 25 players with a total market value of 239.30 million euros; the head coach is Julian Schuster. Grayson Dettoni was most recently announced as another new signing.

Weißhaupt is a former German youth international and is expected to play in the wide positions at Darmstadt, where he is set to begin training with the squad from the end of June. The attacking player's contract at the South Hessian club now runs until 30 June 2026 – an unusually short duration that suggests both sides are initially opting for a short probationary period.