Laura Feiersinger

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Laura Feiersinger
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Laura Feiersinger in 2018
Personal information
Full name Laura Feiersinger
Date of birth (1993-04-05) 5 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Saalfelden, Austria
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 AS Roma
Youth career
2001 SV Oftering
2001–2008 1. Sallfeldner SK
2007–2008 FC Pinzgau Saalfelden
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2010 USK Hof 36 (9)
2010–2011 Herforder SV 18 (7)
2011–2016 Bayern Munich 62 (3)
2014–2016 Bayern Munich II 8 (4)
2016–2018 SC Sand 39 (5)
2018–2023 Eintracht Frankfurt 64 (19)
2023– AS Roma 15 (3)
International career‡
2010– Austria 115 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:55, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Laura Feiersinger (born 5 April 1993) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a midfielder for AS Roma and the Austria women's national team.

Contents

Club career

USK Hof, 2008–2010

Feiersinger starter her senior career with USK Hof in the ÖFB-Frauenliga, the Austrian league. [1] She spent two years at the club, playing in 36 regular season games and scoring 9 goals.

Herforder SV, 2010–2011

Feiersinger was recruited and signed for Herforder SV who then played in the Frauen-Bundesliga, the top flight of German Football. This move required her to leave home at age 18. [2] While playing for Herforder she made 18 regular season appearances, scoring 7 goals. [3] Feiersinger left the club after they were relegated to the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga.

Bayern Munich, 2011–2016

Feiersinger signed for Bundesliga side FC Bayern Munich in 2011. [4] [5] [6] During her first year at the club she won the DFB Pokal, Germany's second-most important title in women's football. [7] In March 2014 she suffered a serious injury, breaking her shin and fibula. [8] However, she was able to get her contract with the club renewed in 2015. [9] She went on to win back to back Frauen Bundesliga titles in 2014–2015 and 2015–2016. [10] At the time of her departure in 2016 Feiersinger had made 62 regular season appearances. [11]

SC Sand, 2016–2018

Feiersinger moved to SC Sand ahead of the 2016–2017 season in order to get more regular playing time. [12] During her first season with the club she was runner-up for the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal Frauen. She left SC Sand after two seasons, 39 regular season appearances and 5 goals. [13]

FFC Frankfurt, 2018–2023

Feiersinger signed Bundesliga side 1. FFC Frankfurt ahead of their 2018–2019 season on a two-year contract. [14] During her first year with the club she made 21 appearances, scoring 10 goals. [15]

International career

She has been a member of the Austrian national team since 2010. [16] [17] With Austria she won the 2016 Cyprus Cup. She was part of the squad which qualified and went to their first major tournament, the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands. The team did exceptionally well, reaching the semi-finals which it lost to Denmark on penalty shots. Feiersinger played every single minute of the tournament for Austria.

International goals

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first:

Feiersinger – goals for Austria
#DateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.23 June 2010 Anger, AustriaFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3–04–0 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
2.26 October 2011 Bruck an der Mur, AustriaFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 1–03–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
3.19 November 2011 Pombal, PortugalFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1–01–0
4.5 April 2012 Wiener Neustadt, Austria1–01–0
5.21 September 2013 Vöcklabruck, AustriaFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2–04–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
6.2 June 2016 Oslo, NorwayFlag of Norway.svg  Norway 2–22–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
7.22 October 2016 Regensburg, GermanyFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 1–22–4 Friendly
8.12 June 2018 Ramat Gan, IsraelFlag of Israel.svg  Israel 6–06–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
9.27 February 2019 Larnaca, CyprusFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 3–14–1 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup
10.3 September 2019 Maria Enzersdorf, AustriaFlag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 1–03–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
11.19 November 2019Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 3–09–0
12.17 September 2021 Liepāja, LatviaFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 6–18–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
13.6 September 2022 Wiener Neustadt, AustriaFlag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 7–010–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
14.10–0
15.15 November 2022 Wiener Neustadt, AustriaFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3–03–0Friendly

Personal life

When Feiersinger was younger she tried a variety of sports including biathlon, athletics, cross country and football. She entered the Austrian sports school model (SSM) and at age 15 decided to specialize as a footballer. [18] Wolfgang Feiersinger, her father, is a former footballer who won the champions league playing for Borussia Dortmund and also played for the Austrian national team. [19]

Feiersinger also pursued a bachelor's degree in sports science. [20]

We Play Strong

Feiersinger is one of UEFA's official ambassadors for #WePlayStrong, a social media and vlogging campaign which was launched in 2018. The campaign's "...aim is to promote women’s football as much as we can and to make people aware of women’s football, really,” Lisa Evans, another participant explains. “The ultimate goal is to make football the most played sport by females by 2020. So it’s a UEFA initiative to get more women and girls playing football, whether they want to be professional or not.” [21] The series, which also originally included professional footballers Sarah Zadrazil, Eunice Beckmann, Lisa Evans and now also includes Petronella Ekroth and Shanice van de Sanden, follows the daily lives of female professional footballers. [22]

Honours

Bayern München
Austria
Individual

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