Nadine Kessler ( Norwegian Nadine Keßler , born April 4, 1988 in Landshtul , Rhineland-Palatinate ) is a German soccer player , midfielder, 2013 European champion, winner of the 2014 FIFA Golden Ball .
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| Born | April 4, 1988 (31 years old) Landstuhl , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 169 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Club
A pupil of the schools of the clubs “Hershberg”, “Hermsberg” and “Weselberg”. Since 2004, she has played for Saarbrücken: both for the youth squad and for the main team (in the 2nd Bundesliga). In 2006, she became the top scorer of the Second Bundesliga in the South, having played all matches for the team, except for the match of the last round. The following year, she won the championship and the next title of the best scorer, and with the team reached the final of the German Cup, where she lost to Frankfurt 1: 5.
On May 12, 2008, as part of the German Championship in the First Bundesliga against Wolfsburg, Nadine suffered a knee injury in the 42nd minute and missed the rest of the season (the club eventually flew back to the Second Bundesliga). In 2009, the club returned to the First Bundesliga, but Kessler, along with Josephine Henning, went to the “Turbine” team from Potsdam [1] . As part of the Potsdam team, she won the German Championship and the German Football Union Cup of Honor along with the Champions League. Since the 2011/2012 season he has been playing for Wolfsburg [2] .
Team
As part of the U-19 team, Nadine won the 2006 European Championship; in the same year, she reached the quarter-finals at the U-20 World Championships. In July 2007, Nadine and her team defended their European Championship title in the U19 category, at the 2008 World Championships in Chile, Nadine became a bronze medalist. On February 22, 2010, she made her debut in the match for the German national team in the Algarve Cup [3] against the Finnish national team and scored her first goal (with a total victory of Germany 7-0) [4] . At the European Championships in Sweden in 2013, her team won, which was the first award for Nadine at the level of the main team.
Achievements
Club
- Champion of Germany 2010, 2011 and 2013
- 2013 German Cup Winner
- Finalist of the German Cup 2008
- UEFA Champions League winner 2010 and 2013
- Winner of the German Football Union 2010 Honorary Cup
- Champion of the Second Bundesliga 2007 and 2009
- Top scorer of the Second Bundesliga 2006 and 2007
Team
- 2013 European Champion
- European Champion U19 2006 and 2007
- Bronze medalist at the U20 World Cup 2008
- Winner of the Nordic Cup U17 2005
- Winner of the 2006 Fritz Walter Silver Medal
Personal Achievements
- FIFA Golden Ball Winner: 2014
Personal life
A native of Landstuhl, Nadine spent her childhood in Weselberg, where she went to kindergarten and elementary school. She graduated from the Sikingen Gymnasium High School in Landshtul , served in the Bundeswehr and worked at the Bundeswehr Sports School in Warendorf [5] . Military rank - Haupt-Corporal [1] . In 2012, she received a higher education in absentia with a degree in Fitness Economics. He works at the Agency for Communications and Design [6] . In 2009, Saar was elected to the German Federal Assembly on the SPD list [7] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 ffc-turbine.de: Turbine Potsdam verpflichtet zwei umworbene Spielerinnen des 1. FC Saarbrücken
- ↑ womensoccer.de: Nadine Keßler wechselt zum VfL Wolfsburg
- ↑ dfb.de: Bresonik fällt aus - Keßler für Algarve Cup nominiert
- ↑ dfb.de: Keßler freut sich über ein schönes Debüt
- ↑ Von der Kaserne auf den Fußballplatz. sol.de.
- ↑ Zur Person Archived on January 13, 2015. bei Nadine-Kessler.de, abgerufen am 16. September 2013.
- ↑ Präsidentenwahl: Saarland schickt keine Promis. Meldung im Münchner Merkur vom 16. Juni 2010.
Links
- Official website (German)
- Profile at Welt-Fussball.de (German)
- Statistics on the website of the Women's Bundesliga (German)