Birgit Prinz

Birgit Prinz
Prinz in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-10-25) 25 October 1977
Place of birth Frankfurt, West Germany
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Striker
Youth career
1986–1988 Dörnigheimer SV 1973
1988–1992 1. FC 1911 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)
International career
1994–2011 Germany 214 (128)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Germany
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2003 United StatesTeam
Gold medal – first place2007 ChinaTeam
Silver medal – second place1995 SwedenTeam
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2000 SydneyTeam
Bronze medal – third place2004 AthensTeam
Bronze medal – third place2008 BeijingTeam
UEFA European Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place1995 Germany/England/Norway/SwedenTeam
Gold medal – first place1997 Norway/SwedenTeam
Gold medal – first place2001 GermanyTeam
Gold medal – first place2005 EnglandTeam
Gold medal – first place2009 FinlandTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Birgit Prinz (born 25 October 1977) is a German former footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. In addition to the German national team, Prinz played for 1. FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen-Bundesliga as well as the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first professional women's league in the United States. 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). In 2011, she announced the end of her active career. She currently works as a sport psychologist for the men's and women's teams of Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.