Verena Faißt
 Verena Faißt in June 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 May 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Ettenheim, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2004 | SC Kappel | ||
| 2004–2006 | SC Freiburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2010 | SC Freiburg | 81 | (3) |
| 2010– | VfL Wolfsburg | 27 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2008 | Germany U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Germany U20 | 7 | (0) |
| 2009– | Germany U23 | 7 | (0) |
| 2010– | Germany | 27 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:30, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[1]. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Verena Faißt (born 22 May 1989) is a German footballer. She plays as a defender for VfL Wolfsburg and the German national team.
Career
Club
Faißt began her career at SC Kappel in 2000. She moved to SC Freiburg in 2004, where she initially played in the club's youth and second team. For the 2006–07 season, Faißt joined Freiburg's Bundesliga squad and made her first division debut. After seven years at the club, Faißt transferred to VfL Wolfsburg in 2010–11 season, where she is signed until 2012.[1]
International
At junior level, Faißt represented Germany at the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, reaching third-place. She made her debut for the German senior national team in October 2010 in a friendly match against Australia. Faißt was called up for Germany's 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.[2]
International goals
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:
| Faißt – goals for Germany | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 29 November 2012 | Halle, Germany |  France | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 8 March 2013 | Parchal, Portugal |  Japan | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2013 Algarve Cup |
Source:[2]
Honours
International
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: Third-place (1) 2008
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Verena Faißt" (in German). Framba.de. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Nationalspielerin Verena Faißt" (in German). DFB.de. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
External links
- Profile at VfL Wolfsburg
- Profile at the German Football Federation
- Verena Faißt – FIFA competition record
- Profile at Weltfussball.de
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