Britta Carlson

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Britta Carlson
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Britta Carlson in 2023
Personal information
Full name Britta Carlson [1]
Date of birth (1978-03-03) 3 March 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Kiel, Germany
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Youth career
TSV Altenholz
SV Friedrichsort
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Schmalfelder SV
00002004 Hamburger SV
20042007 Turbine Potsdam
20072008 VfL Wolfsburg
International career
20042007 Germany 31 (4)
*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.

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Club career

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

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 10 defeat to China in Fürth, and she won her last cap on 12 March 2007 in the 30 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

Germany

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References

  1. Britta Carlson at Olympedia OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Britta CARLSON". FIFA. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Carlson hangs up her boots". FIFA. 23 October 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2012.[ dead link ]
  4. "Olympic football tournaments Athens 2004 report and statistics" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  5. "We ask…Britta Carlson". FIFA. 28 July 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2012.[ dead link ]

Britta Carlson FIFA competition record (archived)