Eunice Beckmann

Eunice Nketiah Beckmann (born 8 February 1992) is a German professional footballer.

Eunice Beckmann
Beckmann in 2015
Personal information
Full name Eunice Nketiah Beckmann[1]
Date of birth (1992-02-08) 8 February 1992
Place of birth Wuppertal, Germany
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2007–2008 Wuppertaler SV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 FCR 2001 Duisburg II 12 (2)
2008–2010 FCR 2001 Duisburg 8 (2)
2010–2013 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 51 (10)
2013 Linköpings FC 9 (0)
2014–2016 Bayern Munich 38 (10)
2016 Boston Breakers 11 (0)
2017–2018 FC Basel 29 (22)
2018–2019 Madrid CFF 27 (5)
2019–2022 1. FC Köln 41 (7)
International career
2010–2011 Germany U19 10 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 October 2021

Beckmann was born in Wuppertal to Ghanaian parents.[2] She started playing with her local youth side, Wuppertaler SV.

Club career

Duisburg, 2008–2010

Beckmann started her senior career at age 17 with Duisburg, originally playing for the second team and then moving to the first time in the Frauen-Bundesliga in 2009. She made 8 appearances for the first team scoring 2 goals.[3][4][5]

Bayern Leverkusen, 2010–2013

Following two seasons Duisburg Beckmann moved to Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen where she played for three seasons.[6] She made 51 regular season appearances with the club, scoring 10 goals.[3]

Linköpings FC, 2013

Beckmann then moved to Swedish Damallsvenskan club Linköpings FC signing a one season contract for the 2013 season.[7] She played 9 regular season games for the club.[3]

Bayern Munich, 2014–2016

Following her season in Sweden Beckman returned to the Frauen-Bundesliga, this time signing with Bayern Munich.[8] In December 2014 Beckmann extended her contract with Bayern.[9] In her two and a half seasons with Bayern Beckmann scored 10 goals in 38 regular season appearances.[3] She went on to win the Frauen-Bundesliga twice with Bayern in 2014–15, where she finished tied for 8th top scorer in the league, and 2015–16.

Boston Breakers, 2016

In May 2016 Beckmann signed with National Women's Soccer League club the Boston Breakers.[10][11] Beckmann spent one season with the club, making 11 regular season appearances.[5]

FC Basel 2017–2018

Beckmann signed an 18 month contract with FC Basel, of the Swiss Nationalliga A Women in January 2017.[12] During her second season with the club Beckmann was the top scorer in the Nationalliga, scoring 25 goals in 26 games. Beckmann opted to leave the club after her contract expired.[13][14]

Madrid CFF, 2018–2019

In August 2018, she transferred to La Liga Iberdrola side Madrid CFF.[15][16]

1. FC Köln, 2019–2022

In June 2019, Beckmann returned to the Frauen-Bundesliga by transferring to 1. FC Köln, where she signed a two-year contract. In August 2020, Köln extended the contract through 2022 after being relegated to 2. Frauen-Bundesliga.[17] Köln won 46 of 48 possible points to win the south group of the 2020–21 2. Frauen-Bundesliga and was promoted back to the top flight.[18]

On 11 March 2022, Beckmann suffered an injury in a challenge from Lena Lattwein during the 82nd minute of a match against Wolfsburg and was carried off the pitch on a stretcher.[19] On 12 March, the club announced that Beckmann's anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in her knee were torn.[20] By 18 March 2022, she had undergone surgery and began rehabilitating the injury.[21][22] On 15 May 2022, the club announced that Beckmann would not return to the club after the end of the 2021–22 Frauen-Bundesliga.[23]

We Play Strong

Beckmann is one of UEFA's official ambassadors for #WePlayStrong, a social media and vlogging campaign which was launched in 2018. The campaign's "...aim is to promote women's football as much as we can and to make people aware of women's football, really," Evans, another participant explains. "The ultimate goal is to make football the most played sport by females by 2020. So it's a UEFA initiative to get more women and girls playing football, whether they want to be professional or not."[24] The series, which also originally included professional footballers Sarah Zadrazil, Lisa Evans, Laura Feiersinger and now also includes Petronella Ekroth and Shanice van de Sanden, follows the daily lives of female professional footballers.[25]

Honours

FCR 2001 Duisburg

FC Bayern München

1. FC Köln

References
  1. "Esprit signs up to become UEFA Women's Football Partner". UEFA. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Fjärde(!) landslagsmålvakten till Linköping" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  3. "Eunice Beckmann". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  4. "BREAKERS SIGN GERMAN FORWARD EUNICE BECKMANN". Boston Breakers. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  5. "Steckbrief Eunice Beckmann" (in German). fcr-01.de. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  6. "Beckmann und Prießen wechseln zu Bayer". Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  7. "Lundgren skadad – Linköping värvar" (in Swedish). 9 August 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  8. "Eunice Beckmann" (in German). 31 January 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  9. "Eunice Beckmann" (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  10. "Breakers sign German forward Eunice Beckmann – Boston Breakers". www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  11. "Breakers sign German forward Eunice Beckmann". 5 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  12. "FC Basel".
  13. "Bei Bayern war definitiv meine schönste Zeit" (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  14. "FEATURE: Eunice Beckman – the making of a female soccer star". Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  15. "Wuppertaler Fußballerin geht nun für Madrid auf Torejagd". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). 28 August 2018.
  16. "TRAININGSBEGINN DER FCB-FRAUEN MIT DREI NEUEN" (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  17. Kemper, Jürgen; Zenge, Martin (15 August 2020). "Starkes Zeichen nach Abstieg FC-Frauen verlängern mit Top-Torjägerin" [Strong sign after descent FC women extend with top scorer]. Express (in German). Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  18. "Sascha Glass extends contract with 1. FC Köln". Footbalada. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  19. "FC-Frauen unterliegen Wölfinnen" (Press release) (in German). 1. FC Köln. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  20. Mertens, Daniel (12 March 2022). "Nach Foul schwer verletzt: Sorgen um Beckmann überlagern Wolfsburg-Pleite" [Seriously injured after a foul: Concerns about Beckmann overlay Wolfsburg's bankruptcy]. Geissblog (in German). Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  21. "Wichtiges Duell für die FC-Frauen" [Important duel for the women]. 1. FC Köln (Press release). 18 March 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  22. Kemper, Jürgen (20 March 2022). "Beckmann is fighting for his comeback after cruciate ligament surgery – but FC future is uncertain" [Beckmann is fighting for her comeback after cruciate ligament surgery – but FC future is uncertain]. Express. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  23. Hempel, Klemens (15 May 2022). "Trotz verpasster Rheinland-Krönung: FC-Frauen feiern historische Saison" [Despite missing the Rhineland coronation: FC women celebrate historic season]. Express (in German). Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  24. "ARSEBLOG EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ARSENAL'S LISA EVANS". Arseblog. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  25. "Arsenal's Lisa Evans launches scheme to get more women playing football". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
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