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.

Birgit Prinz

Prinz in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Birgit Prinz[1]
Date of birth	(1977-10-25) 25 October 1977 (age 46)
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)
National team‡
1994–2011	Germany	214	(128)
Honours Women's football Representing  Germany World Cup 2003 United States Team 2007 China Team 1995 Sweden Team Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team 2004 Athens Team 2008 Beijing Team UEFA European Women's Championship 1995 Germany/England/Norway/Sweden Team 1997 Norway/Sweden Team 2001 Germany Team 2005 England Team 2009 Finland Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:09, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[2] ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 June 2011 (UTC))[3]

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

References

1. "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. {{cite web}}: More than one of |archivedate= and |archive-date= specified (help); More than one of |archiveurl= and |archive-url= specified (help)
2. "Birgit Prinz" (in German). Framba.de. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
3. "Nationalspielerin Birgit Prinz" (in German). DFB.de. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

Other websites

• Birgit Prinz biography Archived 2016-04-23 at the Wayback Machine