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{{Short description|German footballer (born 1977)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Birgit Prinz | image = Birgit Prinz 20180519 (cropped).jpg | caption = Prinz in 2018 | fullname = Birgit Prinz<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2011/pdf/FWWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 β List of Players: Germany |publisher=[[FIFA]] |page=8 |date=28 July 2014 |access-date=18 February 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122041659/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2011/pdf/FWWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=22 November 2019}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|10|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Frankfurt]], [[West Germany]] | height = 1.79 m | position = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]] | youthyears1 = 1986β1988 | youthclubs1 = SV DΓΆrnigheim FC | youthyears2 = 1988β1992 | youthclubs2 = FC Hochstadt | years1 = 1993β1998 | clubs1 = [[FSV Frankfurt]] | caps1 = 57 | goals1 = 45 | years2 = 1998β2002 | clubs2 = [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]] | caps2 = 76 | goals2 = 78 | years3 = 2002β2003 | clubs3 = [[Carolina Courage]] | caps3 = 35 | goals3 = 23 | years4 = 2003β2011 | clubs4 = [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]] | caps4 = 114 | goals4 = 136 | totalcaps = 282 | totalgoals = 282 | nationalyears1 = 1994β2011 | nationalteam1 = [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]] | nationalcaps1 = 214 | nationalgoals1 = 128 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[association football|football]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA Women's World Cup|World Cup]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003 United States]]|Team}} {{MedalGold|[[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007 China]]|Team}} {{MedalSilver|[[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup|1995 Sweden]]|Team}} {{MedalCompetition | [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Team]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Team]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Team]] }} {{Medal|Competition|[[UEFA European Women's Championship]]}} {{Medal|Gold|[[UEFA Women's Euro 1995|1995 Germany/England/Norway/Sweden]]|Team}} {{Medal|Gold|[[UEFA Women's Euro 1997|1997 Norway/Sweden]]|Team}} {{Medal|Gold|[[UEFA Women's Euro 2001|2001 Germany]]|Team}} {{Medal|Gold|[[UEFA Women's Euro 2005|2005 England]]|Team}} {{Medal|Gold|[[UEFA Women's Euro 2009|2009 Finland]]|Team}} }} '''Birgit Prinz''' (born 25 October 1977) is a German former [[Association football|footballer]], two-time [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] champion and three-time [[FIFA World Player of the Year]]. In addition to the [[Germany women's national football team|German national team]], Prinz played for [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]] in the [[Frauen-Bundesliga]] as well as the [[Carolina Courage]] in the [[Women's United Soccer Association]] (WUSA), the first professional women's league in the United States. Prinz remains one of the game's most prolific [[Forward (association football)|strikers]] and is the second [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] all-time leading scorer with 14 goals (second only to [[Marta Vieira da Silva|Marta]] from Brazil). In 2011, she announced the end of her active career.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prinz announces end of career |url=http://www.sportschau.de/sp/fussball/news201108/12/prinz_karriereende.jsp |publisher=sportschau.de |access-date=12 August 2011 |language=de |date=12 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928204258/http://www.sportschau.de/sp/fussball/news201108/12/prinz_karriereende.jsp |archive-date=28 September 2011}}</ref> She currently works as a sport psychologist for the men's and women's teams of [[Bundesliga]] club [[TSG 1899 Hoffenheim]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Frauen: Prinz works and trains in Hoffenheim |url=http://www.achtzehn99.de/frauen-prinz-hospitiert-und-trainiert-in-hoffenheim/ |access-date=17 January 2012 |language=de |date=17 January 2012}}</ref>
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