Birgit Prinz
Birgit Prinz (born 25 October 1977 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany) is a German association football forward. She is best known for being the top scorer of the Germany women's national football team. She is considered to be one of the best German football players of all time, as she has won the FIFA World Player of the Year multiple times. She scored 136 goals for 1. FFC Frankfurt. She has won the FIFA Women's World Cup two times with Germany. She was part of the German women's Olympic team in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008. They won the bronze medal in 2000, 2004 and 2008.
.jpg) Prinz in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
| Playing position | 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) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1994–2011 | Germany | 214 | (128) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:09, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[3] ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 June 2011 (UTC))[2] | |||
Honours
Club
- FSV Frankfurt
- Bundesliga: Winner (2) 1994–95, 1997–98
- German Cup: Winner (2) 1994–95, 1995–96
- 1. FFC Frankfurt
- UEFA Women's Cup: Winner (3) 2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08; Runner-up (1) 2003–04
- Bundesliga: Winner (6) 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08
- German Cup: Winner (8) 1998–99, 1999-00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11
- Carolina Courage
- WUSA Championship: Winner (1) 2002
International
- FIFA World Cup: Winner (2) 2003, 2007 Runner-up (1) 1995
- UEFA European Championship: Winner (5) 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009
- Olympic bronze medal: (3) 2000, 2004, 2008
- Algarve Cup: Winner (1) 2006
Individual
- FIFA World Player of the Year: Winner (3) 2003, 2004, 2005; Runner-up (4) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- German Player of the Year: Winner (8) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Second all-time leading goalscorer FIFA Women's World Cup – 14 goals (second to Marta)
- Second all-time leading goalscorer Women's Olympic Football Tournament – 10 goals (second to Cristiane)
- Golden Ball Winner: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
- Silver Ball Winner: 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
- Top-scorer 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
- Top-scorer Bundesliga: (4) 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2006–07
- Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2007
Birgit Prinz Media
Prinz playing for Germany in 2011
References
- ↑ "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 Deutsch). DFB.de. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ↑ "Birgit Prinz" (in Deutsch). Framba.de. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
Other websites
- Birgit Prinz biography Archived 2016-04-23 at the Wayback Machine