Birgit Prinz
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Birgit Prinz | |
| Date of birth | August 25 1977 | |
| Place of birth | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | |
| Height | m ({{FORMATNUM:5 ft 101⁄2 in}}) | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | 1. FFC Frankfurt | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1986-1988 1988-1992 |
SV Dörnigheim FC FC Hochstadt |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992-1998 1998-2002 2002 2002- |
FSV Frankfurt 1. FFC Frankfurt Carolina Courage 1. FFC Frankfurt |
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| National team2 | ||
| 1994- | Germany | 171 (114) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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| Olympic medal record | |||
Competitor for  Germany |
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| Women's Football | |||
| Bronze | 2000 Sydney | Team Competition | |
| Bronze | 2004 Athens | Team Competition | |
Birgit Prinz (born October 25, 1977) is a German international football player and the Women's World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals.
Prinz was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and she trained to become a physiotherapist. Prinz has been with 1. FFC Frankfurt (1st Frankfurt Women's Football Club) since July 1994.
She was elected FIFA Women's World Player of the Year in 2003, 2004, and 2005 and was German "Women's Footballer of the Year" each year from 2001 to 2007. She scored seven goals for Germany in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 as a center-forward, and played for the German women's football team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She is one of only three German women with more than 150 caps; as of September 26, 2007, her total stood at 170 international appearances. In a September 17, 2007 match against Japan, she became the all-time leading scorer in FIFA Women's World Cup history with 13 career goals in World Cup play.
In 2003, Prinz received an offer from the notoriously PR-savvy Luciano Gaucci, president of AC Perugia, who wanted to sign her for his squad. She could have been the first woman to play in a professional men's league, the Italian Serie A. However, she declined the offer. In 2006 she received an offer from Real Madrid to become the leader of their new women's team.[citation needed]
External links
- Official Website (in German)
| Preceded by Martina Voss |
German Female
Footballer of the Year 2001-2007 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Germany squad - 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Runners-up | |
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| 1 Goller • 2 Bernhard •
3 Austermühl • 4 Pohlmann • 5 Lohn •
6 Meinert • 7 Voss • 8 Wiegmann •
9 Mohr • 10 Neid • 11 Brocker •
12 Kraus • 13 Hoffmann • 14 Minnert •
15 Klein • 16 Prinz • 17 T. Wunderlich •
18 P. Wunderlich • 19 Smisek • 20 Francke •
Coach: Bisanz |
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| Germany squad - 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup | |
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| 1 Rottenberg • 2 Stegemann •
3 Hingst • 4 Jones • 5 Fitschen •
6 Hoffmann • 7 Voss • 8 Smisek •
9 Prinz • 10 Wiegmann • 11 Meinert •
12 Müller • 13 Minnert • 14 T. Wunderlich •
15 Angerer • 16 Lingor • 17 P. Wunderlich •
18 Grings • 19 Brandebusemeyer • 20 Meyer • Coach: Theune-Meyer |
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| Germany squad - 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Champions | |
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| 1 Rottenberg • 2 Stegemann •
3 Bresonik • 4 Künzer • 5 Jones •
6 Lingor • 7 Wunderlich • 8 Smisek •
9 Prinz • 10 Wiegmann • 11 Müller • 12 Fuss •
13 Minnert • 14 Meinert • 15 Angerer •
16 Odebrecht • 17 Hingst • 18 Garefrekes •
19 Gottschlich • 20 Pohlers • Coach: Theune-Meyer |
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| Germany squad - 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Champions | |
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| 1 Angerer • 2 Stegemann •
3 Bartusiak • 4 Peter • 5 Krahn •
6 Bresonik • 7 Behringer • 8 Smisek •
9 Prinz • 10 Lingor • 11 Mittag •
12 Holl • 13 Minnert • 14 Laudehr •
15 Fuss • 16 Müller • 17 Hingst •
18 Garefrekes • 19 Bajramaj • 20 Wimbersky •
21 Rottenberg • Coach: Neid |
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