Sara Doorsoun

Sara Doorsoun Khajeh

Doorsoun with Germany in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh[1]
Date of birth	(1991-11-17) 17 November 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Cologne, Germany
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Eintracht Frankfurt
Number	23
Youth career
	SV Wesseling
	SpVgg Köttingen
	Fortuna Köln
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Fortuna Köln	12	(6)
2008–2010	SG Wattenscheid 09	31	(4)
2010–2012	Bad Neuenahr	52	(2)
2012–2013	Turbine Potsdam	14	(1)
2013–2018	SGS Essen	100	(15)
2018–2022	VfL Wolfsburg	45	(1)
2021	VfL Wolfsburg II	1	(0)
2022–	Eintracht Frankfurt	41	(3)
International career^‡
2006	Germany U15	3	(1)
2006–2007	Germany U17	4	(0)
2009–2010	Germany U19	3	(0)
2016–	Germany	58	(1)
Medal record Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team UEFA Women's Championship 2022 England UEFA Women's Nations League 2024 France–Netherlands–Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:03, 4 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:58, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh (Persian: سارا دورسون خواجه, Turkish: Sara Dursun; born 17 November 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for Frauen-Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the German national team.

Early life

Doorsoun-Khajeh was born in Cologne to an Iranian father and a Turkish mother.[2]

Club career

VfL Wolfsburg

In her debut season with VfL Wolfsburg, Doorsoun won the 2018–19 Frauen-Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.[3] She won the Frauen-Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal again the following season with Wolfsburg.[4] Doorsoun has featured for Wolfsburg during the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, including playing in the 2020 UEFA Women's Champions League Final against Olympique Lyonnais.[5]

International career

Having represented Germany from the under-15 level up, Doorsoun made her debut for the senior team in 2016 during a 1–0 win over Hungary.[3] She has been called up for the 2016, 2017, and 2018 editions of the SheBelieves Cup, as well as the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 where she played in their 2–0 win over Russia and quarter-final match against Denmark.[6][7] After providing two assists during Germany's World Cup qualification campaign, she was called into their squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[8][9]

Doorsoun scored her first goal for the senior national team on 31 August 2019 in a UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying match against Montenegro.[10] On 18 June 2022, she was named in Germany's final UEFA Women's Euro 2022 squad.[11] Doorsoun helped Germany reach the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Final against England with a 2–1 win over France in the semi-final on 27 July 2022.[12] On 31 May 2023, Doorsoun was named in Germany's preliminary squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup,[13] and was named in their final 23-player squad on 8 July.[14] In July 2024, Doorsoun was named in Germany's squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[15]

Personal life

In 2021 Doorsoun began dating Princess Charming winner Lou Schaaf. Doorsoun confirmed their split in December 2022.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 April 2022[17]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
SG Wattenscheid 09	2008–09	2. Frauen-Bundesliga	22	2	3	0	—		—		25	2
	2009–10		9	2	3	1	—		—		12	3
	Total		31	4	6	1	—		—		37	5
Bad Neuenahr	2009–10	Frauen-Bundesliga	10	0	0	0	—		—		10	0
	2010–11		20	0	4	1	—		—		24	1
	2011–12		22	2	2	0	5	0	—		29	2
	Total		52	2	6	1	5	0	—		63	3
Turbine Potsdam	2012–13	Frauen-Bundesliga	14	1	3	0	—		4	0	21	1
SGS Essen	2013–14	Frauen-Bundesliga	22	3	5	2	—		—		27	5
	2014–15		16	4	2	0	—		—		18	4
	2015–16		22	3	2	2	—		—		24	5
	2016–17		21	3	2	2	—		—		23	5
	2017–18		19	2	2	0	—		—		21	2
	Total		100	15	13	6	—		—		113	21
VfL Wolfsburg	2018–19	Frauen-Bundesliga	18	0	2	0	—		4	0	24	0
	2019–20		12	0	2	0	—		5	0	19	0
	2020–21		10	1	3	0	—		6	0	19	1
	2021–22		5	0	—		—		5	0	10	0
	Total		45	1	7	0	—		20	0	72	1
VfL Wolfsburg II	2021–22	2. Frauen-Bundesliga	1	0	—						1	0
Eintracht Frankfurt	2021–22	Frauen-Bundesliga	7	0	0	0	—		—		7	0
Career total			250	23	35	8	5	0	24	0	314	31

International

As of 2 December 2024[18]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany	2016	4	0
	2017	7	0
	2018	10	0
	2019	12	1
	2020	1	0
	2021	1	0
	2022	7	0
	2023	8	0
	2024	8	0
Total		58	1

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

List of international goals scored by Sara Doorsoun[18]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	31 August 2019	Auestadion, Kassel, Germany	Montenegro	6–0	10–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

Honours

VfL Wolfsburg[3]

• Frauen-Bundesliga: 2018–19, 2019–20
• DFB-Pokal: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
• UEFA Women's Champions League runner-up: 2019–2020[19]

Germany

• Summer Olympics bronze medal: 2024[20]
• UEFA Women's Championship runner-up: 2022[21]
• UEFA Women's Nations League third place: 2023–24[22]

Individual

• Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2024[23][24]

References

1. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2019. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
2. "Doorsoun for Germany: "I never considered another team"". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
3. "'I want to show them how good I am' - Sara Doorsoun ready to cap season of firsts with World Cup glory | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
4. "Wolfsburg win thrilling German Cup final against Essen | DW | 04.07.2020". Deutsche Welle.
5. "Wolfsburg 1-3 Lyon: Women's Champions League final report". 30 August 2020.
6. "News & Stories | U.S. Soccer Official Website".
7. "Jones beruft EM-Kader - Popp fehlt verletzt". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
8. "Women's World Cup - Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh". UEFA.com.
9. "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft WM-Kader". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
10. "Germany vs. Montenegro - 31 August 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
11. "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft endgültigen Kader für die EM in England".
12. "Germany beat France to set up final with England". BBC Sport.
13. "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft erweiterten WM-Kader mit 28 Spielerinnen".
14. "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft finalen Kader für die Weltmeisterschaft".
15. "Das ist Hrubeschs Olympia-Kader für Frankreich".
16. Express.de: Nach Küssen im TV „Princess Charming“-Siegerin liebt jetzt Fußball-Profi (in German)
17. Sara Doorsoun at Soccerway
18. "Sara Doorsoun". dfb.de. 18 September 2021.
19. "Wolfsburg-Lyon | UEFA Women's Champions League 2019/20".
20. "Spain 0-1 Germany: Germany win women's football bronze at Paris 2024". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
21. "England-Germany | UEFA Women's EURO 2022".
22. "Germany win Nations League play-off to reach Olympics". BBC Sport. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
23. "Silbernes Lorbeerblatt für Bronze-Gewinnerinnen". dfb.de (in German). DFB. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
24. "Verleihung des Silbernen Lorbeerblattes". bundespraesident.de (in German). Bundespräsidialamt. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

External links

• Sara Doorsoun at DFB (also available in German)