Selina Cerci

Selina Cerci
Cerci in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-05-31) 31 May 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Kiel, Germany
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 TSG Hoffenheim
Number 29
Youth career
–2015 Holstein Kiel
2016–2017 Magdeburger FFC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Bayern Munich II 22 (14)
2018–2020 Werder Bremen 27 (18)
2020–2022 Turbine Potsdam 37 (21)
2022–2024 1. FC Köln 17 (4)
2024– TSG Hoffenheim 10 (5)
International career‡
2022– Germany 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:31, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Selina Cerci (born 31 May 2000) is a German footballer who plays as a forward for TSG Hoffenheim and the Germany national team.[1]

Club career

Cerci started playing football at SV Friedrichsort and moved to Holstein Kiel's B youth team as a 14-year-old. In January 2016 she made the move to the B youth team of Magdeburger FFC, for whom she scored 23 goals in 15 games in the B junior Bundesliga, in the Nordost season.

Signed by Bayern Munich, she played all league games for their second team in the 2017–18 season in the then two-tier 2. Bundesliga and finished the South Group with her team in second place - two points behind TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, the champions. She made her senior debut on 3 September 2017 (1st matchday) in a 1–0 win in the home game against newcomers SG 99 Andernach. She scored her first of 14 goals on matchday 2 in a 2–0 win in the away game against SC Freiburg II.

She made her Bundesliga debut on 25 November 2018 (9th matchday) for Werder Bremen, the club that signed her for the 2018–19 season, in the 4–1 defeat in the away game against Bayern Munich. She scored five goals in her 13 league games, including the 2–0 in the 53rd minute and the final score in the 89th minute in the 5–0 win in the home game against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 9 December 2018 (12th matchday). However, their team was unable to prevent relegation to the now single-track 2. Bundesliga.

For the 2020–21 season she was signed by Bundesliga club 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and was her team's most successful goalscorer with 8 goals in her first season.[2][3]  She was leading the Bundesliga top scorers list with 13 goals in the 2021–22 season when she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury on matchday 15.[4] By the end of the season she was unable to play any more games and was overtaken in the top scorer list by Lea Schüller, who scored 16 goals in 22 games. For the following 2022–23 season, the move to league rivals 1. FC Köln was announced at the end of June 2022.[5]

In May 2024, Cerci was signed by TSG Hoffenheim.[6]

International career

On 8 February 2022, Cerci was nominated for the senior national team for the first time.[7] She made her international debut for Germany in the 2022 Arnold Clark Cup on 17 February 2022, coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute for Jule Brand against Spain. The match finished as a 1–1 draw.[8]

Due to a cruciate ligament injury, Cerci missed the Euro 2022.[9]

Career statistics

As of 29 November 2024[1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2022 2 0
2024 3 1
Total 5 1

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 28 October 2024 Duisburg, Germany  Australia 1–0 1–2 Friendly

References

  1. ^ a b c Selina Cerci at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Simm, Anika (15 May 2020). "Turbine Potsdam verpflichtet U20-Nationalspielerin Selina Cerci". 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Torjäger | Flyeralarm Frauen-Bundesliga 2020/21". kicker (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Cerci fällt mit Kreuzbandverletzung aus". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  5. ^ ""Eine der besten Stürmerinnen Deutschlands": FC verpflichtet Nationalspielerin – es gibt einen Haken". EXPRESS (in German). 22 June 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Selina Cerci wechselt zur TSG". TSG Hoffenheim (in German). 16 May 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Arnold Clark Cup: Selina Cerci erstmals im DFB-Aufgebot". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Women Friendlies 2022 » February » Germany – Spain 1:1". WorldFootball.net. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  9. ^ "EM-Aus: Selina Cerci fällt lange aus". 90min.de (in German). 8 March 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2023.