Leonie Maier
Maier with Arsenal in 2020
Personal information
Full name Leonie Rebekka Maier[1]
Date of birth (1992-09-29) 29 September 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Stuttgart, Germany
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 TSG Hoffenheim
Number 20
Youth career
TV Aldingen
0000–2009 JSG Remseck
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 VfL Sindelfingen 31 (9)
2010–2013 SC 07 Bad Neuenahr 65 (7)
2013–2019 Bayern Munich 92 (4)
2019–2021 Arsenal 25 (0)
2021–2023 Everton 24 (2)
2023– TSG Hoffenheim 1 (0)
International career
2008–2009 Germany U17 15 (3)
2010–2011 Germany U19 18 (1)
2012 Germany U20 12 (3)
2013–2023 Germany 79 (11)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 March 2023

Leonie Rebekka Maier (German pronunciation: [ˈleːoni ˈmaɪ̯ɐ, leoˈniː -];[2] born 29 September 1992) is a German footballer who plays as a defender for 1899 Hoffenheim and previously for the Germany national team.

Club career

Maier with Bayern Munich in 2016

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 2014–15 and 2015–16. As of the end of the 2018–19 season she has appeared in 92 first team regular season appearances, scoring four times.

Arsenal, 2019–2021

Maier signed for Arsenal FC on 31 May 2019.[3] She made 25 appearances across two seasons.

Everton, 2021–2023

Maier signed for Everton in July 2021, with a two-year contract until the end of June 2023.

She scored her first goal for Everton on her debut in a 3–1 win vs. Birmingham City.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

Maier in 2017

She announced her international retirement in February 2023.[7]

Career statistics

As of 26 October 2021[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2013 20 3
2014 2 0
2015 13 2
2016 14 2
2017 11 1
2018 9 2
2019 2 1
2020 4 0
2021 4 0
Total 79 11
Scores and results list Maier's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Maier goal.
List of international goals scored by Leonie Maier[8]
No. Date Venue 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 Stat  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

Honours

Bayern München

Germany

Germany U20

Germany U19

Germany U17

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 July 2019. 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 Sport. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Leonie Maier: Everton sign former Arsenal defender on two-year deal". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Leonie Maier tritt aus Nationalteam zurück". dfb.de. 7 February 2023. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Leonie Maier". dfb.de. 18 September 2021. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  9. ^ "2016 FIFPro Award". fifpro.org. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.

External links

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (women) – current squad
Germany squads
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