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Babett Peter
Babett Peter in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-05-12) 12 May 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Oschatz, East Germany
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 8
Youth career
FSV Oschatz
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 30 (4)
2006–2012 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 138 (17)
2012–2014 1. FFC Frankfurt 26 (1)
2014– Wolfsburg 23 (1)
International career‡
2006– Germany 102 (5)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 August 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:36, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Babett Peter (born 12 May 1988) is a German footballer. She plays as a defender for Wolfsburg and the German national team.[1][2]

Club career

Turbine Potsdam

Peter started playing football in primary school. At the age of nine, her parents took her to the local football club FSV Oschatz. She later played for 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig and was called up for German national teams at the junior level. During the winter break of the 2005–06 season, she moved to 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam, winning the Bundesliga title and the German Cup in her first season. In September 2007, Peter received the Fritz Walter medal in gold as the best female junior player of the year. One month later, she scored her first Bundesliga goal for Potsdam against SG Essen-Schönebeck from the penalty spot.[1]

From 2009 to 2011, Peter won three consecutive Bundesliga titles with Turbine Potsdam.[1] In the 2009–10 season, Potsdam also claimed the inaugural UEFA Women's Champions League title, with Peter scoring during the penalty shoot-out in the final.[3] One year later, Potsdam again made it to the final, but lost against Olympique Lyonnais.

1. FFC Frankfurt

On 29 February 2012, Peter signed a three-year contract and moved to 1. FFC Frankfurt on 1 July 2012.[4]

Wolfsburg

Signed there in 2014 until 2017.[5]

International career

Peter made her debut in the German national team in March 2006 against Finland. She was part of Germany's winning team at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, but did not play in any game. One year later, she won the bronze madel at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she became a regular starter for Germany in the knockout stage of the tournament. Peter was part of Germany's team winning the country's seventh title at the 2009 European Championship. She scored her first goal for the national team at the Algarve Cup facing China in March 2010. Peter was called up for Germany's 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.[1]

She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.[6]

International goals

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

Peter – goals for Germany
# Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 1 March 2010 Faro, Portugal  China 4–0 5–0 2010 Algarve Cup
2. 19 November 2011 Wiesbaden, Germany  Kazakhstan 13–0 17–0 Euro 2013 qualifying
3. 14–0
4. 17–0
5. 6 March 2016 Nashville, United States  England 2–1 2–1 2016 SheBelieves Cup

Source:[1]

Personal life

Peter graduated from the Potsdam Sports Gymnasium in June 2007, receiving her Abitur diploma. In October 2007, she became a member of the sports support group of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr). Since being five years old, Peter suffers from facial nerve paralysis. At the age of 15, she had an operation which improved her condition.[7]

Honours

Babett Peter (2009)

Club

Turbine Potsdam
1. FFC Frankfurt
VfL Wolfsburg

International

Individual

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Babett Peter.
  1. ^ a b c d e "Nationalspielerin Babett Peter" (in German). DFB.de. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Babett Peter" (in German). Framba.de. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Turbine-Frauen gewinnen im Elfmeterschießen" (in German). Spiegel.de. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Odebrecht zum VfL – Peter zum 1. FFC" (in German). kicker.de. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  5. ^ http://www.focus.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga1/bundesliga-wolfsburg-holt-babett-peter-von-liga-rivale-frankfurt_id_3675324.html
  6. ^ "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Der leise Aufstieg von Babett Peter" (in German). UEFA.com. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
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