Birgit Prinz

Birgit Prinz (born 25 October 1977 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany) is a German association football forward. She is best known for being the top scorer of the Germany women's national football team. She is considered to be one of the best German football players of all time, as she has won the FIFA World Player of the Year multiple times. She scored 136 goals for 1. FFC Frankfurt. She has won the FIFA Women's World Cup two times with Germany. She was part of the German women's Olympic team in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008. They won the bronze medal in 2000, 2004 and 2008.

Honours
Club
FSV Frankfurt
 Bundesliga: Winner (2) 1994–95, 1997–98
German Cup: Winner (2) 1994–95, 1995–96

1. FFC Frankfurt
UEFA Women's Cup: Winner (3) 2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08; Runner-up (1) 2003–04
 Bundesliga: Winner (6) 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08
 German Cup: Winner (8) 1998–99, 1999-00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11

Carolina Courage
WUSA Championship: Winner (1) 2002

International
 FIFA World Cup: Winner (2) 2003, 2007 Runner-up (1) 1995
 UEFA European Championship: Winner (5) 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009
 Olympic bronze medal: (3) 2000, 2004, 2008
Algarve Cup: Winner (1) 2006

Individual
FIFA World Player of the Year: Winner (3) 2003, 2004, 2005; Runner-up (4) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
German Player of the Year: Winner (8) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
 Second all-time leading goalscorer FIFA Women's World Cup – 14 goals (second to Marta)
 Second all-time leading goalscorer Women's Olympic Football Tournament – 10 goals (second to Cristiane)
Golden Ball Winner: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
Silver Ball Winner: 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
 Top-scorer 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
 Top-scorer Bundesliga: (4) 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2006–07
Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2007

 References 

 Other websites 
 Birgit Prinz biography 

Category:1977 births
Category:Living people
Category:1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Female footballers
Category:German footballers
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Frankfurt