Birgit Prinz

Birgit Prinz

Prinz with Germany in 2011.
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-10-25) 25 October 1977
Place of birth Frankfurt am Main, West Germany
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 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)
Medal record
Women's football
Competitor for  Germany
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Team Competition
2004 Athens Team Competition
2008 Beijing Team Competition

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:09, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[1].
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 June 2011 (UTC))[2]

Birgit Prinz (born 25 October 1977) is a retired German female professional association football player. She played mostly for 1. FFC Frankfurt and on the German national team. 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). She was named FIFA World Player of the Year in 2003, 2004 and 2005. On 12 August 2011, she announced the end of her active career.[3] She currently works as a sport psychologist for the male and female teams of 1. Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.[4]

Career

Club

Prinz began her career at SV Dörnigheim FC. She made her Bundesliga debut for FSV Frankfurt, where she played from 1993 to 1998. During that time Prinz won two Bundesliga titles and two German Cups. In 1997 and 1998 she was the Bundesliga top scorer. In 1998, she moved to local rivals 1. FFC Frankfurt, where she has had her biggest success at club level. In 13 seasons at the club, Prinz won six Bundesliga and eight German Cup titles. She also won the Bundesliga top-scorer award twice more in 2001 and 2007. Prinz won the UEFA Women's Cup three times with Frankfurt, in the 2001–02, 2005–06 and 2007–08 seasons. She also reached the final in 2004, but lost to the Swedish side Umeå IK.[2]

For two seasons, Prinz joined Carolina Courage in the professional women's league WUSA in the United States. During her short stint in America she claimed the 2002 WUSA Championship. After the 2003 World Cup, Prinz declined an offer from AC Perugia to play in Italy's men's Serie A, fearing her transfer would be used as a publicity stunt and she would end up on the bench.[5]

In her time at FFC Frankfurt, Prinz won many personal awards, including a record eight German Female Footballer of the Year awards from 2001 to 2008.[6] She was named the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2003, 2004 and 2005. For four consecutive years from 2007 to 2010 she came second, behind Brazil's Marta.[7]

International

At the age of 16, Prinz made her debut for Germany's national team in July 1994 against Canada. She came on after 72 minutes and scored the game-winner in the 89th minute.[8] One year later, she won her first major title at the 1995 European Championship, scoring in the final. In the same year, she was names to Germany's squad for the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, where they lost to Norway in the final match.[2] She remains the youngest player ever to appear in a World Cup Final.[8]

For the next decade, Prinz had one of the most successful international careers in women's football. She won four more UEFA European Championships in 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2009. At the Summer Olympics she won bronze three times with the German team, in 2000, 2004 and 2008. At the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, Prinz helped Germany win its first World Cup title in the women's game. She was honoured as the tournament's best player and top-scorer. Prinz became the women's national team captain at the end of 2003, and remained until her retirement. Four years later, at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, she captained the team to Germany's second World Cup title; she was awarded the Silver Ball as the second-best player at the tournament.[2]

Prinz holds several national and international records. With 14 goals, she is the second all-time leading goalscorer at FIFA Women's World Cups. From 2008 until 2012, Prinz and Brazil's Cristiane both held the tournament record of 10 goals at the Summer Olympics, although Cristiane has now surpassed Prinz. For the German national team Prinz appeared 214 times and scored 128 goals. She is the team's most capped player and top goalscorer, and is also the most capped non-American player in the sport.[2][9]

Statistics at World Cup and Olympic Tournaments

Birgit Prinz competed in five FIFA Women's World Cup: Sweden 1995, USA 1999, USA 2003, China 2007; and Germany 2011; and four Olympics: Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, and Beijing 2008; altogether played in 43 matches and scored 24 goals at those nine global tournaments.[10] With Germany, Prinz is a two-time world champion from USA 2003 and China 2007, and a runner-up from Sweden 1995, as well as a three-time bronze medalist from Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.

Goal Match Date Location Opponent Lineup Min Score Result Competition
Sweden Sweden 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Final
1 1995-06-05[m 1] Karlstad  Japan

on 65' (off Tecklenburg)

1–0 W

 Group stage
2 1995-06-07[m 2] Helsingborg  Sweden

on 57' (off Brocker)

2–3 L

 Group stage
1 3 1995-06-09[m 3] Karlstad  Brazil Start 5 1–0

6–1 W

 Group stage
4 1995-06-13[m 4] Vasteras  England

off 67' (on Brocker)

3–0 W

 Quarter-final
5 1995-06-15[m 5] Helsingborg  China PR

off 83' (on Wunderlich)

1–0 W

 Semifinal
6 1995-06-18[m 6] Solna  Norway

off 42' (on Brocker)

0–2 L

 Final
United States Atlanta 1996 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
7 1996-07-21[m 7] Birmingham, AL  Japan

on 53' (off Brocker)

