Julia Simic

Julia Simic (Croatian: Julija Šimić; born 14 May 1989) is a professional women's footballer for Milan. She has also played for several of Germany's youth teams.

Julia Simic
Julia Simic with VfL Wolfsburg in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-05-14) 14 May 1989
Place of birth Fürth, West Germany
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Milan
Number 91
Youth career
Tuspo Fürth
ASV Vach
DJK Eibach
SV 1873 Nürnburg Süd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2013 FC Bayern Munich 105 (34)
2013–2015 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 34 (14)
2015–2017 VfL Wolfsburg 24 (4)
2017–2018 SC Freiburg 18 (0)
2018–2020 West Ham United 16 (2)
2020– Milan 0 (0)
National team‡
2004 Germany U15 9 (9)
2004–2006 Germany U17 20 (5)
2007 Germany U19 14 (9)
2008 Germany U20 6 (2)
2009–2013 Germany U23 6 (1)
2016– Germany 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 August 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:42, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Background

Simic was born on 14 May 1989 in Fürth[1] and is of German and Croatian descent. She signed a contract with Women's Bundesliga champion Wolfsburg, that began on 1 January 2015 and will end in 2017.[2]

Simic was named to the senior national team's squad for the first 2013 Euro qualification stage match against Switzerland after Dzsenifer Marozsán got injured, but she suffered an ACL injury in her first training. She missed most of the 2011–12 season.[3] She posed for German Playboy along with several of the other German national team members.[4]

In 2018, she left Germany for the English side West Ham United.[5] In August 2020, she joined Milan.[6]

Honours

Club

FC Bayern Munich

  • DFB-Pokal: Winner 2011–12
  • Bundesliga Cup: Winner 2011

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

VfL Wolfsburg

West Ham United Women

  • Womens FA Cup: Finalists 2018–19

International

References
  1. Riemke, Bernd (8 January 2013). "Julia Simic hat noch viel vor". anpfiff.info (in German).
  2. "Winter addition". Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. Albert Sigurdsson. "Wsoccernews.com". Wsoccernews.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  4. "Top 12 Hottest Female Soccer Players to Grace the Field". ysOne.com.
  5. Germany, anpfiff, Bamberg. "Das ist der "Hammer": Julia Simic ist reif für die Insel". Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  6. "Julia Simic: West Ham Women midfielder leaves to join AC Milan". BBC Sport. 9 August 2020.
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