Birgit Prinz

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Birgit Prinz
Personal information
Full name	Birgit Prinz
Date of birth	October 25, 1977 (1977-10-25) (age 32)
Place of birth	Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	1. FFC Frankfurt
Number	9
Youth career
1986–1988 1988–1992	SV Dörnigheim FC FC Hochstadt
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992–1998 1998–2002 2002 2002–	FSV Frankfurt 1. FFC Frankfurt Carolina Courage 1. FFC Frankfurt
National team2
1994–	Germany	0194 (123)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of August 8, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Germany
Women's Football
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Team Competition
Bronze	2004 Athens	Team Competition
Bronze	2008 Beijing	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 the German "Women's Footballer of the Year" each year from 2001 to 2008.^{[citation needed]} 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 10, 2009, her total stood at 198 international appearances (scoring 125 goals). 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.Prinz extended this record to 14 career goals in the final.

In 2003, Prinz declined an offer from Luciano Gaucci, president of AC Perugia, to join his team.^{[citation needed]}

Team Honors

World Cup: Winner 2003, 2007; Runner-Up 1995

UEFA European Championship: Winner 1995, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2009

Olympic Games: Bronze Medalist 2000, 2004, 2008

Algarve Cup: Winner 2006

UEFA Women's Cup: Winner 2002, 2006, 2008

German Championship: Winner 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008

German Cup: Winner 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008

German Indoor Cup: Winner 1995, 1999, 2002, 2006 und 2007

Super Cup: Winner 1996

WUSA Championship: Winner 2002

Personal Honors

FIFA World Player of the Year: Winner 2003, 2004, 2005; Runner-Up 2007, 2008

German Player of the Year: Winner 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Golden Ball Winner: 2003 World Cup

Silver Ball Winner: 2007 World Cup

Bundesliga Goal Scoring Champion: 1997, 1998, 2001, 2007

World Cup All-Time Leading Goal Scorer - 14 Goals

Record Goal Scorer and Caps at Olympic Games - 10/19

Federal State of Hesse Service Medal Recipient: 2007

Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Bay Laurel Leaf) Recipient

External links

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• Official Website (in German)

v • d • e Germany squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Runners-up 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

v • d • e Germany squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 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

v • d • e Germany squad – 2001 UEFA Women's European Championship Winners 1 Rottenberg • 2 Stegemann • 3 Bresonik • 4 Jones • 5 Fitschen • 6 Meinert • 7 P. Wunderlich • 8 Smisek • 9 Prinz • 10 Wiegmann • 11 M. Müller • 12 C. Müller • 13 Minnert • 14 Wilder • 15 Omilade • 16 Lingor • 17 Hingst • 18 Wimbersky • 19 T. Wunderlich • 20 Angerer • Coach: Theune-Meyer

v • d • e Germany squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Champions (1st Title) 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

v • d • e Germany squad – 2005 UEFA Women's European Championship 1 Rottenberg • 2 Stegemann • 3 Fuss • 4 Jones • 5 Günther • 6 Grings • 7 Wunderlich • 8 Smisek • 9 Prinz • 10 Lingor • 11 Mittag • 12 Holl • 13 Minnert • 14 Carlson • 15 Angerer • 16 Pohlers • 17 Hingst • 18 Garefrekes • 19 Omilade • 20 Wimbersky • Coach: Theune-Meyer

v • d • e Germany squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Champions (2nd Title) 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

v • d • e Germany squad – 2008 Olympic Beijing (3rd place) 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 Okoyino da Mbabi • 14 Laudehr • 15 Bajramaj • 16 Pohlers • 17 Hingst • 18 Garefrekes • Coach: Neid

v • d • e Germany squad – 2009 UEFA Women's European Championship 1 Angerer • 2 Stegemann • 3 Bartusiak • 4 Peter • 5 Krahn • 6 Laudehr • 7 Behringer • 8 Grings • 9 Prinz • 10 Bresonik • 11 Mittag • 12 Holl • 13 Okoyino da Mbabi • 14 Kulig • 15 Fuss • 16 Müller • 17 Hingst • 18 Garefrekes • 19 Bajramaj • 20 Zietz • 21 Weiß • 22 Schmidt • Coach: Neid

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