3–2 W

 Group match
2 8 1996-07-23[m 8] Washington, D.C.  Norway

on 52' (off Brocker)

 62 2–2

2–3 L

 Group match
9 1996-07-25[m 9] Birmingham, AL  Brazil

on 42' (off Brocker)

1–1 D

 Group match
United States USA 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
10 1999-06-20[m 10] Los Angeles  Italy Start

1–1 D

 Group match
11 1999-06-24[m 11] Portland, OR  Mexico

off 75' (on Mueller)

6–0 W

 Group match
3 12 1999-06-27[m 12] Washington, D.C.  Brazil Start 8 1–0

3–3 D

 Group match
13 1999-07-01[m 13] Washington, D.C.  United States Start

2–3 L

 Quarter-final
Australia Sydney 2000 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
14 2000-09-13[m 14] Canberra  Australia Start

3–0 W

 Group match
4 15 2000-09-16[m 15] Canberra  Brazil Start 33 1–0

2–1 W

 Group match
5 41 2–0
16 2000-09-19[m 16] Melbourne  Sweden Start

1–0 W

 Group match
17 2000-09-24[m 17] Sydney  Norway Start

0–1 L

 Semifinal
6 18 2000-09-28[m 18] Sydney  Brazil Start 79 2–0

2–0 W

 Bronze medal match
United States USA 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
7 19 2003-09-20[m 19] Columbus, OH  Canada Start 75 3–1

4–1 W

 Group match
8 20 2003-09-24[m 20] Columbus, OH  Japan Start 36 2–0

3–0 W

 Group match
9 66 3–0
10 21 2003-09-27[m 21] Washington, D.C.  Argentina Start 32 3–0

6–1 W

 Group match
11 22 2003-10-02[m 22] Portland, OR  Russia Start 80 5–1

7–1 W

 Quarter-final
12 89 7–1
13 23 2003-10-05[m 23] Portland, OR  United States Start 90+3 3–0

3–0 W

 Semifinal
24 2003-10-12[m 24] Carson, CA  Sweden Start

2–1 aet W

 Final
Greece Athens 2004 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
14 25 2004-08-11[m 25] Patras  China PR Start 13 1–0

8–0 W

 Group match
15 21 2–0
16 73 4–0
17 88 7–0
18 26 2004-08-17[m 26] Piraeus  Mexico Start; (c) 79 2–0

2–0 W

 Group match
27 2004-08-20[m 27] Patras  Nigeria Start; (c)

2–1 W

 Quarter-final
28 2004-08-23[m 28] Heraklion  United States Start; (c)

1–2 L

 Semifinal
29 2004-08-26[m 29] Piraeus  Sweden Start; (c)

1–0 W

 Bronze medal match
China China 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
19 30 2007-09-10[m 30] Shanghai  Argentina Start; (c) 29 4–0

11–0 W

 Group match
20 45+1 5–0
21 59 8–0
31 2007-09-14[m 31] Shanghai  England Start; (c)

0–0 D

 Group match
22 32 2007-09-17[m 32] Hangzhou  Japan Start; (c) 21 1–0

2–0 W

 Group match
33 2007-09-22[m 33] Wuhan  Korea DPR Start; (c)

3–0 W

 Quarter-final
34 2007-09-26[m 34] Tianjin  Norway Start; (c)

3–0 W

 Semifinal
23 35 2007-09-30[m 35] Shanghai  Brazil Start; (c) 52 1–0

2–0 W

 Final
China Beijing 2008 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
36 2008-08-06[m 36] Shenyang  Brazil Start; (c)

0–0 D

 Group match
37 2008-08-09[m 37] Shenyang  Nigeria Start; (c)

1–0 W

 Group match
38 2008-08-12[m 38] Tianjin  Korea DPR Start; (c)

1–0 W

 Group match
39 2008-08-15[m 39] Shenyang  Sweden Start; (c)

2–0 aet W

 Quarter-final
24 40 2008-08-18[m 40] Shanghai  Brazil Start; (c) 10 1–0

1–4 L

 Semifinal
41 2008-08-21[m 41] Beijing  Japan Start; (c)

2–0 W

 Bronze medal match
Germany Germany 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
42 2011-06-26[m 42] Berlin  Canada

off 56' (on Popp); (c)

2–1 W

 Group match
43 2011-06-30[m 43] Frankfurt  Nigeria

off 53' (on Grings); (c)

1–0 W

 Group match

Private life

Prinz is a trained physical therapist.[11] In 2010, she graduated with her Master's degree in psychology from the Goethe University Frankfurt.[12] Since January 2012, she has worked as a sport psychologist in the youth academy, women's U-17 and women's Bundesliga teams at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.[13]

