Sonja Fuss
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Date of birth | 5 November 1978 | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bonn, West Germany | ||||||||||||||
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Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||
Current team
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FC Zürich Frauen | ||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||
Grün-Weiß Brauweiler | |||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Hartford Hawks | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
–2004 | FFC Brauweiler Pulheim | 89 | |||||||||||||
Hartford Hawks | |||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | FSV Frankfurt | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||
2005 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||
2005–2006 | FFC Brauweiler Pulheim | 20 | (6) | ||||||||||||
2006–2009 | FCR 2001 Duisburg | 68 | (4) | ||||||||||||
2009–2010 | 1.FC Köln | 33 | (9) | ||||||||||||
2011 | FCR 2001 Duisburg | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||
2011–2013 | FC Zürich Frauen | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Chicago Red Stars | 16 | (2) | ||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||
Germany U-19 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
1996–2010 | Germany | 68 | (3) | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 August 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 May 2011 |
Sonja Fuss (born 5 November 1978 in Bonn) is a German football defender. She played for the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the German national team. She has played in the German Bundesliga since 1992. In 2011, together with Inka Grings, she played for Swiss side, FC Zürich Frauen.[1]
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Early life
Hartford University
Fuss attended the University of Hartford located in West Hartford, Connecticut.[2][3]
Playing career
Club
Fuss spent most of her career playing for SV Grün-Weiß, which was renamed FFC Brauweiler Pulheim in 2000. In 2004, she transferred to FSV Frankfurt.
In February 2005, she signed with FFC Turbine Potsdam. She returned to FFC Brauweiler Pulheim after one season.
At the beginning of the season 2006/07, she moved to FCR 2001 Duisburg.
In July 2009, Fuss moved to the first FC Köln, the newly formed women's soccer Division 1, for the 2009/10 season. In January 2011, she returned to play for FCR 2001 Duisburg. Her contract there was disbanded in August 2011 and she then signed on 28 August at FC Zürich Frauen.
On 16 March 2013, along with Inka Grings, Fuss left Zürich for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club, the Chicago Red Stars, in May 2013.[4][5]
She was waived by the Red Stars in September 2013.[6]
International
Fuss played in her first international match in 1996 against the Netherlands. She scored her first international goal on 15 November 2003 against Portugal. Fuss was a European champion in 1997, 2005 and 2009 and world champion in 2003 and 2007. In 2004, She was a member of the bronze medal-winning German squad at the Olympic Games in Athens.[7]
Honors and awards
National
- World Champion in 2003 and 2007
- European champion in 1997, 2005 and 2009
- Olympic bronze medal in 2004
Club football
- German Champion 1997
- Swiss Champion 2011/12, 2012/13
- Swiss Cupsiegerin 2012, 2013
- DFB Cup winner in 1997, 2005 and 2009
- UEFA Women's Cup winner in 2005 and 2009
References
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- Living people
- German women's footballers
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- 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
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- FSV Frankfurt (women) players
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- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
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- FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players
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- Chicago Red Stars (NWSL) players
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