Bianca Schmidt
Schmidt playing for Potsdam in 2015
Personal information
Full name Bianca Ursula Schmidt[1]
Date of birth (1990-01-23) 23 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Gera, East Germany
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Wing back, Winger
Team information
Current team
 Turbine Potsdam
Number 20
Youth career
1997–2003 TSV 1880 Gera-Zwötzen
2003–2006 1. FC Gera 03
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2012 Turbine Potsdam 127 (18)
2012–2015 1. FFC Frankfurt 50 (2)
2015–2021 Turbine Potsdam 54 (2)
2021–2023 FC Rosengård 15 (0)
2023– Turbine Potsdam 7 (0)
International career‡
2005 Germany U15 4 (0)
2006 Germany U17 11 (5)
2007 Germany U19 10 (2)
2007–2010 Germany U20 17 (3)
2009–2015 Germany 51 (3)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Germany
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2009 Finland Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sweden Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:15, 22 April 2019 (UTC)[3]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:17, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[2]

Bianca Ursula Schmidt (born 23 January 1990) is a German footballer. She plays as a defender for Turbine Potsdam and the German national team.

Career

Bianca Schmidt has combined her football career with her duties as a soldier in the Sports Promotion Group of the German Army.[4][5]

Club

Schmidt began her career at the age of seven with TSV 1880 Gera-Zwötzen. The club changed its name to 1. FC Gera 03 after a merger in 2003. During her entire youth career up to Under-15 level in the 2005–06 season, she played as the only girl on the team and only knew women's football from state selection squads and junior national teams.

In 2006, Schmidt moved to the reigning German club champions 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam while she attended the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Potsdam Sport School,[6] which has an elite programme for girls' football. The school has very close links with the FFC Turbine Potsdam club.[7] Schmidt soon became a regular starter for the team. She scored eight goals in her first Bundesliga season and won the Fritz Walter bronze medal as the third best female junior player of the year. At Potsdam, Schmidt won four Bundesliga titles in a row from 2009 to 2012.[2] She also claimed the UEFA Women's Champions League in the 2009–10 season with the team, where she scored during the penalty shoot-out in the final.[8] One year later, Potsdam again made it to the final, but lost against Olympique Lyonnais.

In summer 2012, Schmidt was transferred to 1. FFC Frankfurt. In summer 2015, she rejoined 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam.

In July 2021, Schmidt joined FC Rosengård with a two-year contract until the summer 2023.[9]

International

Starting at Under-15 level, Schmidt played for several German junior national teams. She won the 2007 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and claimed third-place at the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She made her debut for Germany's senior national team in February 2009 against China. Later that year Schmidt was called up and was a regular starter for Germany at the 2009 European Championship, which the team won. In 2010, she returned to play in a junior competition, winning the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup on home soil in Germany. Schmidt was called up for Germany's 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.[2]

International goals

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

Schmidt – goals for Germany
# Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 15 September 2012 Karaganda, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan 5–0 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
2. 13 February 2013 Strasbourg, France  France 1–0 3–3 Friendly
3. 21 September 2013 Cottbus, Germany  Russia 9–0 9–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Source:[2]

Honours

Turbine Potsdam
1. FFC Frankfurt

Germany U19

Germany U20

Germany

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 6 July 2015. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Nationalspielerin Bianca Schmidt" (in German). DFB.de. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Bianca Schmidt" (in German). Framba.de. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  4. ^ "WM-Girl Bianca Schmidt: Robben für den WM-Titel, 11 June 2011". berliner-kurier.de/ (in German). Berliner Kurier. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Geraer Nationalspielerin Bianca Schmidt: Wieder eine "Tor-Biene", 19 March 2015". gera.otz.de/ (in German). Ostthüringer Zeitung. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Deutscher Fußballmeister 2010 : Turbine Potsdam". sportschule-potsdam.de/ (in German). Sportschule Potsdam. Archived from the original on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Die DFB – Mädchenfußball – Eliteschule in Potsdam". turbine-potsdam.de/ (in German). FFC Turbine Potsdam. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Turbine-Frauen gewinnen im Elfmeterschießen" (in German). Spiegel.de. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  9. ^ "Välkommen till FC Rosengård – Bianca Schmidt – FC Rosengård" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 July 2021.

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1. FFC Turbine Potsdam – current squad
Germany squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2009 winners (7th title)
Germany squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
Germany squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2013 winners (8th title)
Germany squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup fourth place
Fritz Walter Medal: Women
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