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.jpg) Prinz in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Birgit Prinz[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 October 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Frankfurt, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1988 | SV Dörnigheim FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1992 | FC Hochstadt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1998 | FSV Frankfurt | 57 | (45) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2002 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 76 | (78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Carolina Courage | 35 | (23) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2011 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 114 | (136) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 282 | (282) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–2011 | Germany | 214 | (128) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:09, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[3] ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 June 2011 (UTC)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birgit Prinz (born 25 October 1977) is a German former footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. In addition to the German national team, Prinz played for 1. FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen-Bundesliga as well as the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first professional women's league in the United States. Prinz remains one of the game's most prolific strikers and is the second FIFA Women's World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals (second only to Marta from Brazil). In 2011, she announced the end of her active career.[4] She currently works as a sport psychologist for the men's and women's teams of Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.[5]
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 28 July 2014. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Nationalspielerin Birgit Prinz" (in German). DFB.de. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ "Birgit Prinz" (in German). Framba.de. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ "Prinz announces end of career" (in German). sportschau.de. 12 August 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
- ^ "Frauen: Prinz works and trains in Hoffenheim" (in German). 17 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.