Alexandra Popp

Alexandra Popp

Popp in August 2011
Personal information
Full nameAlexandra Popp
Date of birth6 April 1991
Place of birthWitten, Germany
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
VfL Wolfsburg
Number25
Youth career
FC Silschede
1. FFC Recklinghausen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2007–20081. FFC Recklinghausen
2008–2012FCR 2001 Duisburg80(31)
2012–VfL Wolfsburg43(23)
National team‡
2006Germany U155(0)
2006–2008Germany U1725(17)
2009Germany U198(6)
2009–2011Germany U209(14)
2010–Germany53(27)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 June 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:28, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[1]

Alexandra Popp (born 6 April 1991) is a German footballer. She plays as a striker for VfL Wolfsburg and the German national team.

Alex Popp with Duisburg in 2011.

Career

Club

Popp started her career at FC Silschede, before moving to 1. FFC Recklinghausen. She joined the Bundesliga side FCR 2001 Duisburg in 2008. She had also been approached by French champions Olympique Lyonnais at the time, but chose Duisburg. Popp made her Bundesliga debut in September 2008 against Herforder SV and scored her first two goals three weeks later in an 8–0 win over TSV Crailsheim.

In her first year at Duisburg, Popp won the Double: the 2009 UEFA Women's Cup and the 2009 German Cup. She was awarded the 2009 Fritz Walter medal in silver as the year's second best female junior player.[2] One year later, she again claimed the German Cup title and finished runner-up with Duisburg in the 2009–10 Bundesliga season. Because Duisburg had major injury worries during the 2010–11 season, Popp played the majority of matches at left back.

International

At the 2008 UEFA U-17 Women's Championship, Popp won her first international title with Germany, scoring the team's second goal in the final. The same year, she reached third-place at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. In February 2010, Popp made her debut for Germany's senior national team in a friendly match against North Korea. Less than two weeks later she scored her first two international goals at the 2010 Algarve Cup in a 7–0 win over Finland.

Popp returned to junior competition for the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, which was held on home soil in Germany. She won the title with the German team and was the tournament's break-out star, being honoured as the best player and top goalscorer. She reached ten goals and scored in every game.[3] Popp was then called up for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.[1]

International goals

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

Source:[1]

Personal life

Popp attended Gesamtschule Berger Feld in Gelsenkirchen, one of four facilities certified as "elite schools of football" by the German Football Association. She was the school's sole female pupil and could only attend courtesy of a special permit. She studied and trained with junior players of the German men's Bundesliga side FC Schalke 04. Popp left school after the 12th grade with a Fachabitur diploma.[4] Following a one year internship at a psycho therapist, Popp is currently completing a three year apprenticeship to become a zookeeper at Tierpark Essehof in Lehre.[5][6]

Honours

Popp with the DFB-Pokal trophy in 2013.

Club

FCR 2001 Duisburg
VfL Wolfsburg

International

Individual

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Nationalspielerin Alexandra Popp" (in German). DFB.de. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Hegering und Popp ausgezeichnet" (in German). RP Online. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Popp and Kulig in dreamland". FIFA.com. 1 August 2010. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Eine Karriere im ICE-Tempo". DerWesten.de. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  5. ↑ lt. ausführlichem Interview in: RevierSport 9/2013, S. 30 f
  6. ↑ rs (2012-06-06). "VfL-Star Alex Popp: Job in Essehof". waz-online.de (in German). Retrieved 2013-11-12.
  7. ↑ "Fußballerin des Jahres 2014: Das Ergebnis" (in German). kicker.de. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

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