Conny Pohlers

Conny Pohlers (2012 )

Conny Pohlers ( born November 16, 1978 in Halle / Saale, GDR ) is a German football player. The striker plays since 2011 for the Bundesliga side VfL ​​Wolfsburg and was active until 2011 for the German national team.

  • 2.1 club
  • 2.2 national team

Sporting career

Club football

Conny Pohlers comes from a family footballers. Her father was active at the local level, her mother once was top scorer in the BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau. They even began at the age of seven years at FSV 67 Hall (until 1990: BSG WBK 67 Halle- Neustadt ) playing football in the club. In 1994 she transferred to 1 FFC Turbine Potsdam. After an intermezzo at TuS Niedernkirchen In 1997 she returned to Potsdam. In 2003, she played for Atlanta Beat in the American WUSA. In the summer of 2007, she transferred to 1 FFC Frankfurt. Cartilage damage was diagnosed shortly before the start of the 2008/09 season at Pohlers, who forced a break of over a year. Only in October 2009, she was able to celebrate her comeback in the 2nd team of the 1st FFC Frankfurt in a competitive match. For the season 2011/12 she moved to VfL Wolfsburg, with whom she won the 2013 German championship and the DFB-Pokal. On June 11, 2013 it was announced that Pohlers changes on loan to NWSL franchise Washington Spirit.

With Potsdam Pohlers was twice German champion, five times Cup winner and twice Hall Cup winner. 2002, 2006 and 2011, she was top scorer in the Bundesliga. Greatest success at club level was winning the UEFA Women 's Cup 2005, 2008 and 2013. In the election for footballer of the year 2006, she won the second place behind Birgit Prinz.

National

With a total of 30 missions Conny Pohlers is the record player in the U-21 national team. In 2002 she won the Nordic Cup second place after a final defeat against the USA.

Her debut in the national team, she celebrated on 10 May 2001 against Italy. On 25 October 2001 she scored in the match against Portugal five goals, surpassing the record previously held by Heidi Mohr.

With the national team it was 2003 World Champion. In 2005 she won the European Championship. At the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008, she won bronze medals.

Achievements

Association

  • Champions League winner: 2005, 2008, 2013
  • German Champion: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2013
  • DFB Cup winner: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013
  • Scorer of the Bundesliga in 2002, 2006, 2011

National

  • World Champion 2003
  • European Champion 2005
  • Bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics, 2008

Private

Conny Pohlers 's time soldier in the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr in Warendorf.

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 1. FFC Frankfurt Bundesliga (women) Sports franchising DFB-Pokal (women) Shelley Thompson (footballer) Inka Grings Jana Burmeister Nilla Fischer Josephine Henning Viola Odebrecht Alexandra Popp Almuth Schult Luisa Wensing
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