Lisa Kolb (born 4 May 2001) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and the Austria national team.

Lisa Kolb
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-05-04) 4 May 2001 (age 23)[1]
Place of birth Gmunden, Austria
Position(s) Forward[2]
Team information
Current team
SC Freiburg
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Union Kleinmünchen 0 (0)
2018–2019 Sturm Graz 0 (0)
2020–2021 Neulengbach 16 (19)
2021– SC Freiburg 29 (2)
International career
2016–2018 Austria U17 12 (6)
2018–2019 Austria U19 4 (2)
2020– Austria 21 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:40, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:45, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Club career

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Kolb has played for Neulengbach in Austria.[2]

Lisa Kolb started her club career in 2009 at VBSC Vöcklabrucker Sportclub,[3] in the 2015/16 season she played for Sportunion Volksbank Vöcklamarkt.[4] In 2015 she was top scorer in the U-14 national championship.[5] In July 2016 she moved to Union Kleinmünchen in Linz, and from 2018/19 she played for Sturm Graz.  At the end of 2018, she came in sixth place in the election for Footballer of the Year.[6]  A back injury forced her to take a break from spring 2019 to summer 2020, and she moved to SV Neulengbach in autumn 2019.[7]  In Sankt Pölten she attended the ÖFB Women's Academy from 2015 to 2020, where she graduated from high school in 2020.

In April 2021, her move to German Bundesliga club SC Freiburg was announced at the start of the 2021/22 season.[8][9]  In the election organized by the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) and carried out among the coaches and fans of the Planet Pure Women's Bundesliga, she was elected player of the 2020/21 season ahead of Mateja Zver and Katja Wienerroither.  At the beginning of 2023, her contract with SC Freiburg was extended.[10][11]

In the 2023–24 season, Kolb scored the winner in the 1–0 away victory against SGS Essen.[12]

International career

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Kolb played in the U17 and U19 national teams.[4]

ÖFB team coach Irene Fuhrmann called her up for the first time in the Austrian squad for the European Championship qualifier against France on October 27, 2020 in Wiener Neustadt.  She made her debut in the Austrian senior team on November 27, 2020 in the 3–0 defeat in the away game against France, where she came on as a substitute for Barbara Dunst in the 75th minute.[13][14] She scored her first goal for the national team on February 23, 2022 in a 3–0 friendly win against Switzerland in Marbella.[15]

Kolb capped for the Austria national team at senior level during the UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying.[16] She was initially named in the squad for the European Championship finals, but was unable to travel to England due to a positive COVID-19 test.[17][18]

Achievements

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Club

Freiburg

Individual

Awards

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  • 2021: Awarded Player of the Season 2020–21 in the Planet Pure Women's Bundesliga[22][23]
  • 2021: Awarded Player of the Season at the 25th Bruno Gala[24][25]

References

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  1. ^ "Lisa Kolb | Austria | UEFA Women's EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Kader". USV Neulengbach (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Erstmals zwei Spitzen-Fußballerinnen aus dem Bezirk Vöcklabruck im ÖFB-A-Kader". Tips Online (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Lisa Kolb". oefb.at (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  5. ^ Pichler, Helmut (19 October 2020). ""Premiere": 2 Spitzen-Fußballerinnen aus Vöcklabruck im ÖFB- A- Kader, Sterrer debütiert im U19-Kader!". Fußball Oberösterreich - Ergebnisse, Tabellen und Torschützen von allen OÖ Ligen. | ligaportal.at (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  6. ^ red, ORF at/Agenturen (19 December 2018). "Sportlerwahl: Votum der Trainer im Detail". sport.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Lisa Kolb: Nach Zwangspause im Teamkader". nachrichten.at (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  8. ^ red, ORF at/Agenturen (20 April 2021). "Lisa Kolb wechselt von Neulengbach nach Freiburg". sport.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  9. ^ Estl, Joseph C. (20 April 2021). "Lisa Kolb wechselt nach Deutschland". 12terMann (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Sport-Club verlängert mit Lisa Kolb | SC Freiburg". www.scfreiburg.com (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  11. ^ "SC Freiburg". stern.de (in German). 18 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  12. ^ "SGS Essen vs. Freiburg - 9 December 2023 - Women Soccerway". us.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  13. ^ red, ORF at/Agenturen (27 November 2020). "EM-Qualifikation: Österreich unterliegt Frankreich klar". sport.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Frankreich - Österreich". oefb.at (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  15. ^ Pichler, Helmut (23 February 2022). ""Premieren-Tor" für Oberösterreicherin Lisa Kolb bei 3:0 -Sieg gegen die Schweiz!". Fußball Oberösterreich - Ergebnisse, Tabellen und Torschützen von allen OÖ Ligen. | ligaportal.at (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  16. ^ Lisa Kolb at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  17. ^ red, ORF at/Agenturen (4 July 2022). "Fußball-EM: Hiobsbotschaft für ÖFB-Team vor Auftakt". sport.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Frauen-Team bei EURO ohne Plattner und Kolb". oefb.at (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  19. ^ red, ORF at/Agenturen (18 May 2023). "ÖFB-Duo verpasst mit Freiburg Titel im Frauen-Cup". sport.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  20. ^ "Freiburg verlor mit Kolb und Schasching DFB-Pokal-Finale der Frauen". kurier.at (in German). 18 May 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  21. ^ "Austria » Women Bundesliga » Top Scorer". worldfootball.net.
  22. ^ "Frauen Bundesliga: Lisa Kolb zur Spielerin der Saison 2020/21 gewählt" (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  23. ^ "Lisa Kolb als Spielerin der Saison ausgezeichnet". oefb.at (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  24. ^ Korntner, Roland (6 October 2021). "Lisa Kolb, die "personifizierte Resilienz als würdige Siegerin"". Oberösterreichisches Volksblatt (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  25. ^ red, ORF at/Agenturen (4 October 2021). "Fußball: Salzburg räumt bei Bruno-Gala wieder ab". sport.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
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