Merle Frohms
![]() Frohms with Germany in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Merle Frohms[1] | ||
Date of birth | 28 January 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Celle, Germany | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2011 | Fortuna Celle | ||
2011–2012 | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2018 | VfL Wolfsburg | 12 | (0) |
2013–2018 | VfL Wolfsburg II | 40 | (0) |
2018–2020 | SC Freiburg | 37 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 43 | (0) |
2022– | VfL Wolfsburg | 41 | (0) |
International career | |||
2010 | Germany U15 | 2 | (0) |
2011 | Germany U16 | 2 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Germany U17 | 15 | (0) |
2012–2014 | Germany U19 | 4 | (0) |
2014 | Germany U20 | 4 | (0) |
2018–2024 | Germany | 52 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2024 |
Merle Frohms (born 28 January 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg. She also played for the Germany national team.
Club career
[edit]Merle Frohms played together with boys for Fortuna Celle until 2011 and was signed by VfL Wolfsburg in late 2010.[2] In her first season, she was part of the second team but wasn't used. On 9 December 2012, she debut in a 3–0 victory against FSV Gütersloh 2009 in what was her only game for the 2012–13 season. The following season she was moved to the second team as she played in sixteen matches for the team in the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga as the team finished in third place.
The 2014–15 season initially saw her contract being extended for another two years with sport director, Ralf Kellermann stating that "she has a great goalkeeping talent with such a perspective".[3] It was during this season that she played another three games for the main club which included an appearance in the Champions League when she was a starter in the semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain.[4] During this contract she was a substitute in both Wolfsburg victories in the DFB-Pokal Frauen in 2014–15 and 2015–16.[5]
After another two years in the team, she moved to fellow Bundesliga club SC Freiburg where she played in 18 games for the club in the first season.[6]
Frohms joined Eintracht Frankfurt in 2020,[7] the club's first signing after it merged with 1. FFC Frankfurt.
International career
[edit]Frohms first appearance in an international tournament was the finals of the 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship where she played as the main keeper in the semi-final role against Denmark before stopping penalties from Chloé Froment and Ghoutia Karchouni in the final to give Germany the Under-17 title and also gaining a spot in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.[8] Later that year she was chosen as the main goalkeeper for Germany at the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup where she would play in all six of the matches as the national team finished in fourth place.[9] She announced her retirement from international football in September 2024.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of 12 July 2024[11]
Germany | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2018 | 3 | 0 |
2019 | 6 | 0 |
2020 | 3 | 0 |
2021 | 10 | 0 |
2022 | 14 | 0 |
2023 | 11 | 0 |
2024 | 5 | 0 |
Total | 52 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]- VfL Wolfsburg
- UEFA Women's Champions League : 2012–13, 2013–14
- Frauen-Bundesliga : 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18
- DFB Pokal : 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Germany U17
Germany U20
Germany
- Summer Olympics bronze medal: 2024[12]
- UEFA Women's Championship runner-up: 2022[13]
- UEFA Women's Nations League third place: 2023–24[14]
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.
- ^ "Merle Frohms becomes a wolf" (in German). 13 October 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "VfL Wolfsburg extended with Laura Vetterlein and Merle Frohms" (in German). 3 June 2014. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "UEFA Women's Champions League Semi Final". 19 April 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Wolfsburg brings third DFB cup victory" (in German). 21 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Sport-Club verpflichtet Merle Frohms" (in German). 24 February 2018. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ VAVEL.com (21 July 2020). "German national team goalkeeper Merle Frohms joins Eintracht Frankfurt". VAVEL. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ Rodgers, Steven (29 June 2012). "Germany on spot for third title". UEFA. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Germany". FIFA. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Merle Frohms tritt aus Nationalteam zurück". dfb.de. 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Merle Frohms". dfb.de. 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Spain 0-1 Germany: Germany win women's football bronze at Paris 2024". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Sanders, Emma (31 July 2022). "England beat Germany to win first major women's trophy". BBC. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Germany win Nations League play-off to reach Olympics". BBC Sport. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
External links
[edit]- Merle Frohms – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Merle Frohms at WorldFootball.net
- 1995 births
- Living people
- People from Celle
- German women's footballers
- VfL Wolfsburg (women) players
- SC Freiburg (women) players
- Eintracht Frankfurt (women) players
- Women's association football goalkeepers
- Germany women's international footballers
- Frauen-Bundesliga players
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Footballers from Lower Saxony
- UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players
- Germany women's youth international footballers
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Germany
- Olympic medalists in football
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics