Alexandra Popp

Alexandra Popp

Popp in August 2011
Personal information
Full name	Alexandra Popp
Date of birth	(1991-04-06) 6 April 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Witten, Germany
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	VfL Wolfsburg
Number	25
Youth career
	FC Silschede
	1. FFC Recklinghausen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	1. FFC Recklinghausen
2008–2012	FCR 2001 Duisburg	80	(31)
2012–	VfL Wolfsburg	43	(23)
International career‡
2006	Germany U15	5	(0)
2006–2008	Germany U17	25	(17)
2009	Germany U19	8	(6)
2009–2011	Germany U20	9	(14)
2010–	Germany	54	(27)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:19, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[1]

Alexandra Popp (born 6 April 1991) is a German footballer. She plays as a striker for VfL Wolfsburg and the German national team.

Popp started her career at FC Silschede, before moving to 1. FFC Recklinghausen. She joined the Bundesliga side FCR 2001 Duisburg in 2008. She had also been approached by French champions Olympique Lyonnais at the time, but chose Duisburg. Popp made her Bundesliga debut in September 2008 against Herforder SV and scored her first two goals three weeks later in an 8–0 win over TSV Crailsheim.

In her first year at Duisburg, Popp won the Double: the 2009 UEFA Women's Cup and the 2009 German Cup. She was awarded the 2009 Fritz Walter medal in silver as the year's second best female junior player.^[2] One year later, she again claimed the German Cup title and finished runner-up with Duisburg in the 2009–10 Bundesliga season. Because Duisburg had major injury worries during the 2010–11 season, Popp played the majority of matches at left back.

At the 2008 UEFA U-17 Women's Championship, Popp won her first international title with Germany, scoring the team's second goal in the final. The same year, she reached third-place at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. In February 2010, Popp made her debut for Germany's senior national team in a friendly match against North Korea. Less than two weeks later she scored her first two international goals at the 2010 Algarve Cup in a 7–0 win over Finland.

Popp returned to junior competition for the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, which was held on home soil in Germany. She won the title with the German team and was the tournament's break-out star, being honoured as the best player and top goalscorer. She reached ten goals and scored in every game.^[3] Popp was then called up for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.^[1]

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

Popp – goals for Germany
#	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	26 February 2010	Parchal, Portugal	Finland	2–0	7–0	2010 Algarve Cup
2.				4–0
3.	15 September 2010	Dresden, Germany	Canada	3–0	5–0	Friendly
4.	25 November 2010	Leverkusen, Germany	Nigeria	6–0	8–0	Friendly
5.	3 June 2011	Osnabrück, Germany	Italy	2–0	5–0	Friendly
6.				5–0
7.	7 June 2011	Aachen, Germany	Netherlands	3–0	5–0	Friendly
8.	16 June 2011	Mainz, Germany	Norway	2–0	3–0	Friendly
9.				3–0
10.	26 October 2011	Hamburg, Germany	Sweden	1–0	1–0	Friendly
11.	19 November 2011	Wiesbaden, Germany	Kazakhstan	2–0	17–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
12.				4–0
13.				8–0
14.				12–0
15.	5 March 2012	Parchal, Portugal	Sweden	4–0	4–0	2012 Algarve Cup
16.	31 March 2012	Mannheim, Germany	Spain	3–0	5–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
17.	31 May 2012	Bielefeld, Germany	Romania	2–0	5–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
18.				4–0
19.				5–0
20.	26 October 2013	Koper, Slovenia	Slovenia	13–0	13–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
21.	23 November 2013	Žilina, Slovakia	Slovakia	5–0	6–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
22.	27 November 2013	Osijek, Croatia	Croatia	6–0	8–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
23.	5 March 2014	Albufeira, Portugal	Iceland	5–0	5–0	2014 Algarve Cup
24.	29 October 2014	Örebro, Sweden	Sweden	2–1	2–1	Friendly
25.	6 March 2015	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	China	2–0	2–0	2015 Algarve Cup
26.	9 March 2015	Parchal, Portugal	Brazil	1–0	3–1	2015 Algarve Cup
27.	11 March 2015	Parchal, Portugal	Sweden	2–0	2–1	2015 Algarve Cup

Source:^[1]

Popp attended Gesamtschule Berger Feld in Gelsenkirchen, one of four facilities certified as "elite schools of football" by the German Football Association. She was the school's sole female pupil and could only attend courtesy of a special permit. She studied and trained with junior players of the German men's Bundesliga side FC Schalke 04. Popp left school after the 12th grade with a Fachabitur diploma.^[4] Following a one year internship at a psycho therapist, Popp is currently completing a three year apprenticeship to become a zookeeper at Tierpark Essehof in Lehre.^[5][6]

FCR 2001 Duisburg

• UEFA Women's Cup: 2008–09
• Bundesliga: Runner-up 2009–10
• DFB-Pokal: 2008–09, 2009–10

VfL Wolfsburg

• UEFA Women's Champions League: 2012–13
• Bundesliga: 2012–13
• DFB-Pokal: 2012–13

• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: 2010
• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: Third-place 2008
• UEFA U-17 Women's Championship: 2008

• Fritz Walter medal: Silver 2009^[2]
• Best player – FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup^[3]
• Top-scorer – FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup^[3]
• Footballer of the Year in Germany: 2014^[7]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexandra Popp.

• Official website
• Profile at the German Football Association
• Alexandra Popp – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Profile at Weltfussball.de
• Alexandra Popp – A star in the making Feature by Chris Punnakkattu Daniel

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