Sonja Fuss

Sonja Fuss
Personal information
Date of birth5 November 1978
Place of birthBonn, West Germany
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Chicago Red Stars
Number22
Youth career
Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
1998-1999Hartford Hawks
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
–2004FFC Brauweiler Pulheim89
University of Hartford
2004–2005FSV Frankfurt11(2)
20051. FFC Turbine Potsdam12(0)
2005–2006FFC Brauweiler Pulheim20(6)
2006–2009FCR 2001 Duisburg68(4)
2009–20101.FC Köln33(9)
2011FCR 2001 Duisburg7(0)
2011–2013FC Zürich Frauen
2013–Chicago Red Stars16(2)
National team‡
Germany U-1919
1996–2010Germany68(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 22, 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 May 2011
Olympic medal record
Women's Football
Bronze 2004 Athens Team competition

Sonja Fuss (born 5 November 1978 in Bonn) is a German football defender. She currently plays for the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the German national team. She has played in the German Bundesliga since 1992. In 2011, together with Inka Grings, she played for Swiss side, FC Zürich Frauen.[1]

Early life

Hartford University

Fuss attended the University of Hartford located in West Hartford, Connecticut.[2][3]

Playing career

Club

Fuss spent most of her career playing for SV Grün-Weiß, which was renamed FFC Brauweiler Pulheim in 2000. In 2004, she transferred to FSV Frankfurt.

In February 2005, she signed with FFC Turbine Potsdam. She returned to FFC Brauweiler Pulheim after one season.

At the beginning of the season 2006/07, she moved to FCR 2001 Duisburg.

In July 2009, Fuss moved to the first FC Köln, the newly formed women's soccer Division 1, for the 2009/10 season. In January 2011, she returned to play for FCR 2001 Duisburg. Her contract there was disbanded in August 2011 and she then signed on 28 August at FC Zürich Frauen. On 16 March 2013, along with Inka Grings, Fuss left Zürich for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club, the Chicago Red Stars, in May 2013.[4][5]

International

Fuss played in her first international match in 1996 against the Netherlands. She scored her first international goal on 15 November 2003 against Portugal. Fuss was a European champion in 1997, 2005 and 2009 and world champion in 2003 and 2007. In 2004, She was a member of the bronze medal-winning German squad at the Olympic Games in Athens.[6]

Honors and awards

National

Club football

References

  1. ↑ "Grings and Fuss join Zürich from Duisburg". UEFA. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Monro, Fuss power Hartford past Hofstra 2-1.". Soccer Times. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Hartford Alum Wins Gold". University of Hartford. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Potter, Steffen (21 May 2013). "Grings and Fuss leave Zürich in style". UEFA. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Grings, Fuss to join Red Stars in May". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Sonja Fuss". Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 29 June 2013.

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