Christiane Endler
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Claudia Christiane Endler Mutinelli[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 July 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Unión La Calera | ||
| 2010 | Everton | ||
| 2011–2012 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 2012–2014 | South Florida Bulls | ||
| 2012 | → Colo-Colo (loan) | ||
| 2014 | Chelsea LFC | 3 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 2016–2017 | Valencia CF | 23 | (0) |
| – | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| National team | |||
| 2008 | Chile U-20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009– | Chile | 8 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Claudia Christiane Endler Mutinelli (born 23 July 1991) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Paris Saint-Germain and the Chile national team. Endler was born in Santiago, Chile to a father from Germany and a mother from Chile. She holds both Chilean and German passports.
Trajectory
From childhood she showed talent for sports. She practiced tennis, swimming, hockey, basketball, volleyball and gymnastics. However, she chose to dedicate to football. She tried her luck as a defender, but the ex-Club Deportivo Universidad Católica target Marco Cornez, decided to try her as a goalkeeper. As an Under-19 international she played the 2008 U-20 World Cup.[2]
On July 2017, Endler signed a three-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain Féminines. Her contract expires on June 2020.[3]
Awards
Named Chilean Female Player of the Year in 2008, 2009 and 2010,.[4] She has played the Copa Libertadores's final with Everton and Colo-Colo, winning it with the latter in 2012.[5][6] She was the goalkeeper who has the lowest "goals-to-games" ratio in 2016–17 season.
Playing style
She's been labeled as a strong, good penalty stopper, having great reflexes, excellent shot stopping abilities and distribution of the ball. Her style of play is compared with the German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
Personal
Endler's hero and idol as a child was German footballer and former Bayern Munich goalkeeper Oliver Kahn.
She can speak Spanish, English and German.
References
- ↑ "List of Players – Chile" (PDF). FIFA. 19 November 2008. p. 4. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ↑ Endler: "We gained an identity".
- ↑ "Christiane Endler signs with Paris Saint-Germain". Paris Saint-Germain. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ↑ Christiane Endler, chosen best player of the year. Novena Deportes
- ↑ Everton loses in injury time the women's Copa Libertadores final. El Mercurio
- ↑ Colo-Colo lost the women's Copa Libertadores against São José. Radio Cooperativa
Christiane Endler wants to make history in the Pan American Games. La Tercera