Honours

Club

FSV Frankfurt
1. FFC Frankfurt
Carolina Courage

International

Individual

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Birgit Prinz" (in German). Framba.de. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nationalspielerin Birgit Prinz" (in German). DFB.de. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Prinz announces end of career" (in German). sportschau.de. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Frauen: Prinz works and trains in Hoffenheim" (in German). 17 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Birgit Prinz sagt Perugia ab" (in German). netzeitung.de. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  6. ↑ "Grings erneut Fußballerin des Jahres" (in German). DFB.de. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "FIFA Ballon d'Or – Previous Editions". FIFA. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  8. 1 2 "Birgit Prinz – Mittelpunkt des deutschen Angriffs" (in German). Focus.de. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  9. ↑ "FIFA Century Club" (PDF). FIFA. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  10. ↑ "FIFA Player Statistics: Birgit Prinz". FIFA.
  11. ↑ "Birgit Prinz" (in German). birgitprinz.de. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  12. ↑ "Birgit Prinz: Für Ken und ganz Deutschland" (in German). SPOX.com. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  13. ↑ "Schlee und Rauschenberger verlassen Hoffenheim" (in German). 18 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
Match reports
  1. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995: MATCH Report: Germany – Japan : Group matches". FIFA.
  2. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995: MATCH Report: Sweden – Germany : Group matches". FIFA.
  3. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995: MATCH Report: Brazil – Germany : Group matches". FIFA.
  4. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995: MATCH Report: Germany – England : Quarter-finals". FIFA.
  5. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995: MATCH Report: Germany – China PR : Semi-finals". FIFA.
  6. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995: MATCH Report: Germany – Norway : Final". FIFA.
  7. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 – Women : MATCH Report: Germany – Japan : First stage". FIFA.
  8. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 – Women : MATCH Report: Norway – Germany : First stage". FIFA.
  9. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 – Women : MATCH Report: Brazil – Germany : First stage". FIFA.
  10. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999: MATCH Report: Germany – Italy : Group matches". FIFA.
  11. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999: MATCH Report: Germany – Mexico : Group matches". FIFA.
  12. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999: MATCH Report: Germany – Brazil : Group matches". FIFA.
  13. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999: MATCH Report: USA – Germany : Quarter-finals". FIFA.
  14. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 – Women : MATCH Report: Australia – Germany : First stage". FIFA.
  15. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 – Women : MATCH Report: Germany – Brazil : First stage". FIFA.
  16. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 – Women : MATCH Report: Germany – Sweden : First stage". FIFA.
  17. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 – Women : MATCH Report: Germany – Norway : Semi-finals". FIFA.
  18. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 – Women : MATCH Report: Germany – Brazil : Bronze medal match". FIFA.
  19. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003: MATCH Report: Germany – Canada : Group matches". FIFA.
  20. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003: MATCH Report: Germany – Japan : Group matches". FIFA.
  21. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003: MATCH Report: Argentinas – Germany : Group matches". FIFA.
  22. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003: MATCH Report: Germany – Russia : Quarter-finals". FIFA.
  23. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003: MATCH Report: USA – Germany : Semi-finals". FIFA.
  24. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003: MATCH Report: Germany – Sweden : Final". FIFA.
  25. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Women : MATCH Report: Germany – China PR : First stage". FIFA.
  26. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Women : MATCH Report: Germany – Mexico : First stage". FIFA.
  27. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Women : MATCH Report: Germany – Nigeria : Quarter-finals". FIFA.
  28. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Women : MATCH Report: USA – Germany : Semi-finals". FIFA.
  29. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Women : MATCH Report: Germany – Sweden : Bronze medal match". FIFA.
  30. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007: MATCH Report: Germany – Argentinas : First stage". FIFA.
  31. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007: MATCH Report: England – Germany : First stage". FIFA.
  32. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007: MATCH Report: Germany – Japan : First stage". FIFA.
  33. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007: MATCH Report: Germany – Korea DPR : Quarter-finals". FIFA.
  34. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007: MATCH Report: Germany – Norway : Semi-finals". FIFA.
  35. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007: MATCH Report: Germany – Brazil : Final". FIFA.
  36. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 – Women : MATCH Report: Germany – Brazil : First stage". FIFA.
  37. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 – Women : MATCH Report: Nigeria – Germany : First stage". FIFA.
  38. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 – Women : MATCH Report: Korea DPR – Germany : First stage". FIFA.
  39. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 – Women : MATCH Report: Sweden – Germany : Quarter-finals". FIFA.
  40. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 – Women : MATCH Report: Brazil – Germany : Semi-finals". FIFA.
  41. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 – Women : MATCH Report: Germany – Japan : Bronze medal match". FIFA.
  42. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011: MATCH Report: Germany – Canada : First stage". FIFA.
  43. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011: MATCH Report: Germany – Nigeria : First stage". FIFA.

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