Annike Krahn

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Annike Krahn
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Krahn in 2015
Personal information
Full name Annike Berit Krahn [1]
Date of birth (1985-07-01) 1 July 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Bochum, West Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1989–1993 SV Westfalia Weitmar 09
1993–1998 SV Waldesrand Linden
1998–2002 TuS Harpen
2002–2004 SG Wattenscheid 09
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2012 FCR 2001 Duisburg 146 (8)
2012–2015 Paris Saint-Germain 52 (2)
2015–2017 Bayer Leverkusen 37 (0)
Total235(10)
International career
2002–2004 Germany U19 29 (10)
2005–2006 Germany U21 8 (0)
2005–2016 Germany 137 (5)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
FIFA Women's World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 China Team
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Beijing Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Finland Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Sweden Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Annike Berit Krahn (born 1 July 1985) is a German former footballer who played as a centre back. [2]

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Club career

Krahn started playing football at the age of four. She played at SV Westfalia Weitmar 09, SV Waldesrand Linden, TuS Harpen and SG Wattenscheid 09 at youth level, before joining FCR 2001 Duisburg in 2004. Krahn was runner-up in the Bundesliga five times with Duisburg, including four seasons in a row from 2005 to 2008. She won the German Cup twice with the club and claimed the UEFA Women's Cup with Duisburg in the 2008–09 season.

During qualification for the UEFA Women's Champions League against Glasgow City in August 2010, Krahn tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee. She missed the entire 2010–11 Bundesliga season. [3] Following the 2011–12 season she left Duisburg after eight years seeking a new challenge. [4]

She signed a two-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain on 20 July 2012. [5] [6] She announced that she would leave Paris at the end of the 2014–15 season. [7]

She joined Bayer Leverkusen at the start of the 2015–16 season. [8]

On 10 May 2017, she announced her retirement at the end of the 2016–17 season. [9]

Krahn (on the left) playing for PSG in 2012. 20121209 PSG-Juvisy - Annike Krahn 02.jpg
Krahn (on the left) playing for PSG in 2012.

International career

In 2004, Krahn was runner-up with Germany at the 2004 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship and later that year won the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship. She made her debut for the German senior national team in a friendly match against Australia in January 2005. The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup was Krahn's first major tournament. Initially a reserve player, she started for Germany in the second group match against England after veteran Sandra Minnert got injured. Alongside Kerstin Stegemann, Ariane Hingst and Linda Bresonik, Krahn was part of Germany's defence which did not concede a single goal in the entire tournament.

One year later, she won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and she was part of Germany's team winning the country's seventh title at the 2009 European Championship. Krahn has been called up for Germany's 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad. [2]

She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal. [10]

She retired from international football on 23 August 2016. [11]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

Krahn – goals for Germany
#DateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 September 2007 Wuhan, China Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 3–03–0 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
2.1 November 2007 Volendam, Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1–01–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
3.29 May 2008 Kassel, Germany Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 3–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
4.27 August 2009 Tampere, Finland Flag of France.svg  France 2–05–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2009
5.26 October 2013 Koper, Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4–013–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Source: [2]

Honours

FCR 2001 Duisburg

Germany

Germany U20

Germany U19

Individual

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  1. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA . 6 July 2015. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Nationalspielerin Annike Krahn" (in German). DFB.de. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  3. ↑ Sport-Informations-Dienst (13 August 2010). "Nationalspielerin Krahn erleidet Kreuzbandriss" (in German). Focus.de. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Krahn leaves Duisburg" (in German). womensoccer.de. 28 June 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Krahn-Wechsel zu Paris Saint-Germain perfekt" (in German). Women Soccer. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "Annike Krahn hat sich für Paris St. Germain entschieden" (in German). Frauenfußball Info. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Nationalspielerin Krahn verlässt Paris" (in German). dfb.de. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Zurück in der Bundesliga: Nationalspielerin Krahn wechselt zu Bayer" (in German). dfb.de. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Olympiasiegerin Krahn beendet Karriere" (in German). dfb.de. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". FIFA. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
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