Ramona Petzelberger

Ramona Petzelberger

Petzelberger playing for SGS Essen, 2019
Personal information
Full name	Ramona Petzelberger
Date of birth	(1992-11-13) 13 November 1992
Place of birth	Essen, Germany
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Aston Villa
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Wattenscheid 09	1	(0)
2009–2012	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr	74	(10)
2012–2017	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	94	(9)
2017–2020	SGS Essen	28	(8)
2020–	Aston Villa	9	(3)
International career
	Germany U17	6	(4)
	Germany U19	15	(4)
	Germany U20	13	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ramona Petzelberger (born 13 November 1992 in Essen) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Aston Villa in the FA Women's Super League. She previously played for Bundesliga club SGS Essen.

Club career

Petzelberger began her career at the police SGS Essen and later moved to FCR 2001 Duisburg. In 2008 she moved to the second division club SG Wattenscheid 09, for whom she scored four goals in 15 league games. Together with three team players, Petzelberger moved to SC 07 Bad Neuenahr for the 2009/10 season, where she won a regular place straight away. In the Bundesliga she made her debut on 20 September 2009 against Tennis Borussia Berlin; the first goal followed on 10 October 2009 against SC Freiburg.

Petzelberger signed for Bayer 04 Leverkusen for the 2012/13 season. On 19 April 2017, the native announced Essenerin their return to the Ruhr area to the SGS Essen. There, she extended her contract to June 2020. The first and third year in food were overshadowed for Petzelberger from long injury time. Nevertheless, Ramona Petzelberger played a key role in reaching the DFB Cup final in the final phase of the 2019/20 season (assist in the quarter-finals at Turbine Potsdam and leading goal in the semi-finals at Bayer 04 Leverkusen). In July 2020 she left SGS Essen.

Petzelberger signed for Aston Villa in July 2020.

International career

Petzelberger won the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship with the U-17 national team. With the U-19 national team, she reached the semi-finals at the 2010 European Championships. Petzelberger was also nominated for the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup that took place in the same year but had to cancel because of an injury.

From 30 May to 11 June 2011 she took with the team at the U-19 European Championship in Italy in part and led the team as captain until the finale, the 8–1 was won against the selection of Norway, while the 4–0 met. After the tournament, Petzelberger was voted "Golden Player" of the finals by UEFA.

Petzelberger captained the squad at the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan, finishing in sixth place at the tournament. All three group games was the U-20 team for opt (against China 4–0, Ghana 1–0 and USA 3–0) and drew with nine points and a goal difference of 8–0 goals in the quarter-finals. This was won by the team with Petzelberger against the selection from Norway 4–0. In the semi-finals, the team met host nation Japan; the German team won 3–0 and moved into the final against the United States, which was lost 1–0. Ramona Petzelberger played all encounters over 90 minutes.

Honors and awards

• 2007: German B youth champion
• 2009: U-17 European champion
• 2011: U-19 European champion
• 2012: U-20 vice world champion
• Golden player of the 2011 European Under-19 Championship
• Fritz Walter Medal 2010 in silver

External links

• Ramona Petzelberger in the database of the German Football Association
• Aston Villa player profile
• Ramona Petzelberger in the database of fussballdaten.de
• Ramona Petzelberger at Soccerway