Birgit Prinz

Birgit Prinz

Prinz in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth
Place of birth	Frankfurt, West Germany
Date of death
Height
PositionTemplate:Pluralize from text
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 World Cup 2003 United States Team 2007 China Team 1995 Sweden Team Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team 2004 Athens Team 2008 Beijing Team UEFA European Women's Championship 1995 Germany/England/Norway/Sweden Team 1997 Norway/Sweden Team 2001 Germany Team 2005 England Team 2009 Finland Team
* 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.

Club career

Prinz began her career at Dörnigheimer SV. 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 career

Prinz playing for Germany in 2011

At the age of 16, Prinz made her debut for the Germany 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 named 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 second 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 ten goals at the Summer Olympics, although Cristiane has now surpassed Prinz. For the German national team Prinz appeared 214 times and scored 128 goals, and is the team's most capped player and top goalscorer.

Personal 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.

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Prinz goal.

List of international goals scored by Birgit Prinz

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	27 July 1994	Saputo Stadium, Montreal, Canada		2–1	2–1	Friendly
2	2 August 1994	Bensalem Township Memorial Stadium, Oakford, USA		6–3	6–3
3	21 September 1994	Floschenstadion, Sindelfingen, Germany		5–0	8–0	UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying
4				8–0
5	23 February 1995	Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany		2–1	2–1	UEFA Women's Euro 1995
6	26 March 1995	Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany		2–1	3–2
7	23 May 1995	?		5–0	8–0	Friendly
8	9 June 1995	Tingvalla IP, Karlstad, Sweden		1–0	6–1	1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
9	25 October 1995	Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia		1–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying
10	23 July 1996	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States		2–2	2–3	1996 Summer Olympics
11	24 April 1997	?, Germany		4–0	6–0	Friendly
12				5–0
13	6 July 1997	Melløs Stadion, Moss, Norway		2–0	2–0	UEFA Women's Euro 1997
14	12 July 1997	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway		2–0	2–0
15	25 September 1997	Paul Greifzu Stadium, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany		3–0	3–0	1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
16	9 October 1997	MSV-Arena, Duisburg, Germany		3–1	3–1	Friendly
17	17 June 1998	Ulefoss Idrettspark, Ulefoss, Norway		1–2	2–3	1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
18	17 September 1998	Sportpark Johannisau, Fulda, Germany		3–0	5–0
19				4–0
20	11 October 1998	NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine		1–0	1–1
21	14 February 1999	?, Turkey		5–0	12–1	Friendly
22	28 March 1999	?, Germany		4–1	4–1
23	27 June 1999	FedExField, Landover, United States		1–0	3–3	1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
24	6 April 2000	Stadion am Bornheimer Hang, Frankfurt, Germany		1–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying
25	11 May 2000	NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine		1–0	6–1
26				2–0
27				3–1
28				5–1
29	17 August 2000	Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur, Iceland		3–0	6–0
30				4–0
31	16 September 2000	Bruce Stadium, Canberra, Australia		1–0	2–1	2000 Summer Olympics
32				2–0
33	28 September 2000	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia		2–0	2–0
34	27 August 2000	Old Tivoli, Aachen, Germany		3–0	7–0	Friendly
35	8 March 2001	Donaustadion, Ulm, Germany		2–3	2–4
36	17 June 2001	Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen, Germany		4–0	7–1
37	27 June 2001	Steigerwaldstadion, Erfurt, Germany		2–0	5–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2001
38	17 November 2001	De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands		2–0	3–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
39	27 January 2002	Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium, Guangzhou, China		2–1	3–1	Friendly
40	18 April 2002	Stadion am Schönbusch, Aschaffenburg, Germany		3–0	6–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
41				4–0
42				5–0
43	4 May 2002	Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo, Barcelos, Portugal		8–0	8–0
44	17 October 2002	Donaustadion, Ulm, Germany		1–0	2–0	Friendly
45	14 November 2002	Nattenberg Stadion, Lüdenscheid, Germany		1–0	4–0
46	27 March 2003	Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion, Potsdam, Germany		1–0	5–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
47				5–0
48	22 May 2003	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Prenzlauer Berg, Germany		1–0	1–1	Friendly
49	25 May 2003	Haderslev Football Stadium, Haderslev, Denmark		2–2	6–2
