Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh (Persian: سارا دورسون خواجه, Turkish: Sara Dursun; born 17 November 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for Frauen-Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the German national team.
 Doorsoun with Germany in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 November 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Cologne, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SV Wesseling | |||
| SpVgg Köttingen | |||
| Fortuna Köln | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Fortuna Köln | 12 | (6) |
| 2008–2010 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 31 | (4) |
| 2010–2012 | Bad Neuenahr | 52 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Turbine Potsdam | 14 | (1) |
| 2013–2018 | SGS Essen | 100 | (15) |
| 2018–2022 | VfL Wolfsburg | 45 | (1) |
| 2021 | VfL Wolfsburg II | 1 | (0) |
| 2022– | Eintracht Frankfurt | 41 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006 | Germany U15 | 3 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Germany U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Germany U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016– | Germany | 57 | (1) |
Medal record | |||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:03, 4 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:35, 26 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Early life
editDoorsoun-Khajeh was born in Cologne to an Iranian father and a Turkish mother.[2]
Club career
editVfL Wolfsburg
editIn her debut season with VfL Wolfsburg, Doorsoun won the 2018–19 Frauen-Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.[3] She won the Frauen-Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal again the following season with Wolfsburg.[4] Doorsoun has featured for Wolfsburg during the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, including playing in the 2020 UEFA Women's Champions League Final against Olympique Lyonnais.[5]
International career
editHaving represented Germany from the under-15 level up, Doorsoun made her debut for the senior team in 2016 during a 1–0 win over Hungary.[3] She has been called up for the 2016, 2017, and 2018 editions of the SheBelieves Cup, as well as the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 where she played in their 2–0 win over Russia and quarter-final match against Denmark.[6][7] After providing two assists during Germany's World Cup qualification campaign, she was called into their squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[8][9]
Doorsoun scored her first goal for the senior national team on 31 August 2019 in a UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying match against Montenegro.[10] On 18 June 2022, she was named in Germany's final UEFA Women's Euro 2022 squad.[11] Doorsoun helped Germany reach the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Final against England with a 2–1 win over France in the semi-final on 27 July 2022.[12] On 31 May 2023, Doorsoun was named in Germany's preliminary squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup,[13] and was named in their final 23-player squad on 8 July.[14] In July 2024, Doorsoun was named in Germany's squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[15]
Personal life
editIn 2021 Doorsoun began dating Princess Charming winner Lou Schaaf. Doorsoun confirmed their split in December 2022.[16]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 24 April 2022[17]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| SG Wattenscheid 09 | 2008–09 | 2. Frauen-Bundesliga | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 31 | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 37 | 5 | ||||
| Bad Neuenahr | 2009–10 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 29 | 2 | |||
| Total | 52 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 63 | 3 | |||
| Turbine Potsdam | 2012–13 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
| SGS Essen | 2013–14 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 27 | 5 | ||
| 2014–15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 4 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 24 | 5 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 23 | 5 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 100 | 15 | 13 | 6 | — | — | 113 | 21 | ||||
| VfL Wolfsburg | 2018–19 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | 72 | 1 | |||
| VfL Wolfsburg II | 2021–22 | 2. Frauen-Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2021–22 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 250 | 23 | 35 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 314 | 31 | ||
International
edit- As of 25 October 2024[18]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 12 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 57 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Doorsoun goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 August 2019 | Auestadion, Kassel, Germany |  Montenegro |
6–0 | 10–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
Honours
editVfL Wolfsburg[3]
- Frauen-Bundesliga: 2018–19, 2019–20
- DFB-Pokal: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
- UEFA Women's Champions League runner-up: 2019–2020[19]
Germany
- Summer Olympics bronze medal: 2024[20]
- UEFA Women's Championship runner-up: 2022[21]
- UEFA Women's Nations League third place: 2023–24[22]
References
edit- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2019. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Doorsoun for Germany: "I never considered another team"". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
- ^ a b c "'I want to show them how good I am' - Sara Doorsoun ready to cap season of firsts with World Cup glory | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
- ^ "Wolfsburg win thrilling German Cup final against Essen | DW | 04.07.2020". Deutsche Welle.
- ^ "Wolfsburg 1-3 Lyon: Women's Champions League final report". 30 August 2020.
- ^ "News & Stories | U.S. Soccer Official Website".
- ^ "Jones beruft EM-Kader - Popp fehlt verletzt". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
- ^ "Women's World Cup - Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft WM-Kader". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
- ^ "Germany vs. Montenegro - 31 August 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft endgültigen Kader für die EM in England".
- ^ "Germany beat France to set up final with England". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft erweiterten WM-Kader mit 28 Spielerinnen".
- ^ "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft finalen Kader für die Weltmeisterschaft".
- ^ "Das ist Hrubeschs Olympia-Kader für Frankreich".
- ^ Express.de: Nach Küssen im TV „Princess Charming“-Siegerin liebt jetzt Fußball-Profi (in German)
- ^ Sara Doorsoun at Soccerway
- ^ a b "Sara Doorsoun". dfb.de. 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Wolfsburg-Lyon | UEFA Women's Champions League 2019/20".
- ^ "Spain 0-1 Germany: Germany win women's football bronze at Paris 2024". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "England-Germany | UEFA Women's EURO 2022".
- ^ "Germany win Nations League play-off to reach Olympics". BBC Sport. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
External links
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- Sara Doorsoun at DFB (also available in German)