Birmingham Legion’s Ramiz Hamouda set for move to Werder Bremen

Birmingham Legion FC has agreed terms to send Ramiz Hamouda to Bundesliga side SV Werder Bremen, a move that turns an 18-year-old center back into the latest USL Championship prospect headed to Europe. Hamouda arrives at the deal with 36 league appearances behind him, a United States youth international résumé, and enough first-team mileage to make the leap look like a next step rather than a gamble.

The timing matches the way his career has unfolded. Birmingham Legion announced on May 28, 2026, that it had reached terms with Werder Bremen, one day before USL Championship published a feature calling Hamouda the league’s next export. Earlier this year, on January 14, Birmingham Legion said it and Werder Bremen were in advanced discussions, a sign the move had been building around a player whose stock had been rising steadily. Hamouda had already been on the club’s radar well before that, after moving from the Sporting Kansas City academy to Birmingham in February 2024, when Legion identified him as a 15-year-old signing professionally.

What made him export-ready was not just age, but accumulation. USL’s profile described Hamouda as a youth international who had shown prodigious growth over the previous three seasons, and his 2025 inclusion in the United States U-17 Men’s National Team squad for the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar added another marker of how far his profile had climbed. At Birmingham, he was not shielded from the Championship’s weekly grind. He had to deal with a physical schedule, older professionals, and the tactical demands that come with meaningful minutes in a league where results matter every night.

For Birmingham Legion, the transfer is a validation of a model the club has been trying to build for years. Identifying a teenager, signing him young, and turning him into a player attractive to a Bundesliga club is the kind of pathway that can reshape how a USL Championship side is perceived. Hamouda’s move shows that the league can function as more than a stopover for prospects who need games. It can be the place where they prove they are ready for Germany, and for clubs like Legion, that makes player development both a sporting asset and a business one.