Leonie Maier

Leonie Maier

Maier with Arsenal in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Leonie Rebekka Maier[1]
Date of birth	(1992-09-29) 29 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Stuttgart, Germany
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	VfB Stuttgart
Number	31
Youth career
	TV Aldingen
0000–2009	JSG Remseck
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2010	VfL Sindelfingen	31	(9)
2010–2013	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr	65	(7)
2013–2019	Bayern Munich	92	(4)
2019–2021	Arsenal	25	(0)
2021–2023	Everton	24	(2)
2023–2024	TSG Hoffenheim	6	(0)
2024–	VfB Stuttgart	0	(0)
International career
2008–2009	Germany U17	15	(3)
2010–2011	Germany U19	18	(1)
2012	Germany U20	12	(3)
2013–2023	Germany	79	(11)
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team UEFA Women's Championship 2013 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 August 2024

Leonie Rebekka Maier (German pronunciation: [ˈleːoni ˈmaɪɐ, leoˈniː -];[2] born 29 September 1992) is a German footballer who plays as a defender for VfB Stuttgart in the German Regionalliga Süd, and previously for the Germany national team.

Club career

Maier with Bayern Munich in 2016

VfL Sindelfingen, 2008–2010

Maier started her professional career with VfL Sindelfingen in the second tier of the Frauen-Bundesliga. She spent two seasons at Sindelfingen. During her second season with Sindelfingen she scored 9 goals in 31 appearances with the club.

SC 07 Bad Neuenahr, 2010–2013

Maier then moved to SC 07 Bad Neuenahr, who played in the top tier of the Frauen-Bundesliga. She stayed with the club for three seasons, playing 65 regular season games and scoring two goals. Following the death of the club president, SC 07 Bad Neueahr filed for insolvency, forcing Maier to move.

Bayern Munich, 2013–2019

Maier signed for FC Bayern Munich. Since joining the club she has won the Frauen-Bundesliga twice, in 2014–15 and 2015–16. As of the end of the 2018–19 season she has appeared in 92 first team regular season appearances, scoring four times.

Arsenal, 2019–2021

Maier signed for Arsenal FC on 31 May 2019.[3] She made 25 appearances across two seasons.

Everton, 2021–2023

Maier signed for Everton in July 2021, with a two-year contract until the end of June 2023.[4]

She scored her first goal for Everton on her debut in a 3–1 win vs. Birmingham City.[5]

TSG Hoffenheim, 2023–2024

Maier returned to Germany in the summer of 2023 and joined TSG Hoffenheim.[6] In April 2024, she announced her retirement after the 2023–24 season.[7]

VfB Stuttgart, since 2024

Maier originally was going to retire in the summer of 2024, but decided to prolong her career in her hometown Stuttgart. On 20 August 2024, she joined VfB Stuttgart on a one-year contract.[8]

International career

Maier scored her first international goal in a friendly match against Canada on 19 July 2013. She scored in the 53rd minute, which resulted in a 1–0 win for Germany.[9]

She has been selected for the squads of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup where Germany finished fourth, 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal, the 2017 UEFA Women's Championship and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[10]

Maier in 2017

She announced her international retirement in February 2023.[11]

Career statistics

As of 26 October 2021[12]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany	2013	20	3
	2014	2	0
	2015	13	2
	2016	14	2
	2017	11	1
	2018	9	2
	2019	2	1
	2020	4	0
	2021	4	0
Total		79	11

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

List of international goals scored by Leonie Maier[12]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	19 June 2013	Paderborn, Germany	Canada	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2	29 June 2013	Munich, Germany	Japan	1–0	4–2	Friendly
3	26 October 2013	Koper, Slovenia	Slovenia	2–0	13–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4	18 September 2015	Halle, Germany	Hungary	2–0	12–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
5	22 October 2015	Wiesbaden, Germany	Russia	2–0	2–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
6	3 March 2016	Tampa, United Stat	France	1–0	1–0	2016 SheBelieves Cup
7	16 September 2016	Khimki, Russia	Russia	2–0	4–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
8	4 July 2017	Sandhausen, Germany	Brazil	3–1	3–1	Friendly
9	4 September 2018	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	3–0	8–0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
10	10 November 2018	Osnabrück, Germany	Italy	5–2	5–2	Friendly
11	3 September 2019	Lviv, Ukraine	Ukraine	8–0	8–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

Honours

Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 2014–15, 2015–16

Germany

• UEFA Women's Championship: 2013
• Summer Olympic Games Gold medal: 2016
• Algarve Cup: 2014

Germany U20

• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: runner-Up 2012

Germany U19

• UEFA U-19 Women's Championship: 2011

Germany U17

• UEFA U-17 Women's Championship: 2009
• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup third place: 2008

Individual

• FIFPro: FIFA FIFPro World XI 2016[13]

References

1. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
2. Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 697, 718. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
3. "Leonie Maier: Arsenal Women sign Germany defender from Bayern Munich". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
4. "Leonie Maier: Everton sign former Arsenal defender on two-year deal". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
5. "Everton's Leonie Maier: 'I don't just want to play, I want to win'". The Guardian. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
6. "Leonie Maier wechselt zur TSG". tsg-hoffenheim.de. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
7. "Leonie Maier beendet Karriere im Sommer". dfb.de. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
8. "Olympiasiegerin Leonie Maier verstärkt die VfB-Frauen" (in German). VfB Stuttgart. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
9. "DFB-Frauen gewinnen gegen Olympiadritten Kanada" (in German). German Football Association. 19 July 2013. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
10. "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
11. "Leonie Maier tritt aus Nationalteam zurück". dfb.de. 7 February 2023. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
12. "Leonie Maier". dfb.de. 18 September 2021. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
13. "2016 FIFPro Award". fifpro.org. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.

External links

• Leonie Maier – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Profile at DFB (in German)
• Player German domestic football stats at DFB (in German)
• Leonie Maier at WorldFootball.net
• Framba profile (in German) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-09-23)
• Leonie Maier at Olympics.com
• Leonie Maier at Team Deutschland (in German)
• Leonie Maier at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)