Birgit Prinz

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Birgit Prinz

Full name	Birgit Prinz
Date of birth	August 25, 1977 (1977-08-25) (age 30)
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 clubs
1986-1988 1988-1992	SV Dörnigheim FC FC Hochstadt
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1998 1998-2002 2002 2002-	FSV Frankfurt 1. FFC Frankfurt Carolina Courage 1. FFC Frankfurt
National team²
1994-	Germany	0177 (120)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ² National team caps and goals correct as of March 10, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Competitor for Germany
Olympic medal record
Women's Football
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Team Competition
Bronze	2004 Athens	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 German "Women's Footballer of the Year" each year from 2001 to 2007. 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 31, 2007, her total stood at 173 international appearances. 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.

In 2003, Prinz received an offer from the notoriously PR-savvy Luciano Gaucci, president of AC Perugia, who wanted to sign her for his squad. She could have been the first woman to play in a professional men's league, the Italian Serie A. However, she declined the offer.

2008
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Official Website (in German)

Preceded by Martina Voss	German Female Footballer of the Year 2001-2007	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Mia Hamm	FIFA World Player of the Year 2003, 2004, 2005	Succeeded by Marta

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 - 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Champions

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 - 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Champions

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