50				3–2
51				6–2
52	28 August 2003	Dreiflüssestadion, Passau, Germany		3–0	4–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
53	11 September 2003	Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor, Darmstadt, Germany		1–0	4–0	Friendly
54				2–0
55	20 September 2003	Mapfre Stadium, Columbus, United States		3–1	4–1	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
56	24 September 2003			2–0	3–0
57				3–0
58	27 September 2003	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States		4–0	6–1
59	2 October 2003	Providence Park, Portland, United States		6–1	7–1
60				7–1
61	5 October 2003			3–0	3–0
62	15 November 2003	Stadion an der Kreuzeiche, Reutlingen, Germany		4–0	13–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
63				6–0
64				7–0
65				9–0
66	7 February 2004	Estádio Municipal de Albufeira, Albufeira, Portugal		1–0	11–0
67				4–0
68				10–0
69	31 March 2004	Stadio Druso, Bolzano, Italy		1–0	1–0	Friendly
70	28 April 2004	Marschweg-Stadion, Oldenburg, Germany		1–0	6–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
71				5–0
72	2 May 2004	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston, Scotland		2–1	3–1
73	24 July 2004	Stadion am Bieberer Berg, Offenbach am Main, Germany		2–0	3–1	Friendly
74	11 August 2004	Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras, Greece		1–0	8–0	2004 Summer Olympics
75				2–0
76				4–0
77				7–0
78	17 August 2004	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece		2–0	2–0
79	25 September 2004	Na Litavce, Příbram, Czechia		2–0	5–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
80	9 March 2005	Municipal de Lagos, Lagos, Portugal		2–0	2–1	2005 Algarve Cup
81	11 March 2005	Providence Park, Dr. Francisco Vieira Stadium, Silves, Portugal		2–0	4–0
82				3–0
83	21 April 2005	Stadion an der Bremer Brücke, Osnabrück, Germany		2–1	3–1	Friendly
84	9 June 2005	Deepdale, Preston, England		1–0	4–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005
85	15 June 2005			4–1	4–1
86	19 June 2005	Ewood Park, Blackburn, England		3–1	3–1
87	4 September 2005	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada		4–2	4–3	Friendly
88	25 September 2005	Leimbachstadion, Siegen, Germany		4–1	5–1	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
89	20 October 2005	Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion, Bayreuth, Germany		3–0	4–0
90				4–0
91	9 March 2006	Estádio Algarve, Portugal		2–0	5–0	2006 Algarve Cup
92	11 March 2006	Estádio Algarve, Portugal		1–0	3–0
93	3 August 2006	Grotenburg-Stadion, Krefeld, Germany		1–0	5–0	Friendly
94				2–0
95	26 August 2006	Richmond Park, Dublin, Ireland		2–0	3–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
96	30 August 2006	Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen, Switzerland		2–0	6–0
97	23 September 2006	McDiarmid Park, Perth, Scotland		1–0	5–0
98				4–0
99	27 September 2006	Eduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow, Russia		3–0	3–2
100	25 October 2006	Städtisches Waldstadion, Aalen, Germany		3–1	5–1	Friendly
101	23 November 2006	Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe, Germany		2–0	6–3
102	12 April 2007	Lohrheidestadion, Bochum, Germany		1–1	5–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
103	10 May 2007	Bridge Meadow Stadium, Haverfordwest, Wales		1–0	6–0
104				2–0
105				6–0
106	29 July 2007	MDCC-Arena, Magdeburg, Germany		2–0	4–0	Friendly
107	2 August 2007	Stadion der Freundschaft, Gera, Germany		1–0	5–0
108				5–0
109	22 August 2007	Stadion Oberwerth, Koblenz, Germany		3–0	7–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
110	30 August 2007	Bruchwegstadion, Mainz, Germany		2–0	2–2	Friendly
111	10 September 2007	Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai, China		4–0	11–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
112				5–0
113				8–0
114	17 September 2007	Yellow Dragon Sports Center, Hangzhou, China		1–0	2–0
115	30 September 2007	Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai, China		1–0	2–0
116	28 October 2007	Stadion Lohmühle, Lübeck, Germany		3–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
117	28 February 2008	Dreisamstadion, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany		1–0	2–0	Friendly
118	7 March 2008	Estádio Algarve, Portugal		1–0	3–0	2008 Algarve Cup
119				2–0
120	10 March 2008	Municipal Stadium, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal		2–0	2–0
121	17 July 2008	Alpenbauer Sportpark, Unterhaching, Germany		2–0	3–0	Friendly
122	18 August 2008	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China		1–0	1–5	2008 Summer Olympics
123	25 July 2009	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim, Germany		4–0	6–0	Friendly
124	10 September 2009	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland		1–0	6–2	UEFA Women's Euro 2009
125				6–2
126	24 February 2010	Complexo Desportivo Belavista, Parchal, Portugal		2–0	4–0	2010 Algarve Cup
127	25 November 2010	BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany		4–0	8–0	Friendly
128				5–0

