Martina Voss-Tecklenburg

Martina Voss-Tecklenburg
Personal information
Date of birth22 December 1967
Place of birthDuisburg, West Germany
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing positionMidfielder/Striker
Club information
Current team
Switzerland (Manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
–1989KBC Duisburg
1989–1994TSV Siegen
1994–2003FCR 2001 Duisburg
National team
1984–2000Germany125(27)
Teams managed
2008–2011FCR 2001 Duisburg
2011FF USV Jena
2012–Switzerland
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (born 22 December 1967 in Duisburg as Martina Voss) is a retired German football midfielder, currently coaching the Swiss national team. She previously coached FCR 2001 Duisburg and FF USV Jena.

International career

Together with Doris Fitschen and Silvia Neid, she is considered one of the most successful German women's soccer players, having won seven national titles and six DFB trophies.

Coaching career

After the end of her active career as a player, Voss-Tecklenburg worked as a team manager for the Oberliga club SV Straelen. Full-time as a PE teacher association, she takes care of female selection teams in the Lower Rhine.[1] She is also chief editor of the women's football magazine „FF“.

From 12 February 2008 to 17 February 2011 she was the head coach of FCR 2001 Duisburg.[2][3][4] With Duisburg, Voss-Tecklenburg won the UEFA Women's Cup in 2009 and two national cups in 2009 and 2010. Her contract was ended on 17 February 2011.[5] In June 2011 she signed a one-year contract at Bundesliga side FF USV Jena,[6] but she left the team next January as she was appointed the Swiss national team's new coach.[7]

On 1 October 2009, she married the contractor Herman Tecklenburg. From a previous relationship she has a daughter.

References

  1. ↑ "Martina Voss" (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  2. ↑ "FCR Duisburg landet mit Martina Voss Trainer-Coup" (in German). fussball24.de. 1 2 February 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2010. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ↑ "Martina Voss-Tecklenburg" (in German). fcr-01.de. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "Martina Voss". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  5. ↑ uefa.com; Duisburg dispense with coach Voss-Tecklenburg]
  6. ↑ "Voss-Tecklenburg unterschreibt in Jena für ein Jahr" [Voss-Tecklenburg signs at Jena for one year] (in German). Ostthüringer Zeitung. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Martina Voss-Tecklenburg appointed new coach of the national team". wsoccernews.com. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
Preceded by
-		 German Female Footballer of the Year
1996 		Succeeded by
Bettina Wiegmann
Preceded by
Inka Grings		 German Female Footballer of the Year
2000 		Succeeded by
Birgit Prinz