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Full name | Sonja Beate Fuss [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 5 November 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bonn, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grün-Weiß Brauweiler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Hartford Hawks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
–2004 | FFC Brauweiler Pulheim | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | FSV Frankfurt | 11 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | FFC Brauweiler Pulheim | 20 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2009 | FCR 2001 Duisburg | 68 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | 1.FC Köln | 33 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | FCR 2001 Duisburg | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | FC Zürich Frauen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Chicago Red Stars | 16 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Germany U-19 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–2010 | Germany | 68 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sonja Beate Fuss (born 5 November 1978) is a German football defender. She played for the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Germany national team. She has played in the German Frauen-Bundesliga since 1992. In 2011, together with Inka Grings, she played for Swiss side, FC Zürich Frauen. [2]
Fuss attended the University of Hartford located in West Hartford, Connecticut. [3] [4]
Fuss spent most of her career playing for SV Grün-Weiß, which was renamed FFC Brauweiler Pulheim in 2000. In 2004, she transferred to FSV Frankfurt.
In February 2005, she signed with FFC Turbine Potsdam. She returned to FFC Brauweiler Pulheim after one season.
At the beginning of the season 2006/07, she moved to FCR 2001 Duisburg.
In July 2009, Fuss moved to the first FC Köln, the newly formed women's soccer Division 1, for the 2009/10 season. In January 2011, she returned to play for FCR 2001 Duisburg. Her contract there was disbanded in August 2011 and she then signed on 28 August at FC Zürich Frauen.
On 16 March 2013, along with Inka Grings, Fuss left Zürich for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club, the Chicago Red Stars, in May 2013. [5] [6]
She was waived by the Red Stars in September 2013. [7]
Fuss played in her first international match in 1996 against the Netherlands. She scored her first international goal on 15 November 2003 against Portugal. Fuss was a European champion in 1997, 2005 and 2009 and world champion in 2003 and 2007. In 2004, she was a member of the bronze medal-winning German squad at the Olympic Games in Athens. [8]
National
Club football
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