Goals by competition

Competition	Goals	Matches
Friendlies/Algarve Cup	46	101
FIFA World Cup	14	24
UEFA Women's Euro	10	25
World Cup qualifiers	18	20
Euro qualifiers	30	25
Olympics	10	19
Total	128	214

At World Cup and Olympic Tournaments

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 she 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.

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 parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Pink background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
Template:Flagicon Sweden 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Final
	1	1995-06-05	Karlstad		{{{4}}}. on 65' (off Tecklenburg)			1–0 W	Group stage
	2	1995-06-07	Helsingborg		{{{4}}}. on 57' (off Brocker)			2–3 L	Group stage
1	3	1995-06-09	Karlstad		Start	5	1–0	6–1 W	Group stage
	4	1995-06-13	Västerås		{{{4}}}. off 67' (on Brocker)			3–0 W	Quarter-final
	5	1995-06-15	Helsingborg		{{{4}}}. off 83' (on Wunderlich)			1–0 W	Semifinal
	6	1995-06-18	Solna		{{{4}}}. off 42' (on Brocker)			0–2 L	Final
Template:Flagicon Atlanta 1996 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
	7	1996-07-21	Birmingham, AL		{{{4}}}. on 53' (off Brocker)			3–2 W	Group match
2	8	1996-07-23	Washington, D.C.		{{{4}}}. on 52' (off Brocker)	62	2–2	2–3 L	Group match
	9	1996-07-25	Birmingham, AL		{{{4}}}. on 42' (off Brocker)			1–1 D	Group match
Template:Flagicon USA 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
	10	1999-06-20	Los Angeles		Start			1–1 D	Group match
	11	1999-06-24	Portland, OR		{{{4}}}. off 75' (on Mueller)			6–0 W	Group match
3	12	1999-06-27	Washington, D.C.		Start	8	1–0	3–3 D	Group match
	13	1999-07-01	Washington, D.C.		Start			2–3 L	Quarter-final
Template:Flagicon Sydney 2000 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
	14	2000-09-13	Canberra		Start			3–0 W	Group match
4	15	2000-09-16	Canberra		Start	33	1–0	2–1 W	Group match
5						41	2–0
	16	2000-09-19	Melbourne		Start			1–0 W	Group match
	17	2000-09-24	Sydney		Start			0–1 L	Semifinal
6	18	2000-09-28	Sydney		Start	79	2–0	2–0 W	Bronze medal match
Template:Flagicon USA 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
7	19	2003-09-20	Columbus, OH		Start	75	3–1	4–1 W	Group match
8	20	2003-09-24	Columbus, OH		Start	36	2–0	3–0 W	Group match
9						66	3–0
10	21	2003-09-27	Washington, D.C.		Start	32	3–0	6–1 W	Group match
11	22	2003-10-02	Portland, OR		Start	80	5–1	7–1 W	Quarter-final
12						89	7–1
13	23	2003-10-05	Portland, OR		Start	90+3	3–0	3–0 W	Semifinal
	24	2003-10-12	Carson, CA		Start			2–1 aet W	Final
Template:Flagicon Athens 2004 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
14	25	2004-08-11	Patras		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		Start; (c)	79	2–0	2–0 W	Group match
	27	2004-08-20	Patras		Start; (c)			2–1 W	Quarter-final
	28	2004-08-23	Heraklion		Start; (c)			1–2 L	Semifinal
	29	2004-08-26	Piraeus		Start; (c)			1–0 W	Bronze medal match
Template:Flagicon China 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
19	30	2007-09-10	Shanghai		Start; (c)	29	4–0	11–0 W	Group match
20						45+1	5–0
21						59	8–0
	31	2007-09-14	Shanghai		Start; (c)			0–0 D	Group match
22	32	2007-09-17	Hangzhou		Start; (c)	21	1–0	2–0 W	Group match
	33	2007-09-22	Wuhan		Start; (c)			3–0 W	Quarter-final
	34	2007-09-26	Tianjin		Start; (c)			3–0 W	Semifinal
23	35	2007-09-30	Shanghai		Start; (c)	52	1–0	2–0 W	Final
Template:Flagicon Beijing 2008 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	36	2008-08-06	Shenyang		Start; (c)			0–0 D	Group match
	37	2008-08-09	Shenyang		Start; (c)			1–0 W	Group match
	38	2008-08-12	Tianjin		Start; (c)			1–0 W	Group match
	39	2008-08-15	Shenyang		Start; (c)			2–0 aet W	Quarter-final
24	40	2008-08-18	Shanghai		Start; (c)	10	1–0	1–4 L	Semifinal
	41	2008-08-21	Beijing		Start; (c)			2–0 W	Bronze medal match
Template:Flagicon Germany 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
	42	2011-06-26	Berlin		{{{4}}}. off 56' (on Popp); (c)			2–1 W	Group match
	43	2011-06-30	Frankfurt		{{{4}}}. off 53' (on Grings); (c)			1–0 W	Group match

