Conny Pohlers
Conny Pohlers (born 16 November 1978) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward. From 1998 she played in the Women's Bundesliga and from 2001 in the Germany national team.
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Full name | Conny Pohlers[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 16 November 1978 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Halle, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1985–1994 | FSV 67 Halle | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1994–1997 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1997 | TuS Niederkirchen | 4 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
1997–2007 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | 151 | (171) | ||||||||||||||
2003 | Atlanta Beat | ||||||||||||||||
2007–2011 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 59 | (60) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2014 | VfL Wolfsburg | 63 | (41) | ||||||||||||||
2013 | → Washington Spirit (loan) | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2001–2011 | Germany | 67 | (28) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Club career
Born, Halle, Pohlers comes from a football playing family. Her father played and her mother was once the top goal scorer in a regional league. She first played at the age of seven with FSV '67 Halle. In 1994, she moved to 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam. In the 2003 season, she played in the American professional league, WUSA, with the Atlanta Beat. In February 2007 she announced that she would be transferring to 1.FFC Frankfurt for the 2007–08 season. In 2013, playing for VfL Wolfsburg, she again became a Bundesliga champion, and on 19 May she scored a goal in Wolfsburg's 3–2 Cup Final win against her old team, Turbine Potsdam.
After the 2013–14 season she ended her career.[2]
International goals
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 27 September 2003 | Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington D.C., United States | Argentina | 5–1 | 6–1 | 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup |
Honours
Club
- Bundesliga: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014
- DFB-Pokal: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013
- UEFA Women's Champions League 2005, 2008, 2013, 2014
International
Individual
- Bundesliga top goal scorer 2002,[3] 2006, 2011
- Third all-time top scorer UEFA Women's Champions League with 48 goals[4]
- UEFA Women's Champions League top scorer: 2004–05
References
- Conny Pohlers at Olympedia
- "Conny Pohlers beendet Karriere mit zwei Titeln". 9 June 2014.
- "Frauen-Bundesliga: Torschützenliste 2001–02" (in German). German Football Association. 18 June 2002.
- "Mittag breaks Pohlers goal record". UEFA. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.