Birgit Prinz

Infobox Football biography
playername = Birgit Prinz


fullname = Birgit Prinz
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|10|25
cityofbirth = Frankfurt am Main
countryofbirth = Germany
height = height|m=1.79
position = Forward
currentclub = 1. FFC Frankfurt
clubnumber = 9
youthyears = 1986-1988
1988-1992
youthclubs = SV Dörnigheim FC
FC Hochstadt
years = 1992-1998
1998-2002
2002
2002-
clubs = FSV Frankfurt
1. FFC Frankfurt
Carolina Courage
1. FFC Frankfurt
caps(goals) =
nationalyears = 1994-
nationalteam = Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 0188 (122)
pcupdate =
ntupdate = August 8, 2008

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.

External links

* [http://www.birgitprinz.de/ Official Website] (in German)