Editing Birgit Prinz (section)

==Club career==
Prinz began her career at SV Dörnigheim FC. She made her [[Fußball-Bundesliga (women)|Bundesliga]] debut for [[FSV Frankfurt]], where she played from 1993 to 1998. During that time Prinz won two Bundesliga titles and two [[Frauen DFB Pokal|German Cups]]. In 1997 and 1998 she was the Bundesliga top scorer. In 1998, she moved to local rivals [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]], where she has had her biggest success at club level. In 13 seasons at the club, Prinz won six Bundesliga and eight German Cup titles. She also won the Bundesliga top-scorer award twice more in 2001 and 2007. Prinz won the [[UEFA Women's Champions League|UEFA Women's Cup]] three times with Frankfurt, in the [[2001–02 UEFA Women's Cup|2001–02]], [[2005–06 UEFA Women's Cup|2005–06]] and [[2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup|2007–08 seasons]]. She also reached the final in 2004, but lost to the Swedish side [[Umeå IK]].<ref name="dfb">{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=131&no_cache=1&action=showPlayer&player=prinz_birgit |title=Nationalspielerin Birgit Prinz |publisher=DFB.de |access-date=18 June 2011 |language=de}}</ref>

For two seasons, Prinz joined [[Carolina Courage]] in the professional women's league [[Women's United Soccer Association|WUSA]] in the United States. During her short stint in America she claimed the 2002 WUSA Championship. After the [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003 World Cup]], Prinz declined an offer from [[Perugia Calcio|AC Perugia]] to play in Italy's men's [[Serie A]], fearing her transfer would be used as a publicity stunt and she would end up on the bench.<ref>{{cite web |title=Birgit Prinz sagt Perugia ab |publisher=netzeitung.de |date=23 December 2010 |access-date=5 February 2010 |url=http://www.netzeitung.de/sport/266527.html?Birgit_Prinz_sagt_Perugia_ab |language=de |archive-date=24 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224043742/http://www.netzeitung.de/sport/266527.html?Birgit_Prinz_sagt_Perugia_ab |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In her time at FFC Frankfurt, Prinz won many personal awards, including a record eight [[German footballer of the year|German Female Footballer of the Year]] awards from 2001 to 2008.<ref name="jahres">{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500014&tx_dfbnews_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=24271&tx_dfbnews_pi4%5Bcat%5D=84 |title=Grings erneut Fußballerin des Jahres |publisher=DFB.de |date=8 August 2010 |access-date=18 June 2011 |language=de}}</ref> She was named the [[FIFA World Player of the Year]] in 2003, 2004 and 2005. For four consecutive years from 2007 to 2010 she came second, behind Brazil's [[Marta Vieira da Silva|Marta]].<ref>{{cite web |title=FIFA Ballon d'Or – Previous Editions |publisher=[[FIFA]] |access-date=22 June 2011 |url=https://www.fifa.com/ballondor/previouseditions/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031172811/http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/previouseditions/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 October 2010}}</ref>