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Birgit Prinz

Date of birth	(1977-10-25) 25 October 1977
Place of birth	Frankfurt am Main, West Germany
Height
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		262	(282)
National team‡
1994–2011	Germany	214	(128)
Honours {#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect. style="width:100%; background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #000000;" #REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect.- |- style="background-color:#eeeeee;text-align:center;" class="adr" ! colspan="3" | Competitor for Germany |- style="background-color:#eeeeee;text-align:center;" ! colspan="3" | Olympic Games Women's Football |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Bronze medal – third place|| 2000 Sydney || Team Competition |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Bronze medal – third place|| 2004 Athens || Team Competition |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Bronze medal – third place|| 2008 Beijing || Team Competition #REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect.} </th></tr>Template:Infobox3cols/row </table> 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 the FIFA Women's World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals (tied with Marta). 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. She currently works as a sport psychologist for the male and female teams of 1. Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. She remains the youngest player ever to appear in a World Cup Final. 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. Prinz holds several national and international records. With 14 goals, she is the 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. 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. 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. 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. #REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect. ||Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament #REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect. ||Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament Key (expand for notes on “world cup and olympic goals”) Location Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Lineup Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain Min The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal. Assist/pass The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information. penalty or pk Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.) Score The match score after the goal was scored. Result The final score. W – match was won L – match was lost to opponent D – match was drawn (W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match (L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match aet The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation pso Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time Goal Match Date Location Opponent Lineup Min Score Result Competition Sweden 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Final 1 1995-06-05 Karlstad Template:Country data JPN {{{4}}}. on 65' (off Tecklenburg) 1–0 W Group stage 2 1995-06-07 Helsingborg Sweden {{{4}}}. on 57' (off Brocker) 2–3 L Group stage 1 3 1995-06-09 Karlstad Brazil Start 5 1–0 6–1 W Group stage 4 1995-06-13 Vasteras England {{{4}}}. off 67' (on Brocker) 3–0 W Quarter-final 5 1995-06-15 Helsingborg China PR {{{4}}}. off 83' (on Wunderlich) 1–0 W Semifinal 6 1995-06-18 Solna Norway {{{4}}}. off 42' (on Brocker) 0–2 L Final <center> Atlanta 1996 Olympic Women's Football Tournament 7 1996-07-21 Birmingham, AL Template:Country data JPN {{{4}}}. on 53' (off Brocker) 3–2 W Group match 2 8 1996-07-23 Washington, D.C. Norway {{{4}}}. on 52' (off Brocker) 62 2–2 2–3 L Group match 9 1996-07-25 Birmingham, AL Brazil {{{4}}}. on 42' (off Brocker) 1–1 D Group match <center> USA 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 10 1999-06-20 Los Angeles Italy Start 1–1 D Group match 11 1999-06-24 Portland, OR Mexico {{{4}}}. off 75' (on Mueller) 6–0 W Group match 3 12 1999-06-27 Washington, D.C. Brazil Start 8 1–0 3–3 D Group match 13 1999-07-01 Washington, D.C. United States Start 2–3 L Quarter-final <center> Sydney 2000 Olympic Women's Football Tournament 14 2000-09-13 Canberra Australia Start 3–0 W Group match 4 15 2000-09-16 Canberra Brazil Start 33 1–0 2–1 W Group match 5 41 2–0 16 2000-09-19 Melbourne Sweden Start 1–0 W Group match 17 2000-09-24 Sydney Norway Start 0–1 L Semifinal 6 18 2000-09-28 Sydney Brazil Start 79 2–0 2–0 W Bronze medal match <center> USA 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup 7 19 2003-09-20 Columbus, OH Canada Start 75 3–1 4–1 W Group match 8 20 2003-09-24 Columbus, OH Template:Country data JPN Start 36 2–0 3–0 W Group match 9 66 3–0 10 21 2003-09-27 Washington, D.C. Argentina Start 32 3–0 6–1 W Group match 11 22 2003-10-02 Portland, OR Russia Start 80 5–1 7–1 W Quarter-final 12 89 7–1 13 23 2003-10-05 Portland, OR United States Start 90+3 3–0 3–0 W Semifinal 24 2003-10-12 Carson, CA Sweden Start 2–1 aet W Final <center> Athens 2004 Women's Olympic Football Tournament 14 25 2004-08-11 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 Piraeus Mexico Start; (c) 79 2–0 2–0 W Group match 27 2004-08-20 Patras Nigeria Start; (c) 2–1 W Quarter-final 28 2004-08-23 Heraklion United States Start; (c) 1–2 L Semifinal 29 2004-08-26 Piraeus Sweden Start; (c) 1–0 W Bronze medal match <center> China 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 19 30 2007-09-10 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 Shanghai England Start; (c) 0–0 D Group match 22 32 2007-09-17 Hangzhou Template:Country data JPN Start; (c) 21 1–0 2–0 W Group match 33 2007-09-22 Wuhan Template:Country data PRK Start; (c) 3–0 W Quarter-final 34 2007-09-26 Tianjin Norway Start; (c) 3–0 W Semifinal 23 35 2007-09-30 Shanghai Brazil Start; (c) 52 1–0 2–0 W Final <center> Beijing 2008 Women's Olympic Football Tournament 36 2008-08-06 Shenyang Brazil Start; (c) 0–0 D Group match 37 2008-08-09 Shenyang Nigeria Start; (c) 1–0 W Group match 38 2008-08-12 Tianjin Template:Country data PRK Start; (c) 1–0 W Group match 39 2008-08-15 Shenyang Sweden Start; (c) 2–0 aet W Quarter-final 24 40 2008-08-18 Shanghai Brazil Start; (c) 10 1–0 1–4 L Semifinal 41 2008-08-21 Beijing Template:Country data JPN Start; (c) 2–0 W Bronze medal match <center> Germany 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 42 2011-06-26 Berlin Canada {{{4}}}. off 56' (on Popp); (c) 2–1 W Group match 43 2011-06-30 Frankfurt Nigeria {{{4}}}. off 53' (on Grings); (c) 1–0 W Group match Private life Prinz is a trained physical therapist. In 2010, she graduated with her Master's degree in psychology from the Goethe University Frankfurt. 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. 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 All time leading goalscorer FIFA Women's World Cup – 14 goals(tied with Marta) All-time leading goalscorer Women's Olympic Football Tournament – 10 goals (with 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 See also List of association women football players with 100 or more international goals List of German women's football champions List of FIFA Women's World Cup goalscorers List of Olympic medalists in football Football in Germany References Match reports External links Official website Profile at the German Football Federation Birgit Prinz – FIFA competition record Profile at Weltfussball.de Profile at Women's United Soccer Association Preceded by Martina Voss German Female Footballer of the Year 2001–2008 Succeeded by Inka Grings Preceded by Mia Hamm FIFA World Player of the Year 2003, 2004, 2005 Succeeded by Marta