Viola Odebrecht (born 11 February 1983) is a retired German footballer who last played for VfL Wolfsburg. She also played for Germany. She played 49 international matches for the national team and became world champion in 2003 .
 Odebrecht in 2008 | |||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Viola Odebrecht[1] | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 February 1983 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | ||||||||||
| Number | 16 | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| 1995–1998 | PSV Neubrandenburg | ||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2005 | Florida State Seminoles | 24 | (9) | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 1998–2005 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | ||||||||||
| 2006 | Valur | 5 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2006–2007 | FCR 2001 Duisburg | 10 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2007–2008 | SC 07 Bad Neuenahr | 21 | (3) | ||||||||
| 2008–2012 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | 80 | (13) | ||||||||
| 2012–2015 | VfL Wolfsburg | ||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2002 | Germany U-19 | ||||||||||
| 2003– | Germany | 49 | (2) | ||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:09, 8 May 2012 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:13, 13 March 2013 (UTC) | |||||||||||
Club career
1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
In 2005 Odebrecht won the UEFA Women's Cup with 1.FFC Turbine Potsdam, the team for which she signed again for the 2008/09 season.
In the 2006 summer season, Odebrecht played five times for Valur in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild, scoring once.[2]
VfL Wolfsburg
On 29 February 2012, Odebrecht signed a two-year contract and will move to VfL Wolfsburg on 1 July 2012.[3]
She retired after the 2014–15 season.[4]
International career
In 2003, she was a member of the World Cup winning team who went on to take the bronze medal at the Athens Olympics 2004.[5]
After a six-year hiatus, Odebrecht returned to the Germany national side in a Euro 2013 qualifying match against Romania on 22 October 2011.
International goals
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:
| Odebrecht – goals for Germany | ||||||
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| # | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 15 November 2003 | Reutlingen, Germany |  Portugal | 8–0 | 13–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying |
| 2. | 15 September 2012 | Karaganda, Kazakhstan |  Kazakhstan | 2–0 | 7–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
Source:[6] | ||||||
Personal life
Odebrecht was part of a rotation of studio commentators for ESPN's telecasts of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7]
References
External links
- Viola Odebrecht at dfb.de
- Viola Odebrecht at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Viola Odebrecht at WorldFootball.net