Leonie Maier

Leonie Maier
	Maier with Bayern Munich in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Leonie Rebekka Maier
Date of birth	29 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Stuttgart, Germany
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Arsenal
Number	20
Youth career
	TV Aldingen
0000–2009	JSG Remseck
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2010	VfL Sindelfingen
2010–2013	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr
2013–2019	Bayern Munich
2019–	Arsenal
International career‡
2008–2009	Germany U17
2010–2011	Germany U19
2012	Germany U20
2013–	Germany
Medal record
Olympic Games
UEFA Women's Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2019; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 March 2020

Leonie Rebekka Maier (German pronunciation: [ˈleːoni ˈmaɪ̯ɐ, leoˈniː -];^[2] born 29 September 1992) is a German footballer. She currently plays as a defender for Arsenal and the German national team.

Club career

VfL Sindelfingen, 2008–2010

Maier started her professional career with VfL Sindelfingen in the second tier of the Frauen-Bundesliga. She spent two seasons at Sindelfingen. During her second season with Sindelfingen she scored 9 goals in 31 appearances with the club.

SC 07 Bad Neuenahr, 2010–2013

Maier then moved to SC 07 Bad Neuenahr, who played in the top tier of the Frauen-Bundesliga. She stayed with the club for three seasons, playing 65 regular season games and scoring two goals. Following the death of the club president, SC 07 Bad Neueahr filed for insolvency, forcing Maier to move.

Bayern Munich, 2013–2019

Maier signed for FC Bayern Munich. Since joining the club she has won the Frauen-Bundesliga twice, in 2014–2015 and 2015–2016. As of the end of the 2018–2019 season she has appeared in 92 first team regular season appearances, scoring four times.

Arsenal FC, 2019–

Maier signed for Arsenal FC on 31 May 2019.^[3]

International career

Maier scored her first international goal in a friendly match against Canada on 19 July 2013. She scored in the 53rd minute, which resulted in a 1–0 win for Germany.^[4]

She has been selected for the squads of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup where Germany finished fourth, 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal, the 2017 UEFA Women's Championship and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[5]

International goals

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

Maier – goals for Germany
#	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	19 June 2013	Paderborn, Germany	Canada	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2.	29 June 2013	Munich, Germany	Japan	1–0	4–2	Friendly
3.	26 October 2013	Koper, Slovenia	Slovenia	2–0	13–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4.	18 September 2015	Halle, Germany	Hungary	2–0	12–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
5.	22 October 2015	Wiesbaden, Germany	Russia	2–0	2–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
6.	3 March 2016	Tampa, United States	France	1–0	1–0	2016 SheBelieves Cup
7.	16 September 2016	Khimki, Russia	Russia	2–0	4–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
8.	4 July 2017	Sandhausen, Germany	Brazil	3–1	3–1	Friendly
9.	4 September 2018	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	3–0	8–0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
10.	10 November 2018	Osnabrück, Germany	Italy	5–2	5–2	Friendly
11.	3 September 2019	Lviv, Ukraine	Ukraine	8–0	8–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

Source:^[6]

Honours

Club

Bayern München

Bundesliga: Winner 2014–15, 2015–16

Germany

UEFA U-17 Women's Championship: Winner 2009
UEFA U-19 Women's Championship: Winner 2011
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: Runner-Up 2012
UEFA Women's Championship: Winner 2013
Summer Olympic Games: Gold medal, 2016
Algarve Cup: Winner 2014
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: Third place 2008

Individual

FIFPro: FIFA FIFPro World XI 2016^[7]

References

^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 10. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 697, 718. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
^ "Leonie Maier: Arsenal Women sign Germany defender from Bayern Munich". BBC. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ "DFB-Frauen gewinnen gegen Olympiadritten Kanada" (in German). German Football Association. 19 July 2013. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
^ "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016.
^ "Players Info Maier Goals". DFB. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
^ "2016 FIFPro Award". fifpro.org. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.

External links

Leonie Maier – FIFA competition record (archived)
Profile at DFB (in German)
Player German domestic football stats at DFB (in German)
Leonie Maier at WorldFootball.net
Framba profile (in German) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-09-23)
Leonie Maier at Olympics.com
Leonie Maier at Team Deutschland (in German)
Leonie Maier at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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[1] "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 10. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[2] Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 697, 718. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.

[3] "Leonie Maier: Arsenal Women sign Germany defender from Bayern Munich". BBC. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

[4] "DFB-Frauen gewinnen gegen Olympiadritten Kanada" (in German). German Football Association. 19 July 2013. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.

[5] "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016.

[6] "Players Info Maier Goals". DFB. Retrieved 3 February 2014.

[7] "2016 FIFPro Award". fifpro.org. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.

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