Ann-Katrin Berger

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Ann-Katrin Berger
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Berger with Germany in 2023
Personal information
Full name Ann-Katrin Berger [1]
Date of birth (1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Göppingen, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 NJ/NY Gotham FC
Number 30
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2011 VfL Sindelfingen 12 (0)
2011–2014 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 19 (0)
2014–2016 Paris Saint-Germain 12 (0)
2016–2018 Birmingham City 33 (0)
2019–2024 Chelsea 65 (0)
2024– NJ/NY Gotham FC 0 (0)
International career‡
2009 Germany U19 1 (0)
2020– Germany 9 (0)
Medal record
UEFA Women's Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:01, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:06, 09 April 2024 (UTC)

Ann-Katrin Berger (born 9 October 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for NJ/NY Gotham FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Germany national team.

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Early life

At the age of four, Berger began playing football in the KSG Eislingen. As a teenager, she moved to FV Faurndau. She played as a striker, midfielder and defender and only switched to the goal at the age of 16, joking she became "lazy to run," and "has grown" again. [2]

Club career

In 2007, she moved up to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. A year later, Berger moved to second division side, VfL Sindelfingen. [3] In the summer of 2011, Berger signed a three-year contract with 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam in the Frauen-Bundesliga, the top division in Germany. [3] She made her debut for the club on 21 August 2011 and shut out Hamburger SV 4–0. [4] She made five appearances for the club during the 2011/2012 season playing a total of 450 minutes. Potsdam finished first in the league with an 18–2–2 record. [5] She was the starting goalkeeper in three of Potsdam's 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League matches helping the squad earn shut-outs against Þór Akureyri and Glasgow City F.C. [4] [6]

Berger signed with Paris Saint-Germain in June 2014, playing 22 matches in all competitions during her two-year spell with the club. [7] In June 2016, she joined Birmingham City. [8]

In November 2017, Berger was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. [9] She made a full recovery. During her battle with cancer, she had a desire to continue playing football. On 4 February 2018, she made her first appearance since being diagnosed with cancer in the Fourth Round of the 2017–18 FA Women's Cup in an away match against Reading. Birmingham won 1–0. With her strong determination she had a brilliant season, and as a result she won the PFA Team of the Year Award. [10]

Berger continued her strong return in 2018, helping Birmingham City to a fourth-place standing after midway point of the 2018–19 FA WSL season. Having run down her contract at Birmingham City and rejected a new offer, [11] she joined reigning champions Chelsea on 4 January 2019. [12] Chelsea manager Emma Hayes signed her as part of the team rebuild even though Chelsea had three other goalkeepers on their roster. [13]

In April 2021, Berger made title winning saves away against Manchester City in a 2–2 draw, as Chelsea fought to preserve their lead at the top of the table. [14] Chelsea and manager Emma Hayes later won their 4th WSL title, the most by any WSL team, by 2 points on the final day of the 2020–21 season with a 5–0 victory over Reading. Chelsea broke the records for most wins (18) and most points (57) in a season, and became just the third team to defend the League title after Liverpool and Arsenal. Berger registered the most clean sheets (12), winning the Golden Glove. [15] On 23 August 2022 Berger announced, that she was suffering from thyroid cancer again. [16] A little over a month later, on the 25 September, Berger made her comeback against Manchester City. [17] In March 2023, Berger made the decisive save on Lindsay Horan's shot in the penalty shootout with Lyon, to take Chelsea to the semi-finals in the Women's Champions league. [18]

In April 2024, it was announced that Berger had signed a one-year contract with an option for an additional year with Gotham FC. [19]

International career

Berger received her first call-up to the Germany national team in November 2018. [12] She made her national debut on December 1, 2020 in the Euro 2022 qualifier against the Republic of Ireland. [20]

She was named in the squad for Euro 2022, but did not play, as Germany finished as runners-up. [21] In July 2023, she was named in the squad for the 2023 World Cup. [22] She made no appearances and for the first time ever, Germany got knocked out after the group stage.

Personal life

Berger is openly lesbian, and in a relationship with her former Chelsea teammate Jess Carter. [23]

Berger is an Ambassador and co-founder of the Judan Ali Football Academy known as JAFA based in London and founded in 2019. [24] [25]

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played 15 November 2023 [26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfL Sindelfingen 2009–10 2. Frauen-Bundesliga 50————50
2010–11 70————70
Total120————120
Turbine Potsdam 2011–12 Frauen-Bundesliga 5020—30—100
2012–13 —————00
2013–14 14010—70—220
Total19030—100—320
Paris Saint-Germain 2014–15 Division 1 Féminine 60————60
2015–16 60——30—90
Total120——30—150
Birmingham City 2016 FA WSL 60—30——90
2017 5030———80
2017–18 140—20——160
2018–19 80—30——110
Total3303080——440
Chelsea [27] 2018–19 FA WSL10——40—50
2019–20 1302020——170
2020–21 17030408010330
2021–22 140402030—230
2022–23 150202070—260
2023–24 30000010—40
Total630110100230101080
Career total1390170180360102110

International

As of 9 April 2024 [28]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany 202010
202110
202220
202340
202410
Total90

Honours

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

Birmingham City

Chelsea

Germany

Individual

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