Viola Odebrecht (born 11 February 1983) is a retired German footballer who last played for VfL Wolfsburg. She also played for Germany. She played 49 international matches for the national team and became world champion in 2003 .

Viola Odebrecht
Odebrecht in 2008
Personal information
Full name Viola Odebrecht[1]
Date of birth (1983-02-11) 11 February 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
Number 16
Youth career
1995–1998 PSV Neubrandenburg
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Florida State Seminoles 24 (9)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2005 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
2006 Valur 5 (1)
2006–2007 FCR 2001 Duisburg 10 (1)
2007–2008 SC 07 Bad Neuenahr 21 (3)
2008–2012 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 80 (13)
2012–2015 VfL Wolfsburg
International career
2002 Germany U-19
2003–2015 Germany 49 (2)
Medal record
Women's Football
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:09, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:13, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Club career

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1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

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In 2005 Odebrecht won the UEFA Women's Cup with 1.FFC Turbine Potsdam, the team for which she signed again for the 2008/09 season.

In the 2006 summer season, Odebrecht played five times for Valur in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild, scoring once.[2]

VfL Wolfsburg

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On 29 February 2012, Odebrecht signed a two-year contract and will move to VfL Wolfsburg on 1 July 2012.[3]

She retired after the 2014–15 season.[4]

International career

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In 2003, she was a member of the World Cup winning team who went on to take the bronze medal at the Athens Olympics 2004.[5]

After a six-year hiatus, Odebrecht returned to the Germany national side in a Euro 2013 qualifying match against Romania on 22 October 2011.

International goals

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Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

Odebrecht – goals for Germany
# Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 15 November 2003 Reutlingen, Germany   Portugal 8–0 13–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
2. 15 September 2012 Karaganda, Kazakhstan   Kazakhstan 2–0 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
Source:[6]

Other work

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Odebrecht was part of a rotation of studio commentators for ESPN's telecasts of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Viola Odebrecht at Olympedia  
  2. ^ "Viola Odebrecht". KSI.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Odebrecht zum VfL - Peter zum 1. FFC" (in German). kicker.de. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  4. ^ NDR. "Fußball im Norden: Videos, Audios, Bilder". ndr.de. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Viola Odebrecht Biography and Statistics". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  6. ^ "Players Info Odebrecht". DFB. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  7. ^ 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Commentators – ESPN MediaZone. Archived 14 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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