Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sarah Zadrazil | ||
Date of birth | 19 February 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Bad Ischl, Austria | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bayern Munich | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
USC Abersee | |||
SG FC Bergheim / USK Hof | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | ETSU Buccaneers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2011 | SG FC Bergheim / USK Hof | ||
2015 | Washington Spirit Reserves | 12 | (4) |
2016–2020 | Turbine Potsdam | 82 | (8) |
2020– | Bayern Munich | 67 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
Austria U17 | 6 | (5) | |
2009–2012 | Austria U19 | 15 | (8) |
2010– | Austria | 117 [1] | (15) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:55, 30 May 2024 (UTC) |
Sarah Zadrazil (born 19 February 1993) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club Bayern Munich and the Austria national team. [2]
Zadrazil played college soccer for the East Tennessee State Buccaneers (ETSU) in the southeastern United States. [3] During her four years with the Buccaneers, Zadrazil broke several ETSU records. Her freshman year she tied the single-season assists record for a freshman. She was named to The Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year. [4] She followed this impressive freshman year with a sophomore year that saw her score 8 goals and provide 11 assist, meriting her the 2013 Atlantic Sun Player of the Year. [5] Her junior year saw her become the ETSU career-leader in points, assists and shots attempted. She was named to the Southern Conference All-First Team and All-Tournament Team and NSCAA All-Southern Region Second Team. [3] She finished her senior year being named to the NSCAA All-Southern Region Third team and became the first ever ETSU player to win the Southern Conference Player of the Year award. [6] [7] Zadrazil left ETSU as its career leader in points (101), assists (48), game-winning goals (11), shots attempted (213) and shots on goal (106). She graduated with a degree in exercise science. [8]
In 2015, Zadrazil helped the Washington Spirit reserve team win the 2015 W-League championship. [9] [10] While she went undrafted in the 2016 NWSL College Draft, [11] [12] Zadrazil was invited in March 2016 to attend the Washington Spirit pre-season training camp as an unsigned player. [13] Later in March 2016 she accepted an invitation to join Portland Thorns FC's training camp. [14]
Zadrazil agreed a two-year contract with German Frauen-Bundesliga club Turbine Potsdam in May 2016. [8] [15] In December 2017, she extended her contract with Potsdam until June 30, 2020. [16] [17]
In December 2018, Zadrazil won the inaugural Austrian Footballer of the Year award, voted by Austrian Press Agency DiePresse. Austrian Footballer of the Year [18] [19] She subsequently won the 2018–19 Salzburger Leonidas Sportwoman of the Year award. [20]
In June 2020, Zadrazil signed a three-year contract with Bayern Munich. [21]
Zadrazil made her debut for the Austria national team in a match against Turkey in 2010. In April 2016, she scored in a 6–1 victory over Kazakhstan. [22] She helped Austria to a 2016 Cyprus Cup win, scoring once in the game against Hungary. She was part of the Austrian squad which reached the 2017 UEFA Women's Euro semifinal. [23]
Bayern Munich
Zadrazil is one of UEFA's official ambassadors for #WePlayStrong, a social media and vlogging campaign which was launched in 2018. The campaign's "...aim is to promote women’s football as much as we can and to make people aware of women’s football, really,” Evans, another participant explains. “The ultimate goal is to make football the most played sport by females by 2020. So it’s a UEFA initiative to get more women and girls playing football, whether they want to be professional or not.” [26] The series, which also originally included professional footballers Lisa Evans, Eunice Beckmann, Laura Feiersinger and now also includes Petronella Ekroth and Shanice van de Sanden, follows the daily lives of female professional footballers. [27]
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