Sarah Zadrazil

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]

Sarah Zadrazil
Zadrazil in 2015
Personal information
Full name Sarah Zadrazil
Date of birth (1993-02-19) 19 February 1993
Place of birth St. Gilgen, Austria
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club 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 0 (0)
National team‡
Austria U17 6 (5)
2009–2012 Austria U19 15 (8)
2010– Austria 57[1] (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 April 2019

College career

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]

Club career

Washington Spirit reserve

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]

Turbine Potsdam

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]

Bayern Munich

In June 2020, Zadrazil signed a three-year contract with Bayern Munich.[21]

International career

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]

International goals
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueOpponentResultCompetitionScored
1.7 April 2016Vorwärts Stadium, Steyr Kazakhstan6–1UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying1
2.26 July 2017Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam Iceland3–0UEFA Women's Euro 20171

Honours
Austria
Individual
  • 2018 Austrian Footballer of the Year[18]
  • 2018–19 Salzburger Leonidas Sportwoman of the Year[24]

We Play Strong

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.”[25] 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.[26]

Social Media

References
  1. "Austria – S. Zadrazil – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Women Soccerway". women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  2. Hays, Graham (October 20, 2014). "NCAA Soccer: 5 Things You Need To Know". ESPN. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  3. "Sarah Zadrazil". East Tennessee State University. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  4. "Overtime goal ends ETSU's A-Sun title hopes, 2-1". East Tennessee State University. October 27, 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  5. "Zadrazil named Atlantic Sun Player of the Year". East Tennessee State University. October 31, 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  6. "ETSU'S ZADRAZIL NAMED SOCON PLAYER OF THE YEAR". Southern Conference. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  7. "ETSU SOCCER-PLAYER SARAH ZADRAZIL WINS WOMEN'S SOCON PLAYER OF THE YEAR". Eastern Tennessean. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  8. "Zadrazil signs professional contract with FFC Turbine Potsdam". 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  9. "Zadrazil helps club to W-League Title". East Tennessee State University. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  10. "NWSL 2016 – Hi, My Name Is – Preseason Invitee Dossier – Washington Spirite". All White Kit. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  11. "NWSL announces draft-eligible players". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  12. "2016 NWSL College Draft: Sleeper picks". The Equalizer. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  13. "Washington Spirit Announces 2016 Preseason Roster". Washington Spirit. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  14. Goldberg, Jamie (24 March 2016). "Mark Parsons: Portland Thorns still have depth despite Jodie Taylor's departure". The Oregonian. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  15. "Sarah Zadrazil verstärkt den 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam" (in German). 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam. 14 May 2016. Archived from the original on 21 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  16. "Frauen-Bundesliga: Sarah Zadrazil extends to Potsdam Turbine". Coeur de Foot. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  17. "Sarah Zadrazil and Viktoria Schwalm extend with Turbine Potsdam". Vavel. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  18. "FORMER BUC SARAH ZADRAZIL NAMED FOOTBALLER OF YEAR". Southern Conference. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  19. "Sarah Zadrazil: Die Turbine vom Wolfgangsee" (in German). DerStandard. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  20. "Leonidas-Gala 2019: Hirscher und Zadrazil sind Salzburgs Sportler des Jahres" (in German). Salzburger Nachrichten. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  21. "Bayern Munich sign Sarah Zadrazil from Turbine Potsdam". MSN. 11 June 2020.
  22. "ÖFB-Frauen feiern Kantersieg in EM-Qualifikation". DiePresse.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  23. "Der EURO-Kader steht, Thalhammer nominiert 23 Spielerinnen". oefb.at (in German). 1 July 2017.
  24. "Leonidas-Gala 2019: Hirscher und Zadrazil sind Salzburgs Sportler des Jahres" (in German). Salzburger Nachrichten. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  25. "ARSEBLOG EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ARSENAL'S LISA EVANS". Arseblog. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  26. "Arsenal's Lisa Evans launches scheme to get more women playing football". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
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