Britta Carlson
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Britta Carlson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 March 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Kiel, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| TSV Altenholz | |||
| SV Friedrichsort | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Schmalfelder SV | |||
| –2004 | Hamburger SV | ||
| 2004–2007 | Turbine Potsdam | ||
| 2007–2008 | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2004–2007 | Germany | 31 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 April 2007 | |||
Britta Carlson (born 3 March 1978) is a German former football midfielder who played in the Frauen Bundesliga for Hamburger SV, Turbine Potsdam and VfL Wolfsburg. She was capped 31 times for the Germany women's national football team.
Club career
[edit]Carlson won the UEFA Women's Cup with Turbine Potsdam in 2005, as well as the 2006 Bundesliga and the Frauen DFB Pokal in 2005 and 2006.[2] In October 2008, following a season with Wolfsburg, Carlson retired from football. She had been plagued by a persistent knee injury.[3]
She subsequently joined the coaching staff at Wolfsburg and served as an ambassador for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.
International career
[edit]In 31 appearances for the senior Germany team Carlson hit four goals and collected a winners' medal from UEFA Women's Euro 2005. Her debut came on 4 March 2004 in a 1–0 defeat to China in Fürth, and she won her last cap on 12 March 2007 in the 3–0 win over Denmark.[3]
Carlson was named as an alternate for the 2004 Olympics in Athens,[4] and was disappointed to be overlooked for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.[5]
Honours
[edit]Germany
[edit]- UEFA Women's Championship: Winner 2005
References
[edit]- ^ Britta Carlson at Olympedia (archive)
- ^ "Britta CARLSON". FIFA. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Carlson hangs up her boots". FIFA. 23 October 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "Olympic football tournaments Athens 2004 report and statistics" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "We ask…Britta Carlson". FIFA. 28 July 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2012.[dead link]
External links
[edit]Britta Carlson – FIFA competition record (archived)
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- German women's footballers
- 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players
- Frauen-Bundesliga players
- Footballers from Kiel
- UEFA Women's Championship–winning players
- Women's association football defenders
- Women's association football midfielders
- Germany women's international footballers
- German women's football biography stubs