Ricarda Walkling

Ricarda Walkling

Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-03-19) 19 March 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth	Hannover, Germany
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) [1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Werder Bremen
Number	13
Youth career
2002–2008	SV Obergriesbach
2008–2010	TSV Schwaben Augsburg
2010–2014	Bayern Munich
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	NC State Wolfpack	86	(11)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Bayern Munich II	31	(7)
2013–2016	Bayern Munich	9	(1)
2020–	Werder Bremen	60	(3)
International career‡
2012–2013	Germany U-16	6	(0)
2013–2014	Germany U-17	15	(6)
2015–2016	Germany U-19	5	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 April 2016

Ricarda Walkling (born 19 March 1997) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club Werder Bremen. ^[2]

Early life

Walkling was born in Hanover and grew up in Obergriesbach, Bavaria. ^{[3] [4]}

Club career

Walkling started her career in 2002 with SV Obergriesbach and spent two years at TSV Schwaben Augsburg from 2008 to 2010 before moving to the youth ranks of FC Bayern Munich in 2010. With Bayern Munich junior, she won the 2013 German Championship, scoring the equalizer in the final against FSV Gütersloh 2009, a game that ended 3–1 in favour of Bayern Munich. She made her first team debut in the second round of the DFB-Pokal on 29 September 2013. ^[5] Soon after, on 6 October 2013 she made her Bundesliga debut against BV Cloppenburg as an 89th-minute substitute for Vanessa Bürki and a few moments later netted her first team debut goal to confirm the 5–2 victory. In the 2013–14 season, beside her appearances for the first team she also played for the junior team, who won their second consecutive title on 31 May 2014 after a 1–0 victory in the final over Turbine Potsdam.

In 2016, Walkling left Germany to go to the United States. She joined the North Carolina team NC State Wolfpack. In 2020, she would return again to Germany, this time joining Werder Bremen. ^[3]

International career

Walkling debuted for the national U-16 team on 11 September 2012 in Hamburg in a 3–1 victory against Norway. She won the Nordic Cup in July 2013 in Iceland with the U-16 team after four wins. On 30 January 2013, she debuted for the national U-17 team in Carson City against United States in an exhibition game that ended 1–1. On 11 October 2013, she scored a hattrick against Switzerland in a European Championship qualifier 6–0 victory. She was part of the U-17 squad to play at the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in England, winning all the matches (including a 3–1 win in the penalty shoot-out against Spain in the final). At this tournament she also grabbed two goals in the 4–0 victory at the group stage against France as well as the 1–0 winning goal in the semifinals against Italy.

Honours

Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 2014–15, 2015–16

Germany U17

• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship: 2014

References

1. "Ricarda Walkling - 2016" . Retrieved 2 December 2016.
2. Vereinswechsel framba.de
3. Dorow, Olaf (22 February 2020). "Verstärkung aus Amerika". Bremer Newspaper (in German). Retrieved 3 May 2023.
4. Hürner, Thomas (27 December 2016). "Ricarda Walkling ist auch in Übersee dribbelstark". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 3 May 2023.
5. Spielbericht TSV Crailsheim – FC Bayern München – FuPa. Retrieved 12 November 2015. fupa.net.

External links

• Ricarda Walkling at Soccerway
• Ricarda Walkling – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Ricarda Walkling – UEFA competition record ( archive )
• Ricarda Walkling at WorldFootball.net
• Ricarda Walkling at fcbayern.de
• Ricarda Walkling at soccerdonna.de