Felicitas Rauch

Felicitas Rauch (born 30 April 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany national team.[2]

Felicitas Rauch
Rauch with Germany in 2023
Personal information
Full name Felicitas Rauch[1]
Date of birth (1996-04-30) 30 April 1996
Place of birth Hann. Münden, Germany
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, full-back, winger
Team information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 13
Youth career
1999–2002 TSV Eintracht Dungelbeck
2002–2010 VfB Peine
2010–2013 Turbine Potsdam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Turbine Potsdam II 35 (6)
2014–2019 Turbine Potsdam 89 (22)
2019– VfL Wolfsburg 54 (6)
International career‡
2012 Germany U-16 6 (0)
2012–2014 Germany U-17 8 (0)
2013–2015 Germany U-19 16 (2)
2014 Germany U-20 11 (0)
2015– Germany 36 (4)
Medal record
UEFA Women's Championship
Silver medal – second place2022 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:41, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Rauch grew up in Peine-Dungelbeck and began playing football with her brother in 1999 at TSV Dungelbeck. From 2002 to 2010 she played for VfB Peine, consistently in boys' teams. In 2010 she moved to Berlin with her family, where she joined the youth department of Turbine Potsdam. In 2012 she became German runner-up with Potsdam's B-Juniors after a 3–2 final defeat against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and was part of the squad for the second division team from the 2012/13 season.

After winning the 2nd Bundesliga North championship with this team in the 2013/14 season, Rauch was promoted to the first team in the summer of 2014.[3]  On 21 September 2014 (day three) she came on as a substitute in the 2–1 win against 1. FFC Frankfurt in the 81st minute for Nataša Andonova and thus celebrated her Bundesliga debut. On 21 February 2019, Rauch announced on she was leaving Potsdam after nine years. She signed a contract with VfL Wolfsburg. In May 2022, Rauch extended her contract with Wolfsburg through June 2025.[4]

International career

Rauch made her debut for the U16 national team in 2012 and was used for the U17 national team, among other things, as part of the qualification for the 2013 European Championship. After missing out on qualifying for the finals of the 2014 European Championship with the U19 national team, she took part in the summer of 2014 with the U20 national team at the U20 World Cup, which was held in Canada in August.[5] There she played all six tournament games and became world champion with a 1–0 victory in overtime in the final against Nigeria.[6]

On 17 November 2015, she was called up by Germany coach Silvia Neid in the senior squad for the international match against England, against whom she made her first appearance on 26 November 2015 in a goalless draw. She scored her first international goal on 3 September 2019 in Lviv in the 8–0 win in the second European Championship qualifier in Group I over Ukraine, scoring 3–0 in the 32nd minute.[7]

Rauch was named in the Germany squad for the Euro 2022 by national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg.[8] The German team reached the final, but lost to England and finished as runners-up. Rauch was used in five games.

Career statistics
As of 26 September 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany 201510
201610
201720
201820
201951
202030
202141
2022112
202370
Total364
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rauch goal.
List of international goals scored by Felicitas Rauch
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
13 September 2019Lviv, Ukraine Ukraine3–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
226 October 2021Essen, Germany Israel7–07–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
39 April 2022Bielefeld, Germany Portugal3–03–0
43 September 2022Bursa, Turkey Turkey1–03–0

Honours

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam II

VfL Wolfsburg

Germany

Germany U20

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2014 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 8 August 2016. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. "Spielerinnenporträt: Felicitas Rauch". ffc-turbine.de (in German). 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. Susi (7 August 2014). "Unser Team für die Saison 2014/15". Fanclub Turbine Potsdam (in German). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  4. "Felicitas Rauch verlängert in Wolfsburg". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
  5. "Database Women's U International Matches". Das Fußball Studio.
  6. "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2014 - Awards". 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  7. "Ukraine vs. Germany – 3 September 2019 – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  8. "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft endgültigen Kader für die EM in England". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
  9. "Felicitas Rauch". dfb.de. 18 September 2021.
  10. Sanders, Emma (31 July 2022). "England beat Germany to win first major women's trophy". BBC. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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