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Encyclopedia > Birgit Prinz
Olympic medal record
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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. Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Football (soccer) has been included in every Summer Olympic Games except 1896 and 1932 as a mens competition sport. ... The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... The football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the 20th official Olympic Games football tournament. ... The ceremony for the lighting of the flame is arranged as a pagan pageant, with priestesses dancing. ... The football (soccer) tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on August 11, (two days before the opening ceremony), and ended on August 28. ... is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... First International West Germany 5 - 1 Switzerland (Koblenz, West Germany; November 10, 1982) Largest win Germany 13 - 0 Portugal (Reutlingen, Germany; November 15, 2003) Worst defeat United States 6 - 0 Germany (Decatur, Georgia, USA; March 14, 1996) World Cup Appearances 4 (First in 1991) Best result Winner, 2003 Olympic Games... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... The FIFA Womens World Cup is recognized as the most important International competition in womens football and is played amongst womens national football teams of the member states of FIFA, the sports global governing body. ...


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. Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ... 1. ...


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 26, 2007, her total stood at 170 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. The FIFA World Player of the Year is a football award given annually to the male and female player who is thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams. ... The FIFA Womens World Cup 2003 was held in the United States and won by Germany. ... The ceremony for the lighting of the flame is arranged as a pagan pageant, with priestesses dancing. ... A cap is an appearance for a select team, such as a school, county or international team in sports. ... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... The FIFA Womens World Cup is recognized as the most important International competition in womens football and is played amongst womens national football teams of the member states of FIFA, the sports global governing body. ...


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. In 2006 she received an offer from Real Madrid to become the leader of their new women's team.[citation needed] Luciano Gaucci (born December 28, 1939 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian entrepreneur and sportsman. ... Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | Italian football clubs ... This article is about the Italian football league. ... Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish sports club most widely known for its professional football team based in Madrid. ...


External links

  • FIFA Women's World Cup (portrait of Prinz, in German)
Preceded by
Martina Voss		 German Female Footballer of the Year
2001-2007		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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Germany squad - 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Runners-up
Flag of Germany 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
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Germany squad - 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
Flag of Germany 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
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Germany squad - 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Champions
Flag of Germany 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
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Germany squad - 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Champions
Flag of Germany 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
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  Results from FactBites:
 
Birgit Prinz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (251 words)
Prinz was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and she trained to become a physiotherapist.
Prinz has been playing football since she was a child and has been with 1.
Prinz may be the only current player to have a realistic shot at surpassing Mia Hamm's all-time record (for both sexes) of 158 international goals.
Birgit Prinz - definition of Birgit Prinz in Encyclopedia (158 words)
Birgit Prinz (born October 25, 1977) is a German women's soccer player.
Prinz has been playing soccer since she was a child and has been with 1.
She scored seven goals for Germany in the 2003 World Cup as a center-forward, and played for the German women's soccer team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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