Sara Doorsoun Khajeh
Doorsoun with Germany in 2023
Personal information
Full name Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh[1]
Date of birth (1991-11-17) 17 November 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Cologne, Germany
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 33
Youth career
SV Wesseling
SpVgg Köttingen
Fortuna Köln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Fortuna Köln 12 (6)
2008–2010 SG Wattenscheid 09 31 (4)
2010–2012 Bad Neuenahr 52 (2)
2012–2013 Turbine Potsdam 14 (1)
2013–2018 SGS Essen 100 (15)
2018–2022 VfL Wolfsburg 45 (1)
2021 VfL Wolfsburg II 1 (0)
2022– Eintracht Frankfurt 41 (3)
International career‡
2006 Germany U15 3 (1)
2006–2007 Germany U17 4 (0)
2009–2010 Germany U19 3 (0)
2016– Germany 50 (1)
Medal record
Representing fbw
UEFA Women's Championship
Silver medal – second place 2022 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:03, 04 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:07, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Sara Doorsoun Khajeh (Persian: سارا دورسون خواجه, Turkish: Sara Dursun; born 17 November 1991) is a Persian-Turkish German citizen professional footballer who plays as a defender for Frauen-Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the German national team.

Early life

Doorsoun-Khajeh was born in the city of Cologne to an Iranian father and a Turkish mother.[2]

Club career

VfL Wolfsburg

In her debut season with VfL Wolfsburg, Doorsoun won the 2018–19 Frauen-Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.[3] She won the Frauen-Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal again the following season with Wolfsburg.[4] Doorsoun has featured for Wolfsburg during the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, including playing in the 2020 UEFA Women's Champions League Final against Olympique Lyonnais.[5]

International career

Having represented Germany from the under-15 level up, Doorsoun made her debut for the senior team in 2016 during a 1–0 win over Hungary.[3] She has been called up for the 2016, 2017, and 2018 editions of the SheBelieves Cup, as well as the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 where she played in their 2–0 win over Russia and quarter-final match against Denmark.[6][7] After providing two assists during Germany's World Cup qualification campaign, she was called into their squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[8][9]

Doorsoun scored her first goal for the senior national team on 31 August 2019 in a UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying match against Montenegro.[10] On 18 June 2022, she was named in Germany's final UEFA Women's Euro 2022 squad.[11] Doorsoun helped Germany reach the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Final against England with a 2–1 win over France in the semi-final on 27 July 2022.[12] On 31 May 2023, Doorsoun was named in Germany's preliminary squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup,[13] and was named in their final 23-player squad on 8 July.[14]

Personal life

In 2021 Doorsoun began dating Princess Charming winner Lou Schaaf. Doorsoun confirmed their split in December 2022. [15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 April 2022[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
SG Wattenscheid 09 2008–09 2. Frauen-Bundesliga 22 2 3 0 — — 25 2
2009–10 9 2 3 1 — — 12 3
Total 31 4 6 1 — — 37 5
Bad Neuenahr 2009–10 Frauen-Bundesliga 10 0 0 0 — — 10 0
2010–11 20 0 4 1 — — 24 1
2011–12 22 2 2 0 5 0 — 29 2
Total 52 2 6 1 5 0 — 63 3
Turbine Potsdam 2012–13 Frauen-Bundesliga 14 1 3 0 — 4 0 21 1
SGS Essen 2013–14 Frauen-Bundesliga 22 3 5 2 — — 27 5
2014–15 16 4 2 0 — — 18 4
2015–16 22 3 2 2 — — 24 5
2016–17 21 3 2 2 — — 23 5
2017–18 19 2 2 0 — — 21 2
Total 100 15 13 6 — — 113 21
VfL Wolfsburg 2018–19 Frauen-Bundesliga 18 0 2 0 — 4 0 24 0
2019–20 12 0 2 0 — 5 0 19 0
2020–21 10 1 3 0 — 6 0 19 1
2021–22 5 0 — — 5 0 10 0
Total 45 1 7 0 — 20 0 72 1
VfL Wolfsburg II 2021–22 2. Frauen-Bundesliga 1 0 — 1 0
Eintracht Frankfurt 2021–22 Frauen-Bundesliga 7 0 0 0 — — 7 0
Career total 250 23 35 8 5 0 24 0 314 31

International

As of 5 December 2023[17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2016 4 0
2017 7 0
2018 10 0
2019 12 1
2020 1 0
2021 1 0
2022 7 0
2023 8 0
Total 50 1
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Doorsoun goal.
List of international goals scored by Sara Doorsoun[17]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 31 August 2019 Auestadion, Kassel, Germany  Montenegro 6–0 10–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

Honours

VfL Wolfsburg[3]

Germany

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2019. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Doorsoun for Germany: "I never considered another team"". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
  3. ^ a b c "'I want to show them how good I am' - Sara Doorsoun ready to cap season of firsts with World Cup glory | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  4. ^ "Wolfsburg win thrilling German Cup final against Essen | DW | 04.07.2020". Deutsche Welle.
  5. ^ "Wolfsburg 1-3 Lyon: Women's Champions League final report". 30 August 2020.
  6. ^ "News & Stories | U.S. Soccer Official Website".
  7. ^ "Jones beruft EM-Kader - Popp fehlt verletzt". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
  8. ^ "Women's World Cup - Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh". UEFA.com.
  9. ^ "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft WM-Kader". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
  10. ^ "Germany vs. Montenegro - 31 August 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  11. ^ "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft endgültigen Kader für die EM in England".
  12. ^ "Germany beat France to set up final with England". BBC Sport.
  13. ^ "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft erweiterten WM-Kader mit 28 Spielerinnen".
  14. ^ "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft finalen Kader für die Weltmeisterschaft".
  15. ^ Express.de: Nach Küssen im TV „Princess Charming“-Siegerin liebt jetzt Fußball-Profi (in German)
  16. ^ Sara Doorsoun at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
  17. ^ a b "Sara Doorsoun". dfb.de. 18 September 2021.
  18. ^ "Wolfsburg-Lyon | UEFA Women's Champions League 2019/20".
  19. ^ "England-Germany | UEFA Women's EURO 2022".
  20. ^ "Germany win Nations League play-off to reach Olympics". BBC Sport. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

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