Sophie Weidauer

Sophie Weidauer
Weidauer with Werder Bremen in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-02-10) 10 February 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Stollberg, Germany
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Werder Bremen
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018-19 Turbine Potsdam II 18 (12)
2019-2023 Turbine Potsdam 81 (12)
2023- Werder Bremen 22 (8)
International career‡
2018-19 Germany women's U17 15 (10)
2020 Germany women's U19 6 (8)
2022 Germany women's U20 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:23, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Sophie Weidauer (born 10 February 2002) is a German footballer who plays as a forward for Werder Bremen.[1]

Early life

Weidauer was born 10 February 2002[2] in Stollberg, Germany. At age 12, she moved to Potsdam and attended a sports boarding school so she could play with the youth club at 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam.[3]

Club career

Weidauer started her career playing for Turbine Potsdam II for the 2018–19 season, while she was also playing for Germany's women's U17 national team. The following season, she was called up to play for Turbine Potsdam, where she remained until the end of the 2023 season.[4] During her time with Turbine Potsdam, Weidauer played in 81 games and scored 12 goals.[4][5] In 2021, the team won the KAIF Trophy.[2] She also made five appearances in the DFB-Pokal Frauen cup, scoring five goals.[5] The team was runner-up for the 2021–22 season.[2]

For the 2023–24 season, Weidauer transferred to Werder Bremen.[3][4]

International career

Weidauer has represented Germany at youth level, including on Germany's women's national under-17 (2018–19), under-19 (2020), and under-20 football teams (2022).[2] During this time, she played in the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, where the team came in second behind Spain,[2] as well as in the 2019 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, where Germany came in first.[5][3]

References

  1. ^ "Abgänge beim 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam: Sophie Weidauer und Noemi Gentile gehen". www.maz-online.de (in German). 7 July 2023. Archived from the original on 25 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Germany - S. Weidauer". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Torjägerin Weidauer und Werder: Für beide Seiten ein Gewinn". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Archived from the original on 25 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Sophie Weidauer joins Werder Bremen". Footbalada. 8 July 2023. Archived from the original on 25 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Sophie Weidauer verstärkt den SV Werder". SV Werder Bremen (in German). 8 July 2023. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.