Honours

FSV Frankfurt

• Bundesliga: 1994–95, 1997–98
• German Cup: 1994–95, 1995–96

1. FFC Frankfurt

• UEFA Women's Cup: 2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08; runner-up 2003–04
• Bundesliga (7): 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08
• German Cup (8): 1998–99, 1999-00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11

Germany

• WUSA Championship: 2002
• FIFA World Cup: 2003, 2007; runner-up 1995
• UEFA European Championship: 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009
• Olympic bronze medal: 2000, 2004, 2008
• Algarve Cup: 2006

Individual

• FIFA World Player of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005; runner-up 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
• German Player of the Year (8): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• UEFA Women's Championship Golden Player: 1995
• Second all-time leading goalscorer FIFA Women's World Cup – 14 goals (second to Marta)
• Second all-time leading goalscorer Women's Olympic Football Tournament – 10 goals (second to Cristiane)
• Golden Ball: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
• FIFA Women's World Cup top scorer: 2003
• 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup All star team: 2003
• Silver Ball: 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
• 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup All star team: 2007
• Bundesliga top scorer: 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2006–07
• Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2003, 2007

See also

• List of women footballers with 300 or more goals
• List of women's footballers with 100 or more international goals
• List of women's footballers with 100 or more international caps
• List of players who have won multiple FIFA Women's World Cups
• List of German women's football champions
• List of FIFA Women's World Cup hat-tricks
• List of Olympic medalists in football
• List of UEFA Women's Championship goalscorers
• List of UEFA Women's Championship records

References

Match reports

External links

• Birgit Prinz – FIFA competition record (archived)Template:Edit at Wikidata
• Official website Template:In lang
• Profile at the German Football Federation
• Template:WorldFootball.net