Viola Odebrecht

Viola Odebrecht (born 11 February 1983) is a retired German footballer who last played for VfL Wolfsburg.

Viola Odebrecht
Personal information
Full name Viola Odebrecht
Date of birth (1983-02-11) 11 February 1983
Place of birth Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
Number 16
Youth career
1995–1998 PSV Neubrandenburg
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Florida State Seminoles 24 (9)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2005 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
2006 Valur 5 (1)
2006–2007 FCR 2001 Duisburg 10 (1)
2007–2008 SC 07 Bad Neuenahr 21 (3)
2008–2012 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 80 (13)
2012–2015 VfL Wolfsburg
National team‡
2002 Germany U-19
2003– Germany 49 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:09, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:13, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Club career

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

In 2005 Odebrecht won the UEFA Women's Cup with 1.FFC Turbine Potsdam, the team for which she signed again for the 2008/09 season.

In the 2006 summer season, Odebrecht played five times for Valur in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild, scoring once.[1]

VfL Wolfsburg

On 29 February 2012, Odebrecht signed a two-year contract and will move to VfL Wolfsburg on 1 July 2012.[2]

She retired after the 2014–15 season.[3]

International career

In 2003, she was a member of the World Cup winning team who went on to take the bronze medal at the Athens Olympics 2004.[4]

After a six-year hiatus, Odebrecht returned to the German national side in a Euro 2013 qualifying match against Romania on 22 October 2011.

International goals

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

Odebrecht – goals for Germany
#DateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 November 2003Reutlingen, Germany Portugal8–013–0UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
2.15 September 2012Karaganda, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan2–07–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
Source:[5]

Personal life

Odebrecht was part of a rotation of studio commentators for ESPN's telecasts of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[6]

References
  1. "Viola Odebrecht". KSI.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  2. "Odebrecht zum VfL - Peter zum 1. FFC" (in German). kicker.de. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  3. NDR. "Fußball im Norden: Videos, Audios, Bilder". www.ndr.de. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  4. "Viola Odebrecht Biography and Statistics". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  5. "Players Info Odebrecht". DFB. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  6. 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Commentators – ESPN MediaZone. Archived 14 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine


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