Danny Schmidt

Central Midfielder - Fortuna Düsseldorf
22 Oct 2026
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Marked for Danny Schmidt

12 Edition

The Fortuna Düsseldorf Post

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad19 Oct 2026

Jonas Adjetey is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad19 Oct 2026

A muscle injury sidelines Stephan Hahn for 14 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Fortuna Düsseldorf will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Nobody could get near Emmanuel Iyoha

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Fortuna Düsseldorf

Anouar El Azzouzi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad19 Oct 2026

A row about effort at Fortuna Düsseldorf

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Florent Muslija was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Half-satisfied: Florian Jäger on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Moritz Heyer

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Moritz Heyer, and the manager let it.

Match17 Oct 2026

Fortuna Düsseldorf draw a blank against VfL Bochum

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. VfL Bochum defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Moritz Heyer left out for tactical reasons at Fortuna Düsseldorf

The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief

Back issues
7 Edition

The Fortuna Düsseldorf Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market14 Sep 2026

Danny Schmidt’s move to Darmstadt 98 falls through

The deal that would have taken Danny Schmidt to Darmstadt 98 has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Fortuna Düsseldorf with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

Transfer targets14 Sep 2026

Dynamo Dresden tell Fortuna Düsseldorf: Dominik Kother is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match12 Sep 2026

Fortuna Düsseldorf come up short against Magdeburg

Magdeburg left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad14 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Fortuna Düsseldorf

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and João Pedro was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad14 Sep 2026

9 new faces, and Fortuna Düsseldorf are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

Florian Jäger answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Nobody could get near Florent Muslija

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Fortuna Düsseldorf

Max Grüger was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

Marcel Lotka gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

4 Edition

The Fortuna Düsseldorf Post

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market24 Aug 2026

Janik Haberer arrives at Fortuna Düsseldorf in a $4.6M statement of intent

There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. Fortuna Düsseldorf have paid $4.6M for Janik Haberer, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.

Market24 Aug 2026

Danny Schmidt hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Fortuna Düsseldorf can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom24 Aug 2026

1 academy players handed senior numbers at Fortuna Düsseldorf

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

The terraces24 Aug 2026

Fortuna Düsseldorf spend $4.6M on the signing the town wanted

It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $4.6M for Janik Haberer, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.

Squad24 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Fortuna Düsseldorf

Janik Haberer and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Fortuna Düsseldorf rebuffed over Karim Konaté

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Malmo FF have kept their man, and Fortuna Düsseldorf go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market24 Aug 2026

Fortuna Düsseldorf promote Martin Dietrich from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Martin Dietrich has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Squad24 Aug 2026

João Pedro falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

A loan move for Felix Agu is in the works

Fortuna Düsseldorf have made the call to Werder Bremen. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

In brief

3 Edition

The Fortuna Düsseldorf Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market17 Aug 2026

Fortuna Düsseldorf sign Jonas Adjetey for $4.6M

The paperwork is done: Jonas Adjetey joins from VfL Wolfsburg in a deal worth $4.6M. Now comes the harder part.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Door shut on Marcel Hartel

Fortuna Düsseldorf asked and St. Louis CITY SC said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market17 Aug 2026

Fortuna Düsseldorf turn down Grasshopper for Julian Hettwer

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Paul Onuachu turns down Fortuna Düsseldorf

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Trabzonspor keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

The terraces17 Aug 2026

$4.6M for Jonas Adjetey, and Fortuna Düsseldorf supporters approve

Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Jonas Adjetey from VfL Wolfsburg for $4.6M, and a ticket office having a very good morning.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Fortuna Düsseldorf

Satoshi Tanaka and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Fortuna Düsseldorf ask about Paul Onuachu

A loan enquiry to Trabzonspor: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Too much change too quickly at Fortuna Düsseldorf

6 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Fortuna Düsseldorf

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Florent Muslija was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief

1 Edition

The Fortuna Düsseldorf Post

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

VfB Stuttgart tell Fortuna Düsseldorf: Deniz Undav is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad3 Aug 2026

João Pedro arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. João Pedro has, at Fortuna Düsseldorf, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Fortuna Düsseldorf make their move for Felix Agu

$2.7M on the table at Werder Bremen. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Market3 Aug 2026

Altach come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Fortuna Düsseldorf did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Fortuna Düsseldorf

Satoshi Tanaka was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market3 Aug 2026

Eyes on Luca Raimund again

The phone has started ringing about Luca Raimund again, and this time the name on the line is St. Pauli. Fortuna Düsseldorf are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Fortuna Düsseldorf

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and João Pedro was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Emmanuel Iyoha signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Emmanuel Iyoha commits to Fortuna Düsseldorf for another 4 years.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

A loan move for Paul Onuachu is in the works

Fortuna Düsseldorf have made the call to Trabzonspor. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

In brief