Personal information | |||
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Full name | Felicitas Rauch [1] | ||
Date of birth | 30 April 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Hann. Münden, Germany | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, full-back, winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | North Carolina Courage | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2002 | TSV Eintracht Dungelbeck | ||
2002–2010 | VfB Peine | ||
2010–2013 | Turbine Potsdam | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Turbine Potsdam II | 35 | (6) |
2014–2019 | Turbine Potsdam | 89 | (22) |
2019–2023 | VfL Wolfsburg | 54 | (6) |
2024– | North Carolina Courage | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2012 | Germany U-16 | 6 | (0) |
2012–2014 | Germany U-17 | 8 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Germany U-19 | 16 | (2) |
2014 | Germany U-20 | 11 | (0) |
2015– | Germany | 37 | (4) |
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:36, 9 April 2024 (UTC) |
Felicitas Rauch (born 30 April 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Germany national team. She previously played for Turbine Potsdam and VfL Wolfsburg.
Rauch grew up in Peine-Dungelbeck and began playing football with her brother in 1999 at TSV Dungelbeck. From 2002 to 2010 she played for VfB Peine, consistently in boys' teams. In 2010 she moved to Berlin with her family, where she joined the youth department of Turbine Potsdam. In 2012 she became German runner-up with Potsdam's B-Juniors after a 3–2 final defeat against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and was part of the squad for the second division team from the 2012/13 season.
After winning the 2nd Bundesliga North championship with this team in the 2013/14 season, Rauch was promoted to the first team in the summer of 2014. [2] On 21 September 2014 (day three) she came on as a substitute in the 2–1 win against 1. FFC Frankfurt in the 81st minute for Nataša Andonova and thus celebrated her Bundesliga debut. On 21 February 2019, Rauch announced on she was leaving Potsdam after nine years. She signed a contract with VfL Wolfsburg. In May 2022, Rauch extended her contract with Wolfsburg through June 2025. [3]
Rauch was acquired by the North Carolina Courage in January 2024. [4]
Rauch made her debut for the U16 national team in 2012 and was used for the U17 national team, among other things, as part of the qualification for the 2013 European Championship. After missing out on qualifying for the finals of the 2014 European Championship with the U19 national team, she took part in the summer of 2014 with the U20 national team at the U20 World Cup, which was held in Canada in August. [5] There she played all six tournament games and became world champion with a 1–0 victory in overtime in the final against Nigeria. [6]
On 17 November 2015, she was called up by Germany coach Silvia Neid in the senior squad for the international match against England, against whom she made her first appearance on 26 November 2015 in a goalless draw. She scored her first international goal on 3 September 2019 in Lviv in the 8–0 win in the second European Championship qualifier in Group I over Ukraine, scoring 3–0 in the 32nd minute. [7]
Rauch was named in the Germany squad for the Euro 2022 by national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg. [8] The German team reached the final, but lost to England and finished as runners-up. Rauch was used in five games.
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Germany | 2015 | 1 | 0 |
2016 | 1 | 0 | |
2017 | 2 | 0 | |
2018 | 2 | 0 | |
2019 | 5 | 1 | |
2020 | 3 | 0 | |
2021 | 4 | 1 | |
2022 | 11 | 2 | |
2023 | 7 | 0 | |
2024 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 37 | 4 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 3 September 2019 | Lviv, Ukraine | Ukraine | 3–0 | 8–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
2 | 26 October 2021 | Essen, Germany | Israel | 7–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
3 | 9 April 2022 | Bielefeld, Germany | Portugal | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
4 | 3 September 2022 | Bursa, Turkey | Turkey | 1–0 | 3–0 |
1. FFC Turbine Potsdam II
VfL Wolfsburg
Germany
Germany U20
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