Tabea Kemme
Kemme in 2017
Personal information
Full name Tabea Kemme[1]
Date of birth (1991-12-14) 14 December 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Stade, Germany
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Full-back, winger
Youth career
2000–2006 SG Freiburg/Oederquart
2006–2008 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam II 6 (2)
2008–2018 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 145 (24)
2018–2020 Arsenal 3 (0)
Total 154 (26)
International career
2007–2008 Germany U17 15 (6)
2009–2010 Germany U19 11 (0)
2010 Germany U20 10 (0)
2013–2018 Germany 47 (6)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tabea Kemme (born 14 December 1991) is a German former professional footballer who played as a full-back or winger for Frauen-Bundesliga 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam for twelve years[2] and for Arsenal of the FA Women's Super League.[3]

During her youth career and the first two seasons of her senior career, Kemme played as an attacker. She switched to more defensive playing positions[4] while playing for Germany U20 during the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[5] Two of Kemme's goals for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam, both long-range shots, were included in the 10 best goals of the German Football Association's Women's Goal of the Season 2014–2015 shortlist.[6]

Kemme combined her football career with her police studies at Brandenburg's police training college.[7]

Early life

Kemme attended the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Potsdam Sport School,[8][9] which has an elite program for girls' football. The school has very close links with the FFC Turbine Potsdam club.[10]

Club career

In 2006, Kemme started training and playing with the junior teams of FFC Turbine, progressing to the senior first team in 2008.

She joined Arsenal in July 2018.[11] After persistent injuries, Kemme announced her retirement from professional football on 14 January 2020.[12]

International career

Kemme's first involvement with the Germany national team was in the squad of players selected for a 2013 UEFA Women's Championship qualifying match against Romania on 22 October 2011,[13] but she did not play in the match. Kemme made her international debut for Germany during their 8–0 win against Croatia on 27 November 2013, a match in Germany's FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 qualification campaign.[14] She came on as a substitute for Leonie Maier, in the 76th minute.[15] Kemme was selected for the German squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 and played six matches in the tournament.

She was one of Germany's starting full-backs for the 2016 Summer Olympics, starting and playing every minute of all but one match. Germany would go on to win the gold medal.[16]

Police career

In 2012, Kemme began her studies as a police commissioner at the University of Applied Sciences of the Brandenburg Police, which she successfully completed in September 2017.[17] Kemme completed the practical part in Oranienburg. The theory part took place in Potsdam and Oberhavel.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

Kemme – goals for Germany
# Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 18 September 2015 Halle, Germany  Hungary 3–0 12–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
2. 25 October 2016 Aalen, Germany  Netherlands 4–1 4–2 Friendly
3. 16 September 2017 Ingolstadt, Germany  Slovenia 4–0 6–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
4. 5–0
5. 24 October 2017 Großaspach, Germany  Faroe Islands 2–0 11–0
6. 3–0

Source:[18]

Honours

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

Arsenal

Germany

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 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Spielerinnenporträt: Tabea Kemme" (in German). 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  3. ^ "OLYMPIASIEGERIN KEMME BEENDET KARRIERE". DFB. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Tabea Kemme: "I want to make it to Canada"". womenssoccerunited.com. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Interview mit Tabea Kemme – Fußballnationalspielerin und Polizeikommissaranwärterin" (in German). Fachhochshule Polizei Brandenburg. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Goal of the Season 2014–2015 (Tor der Saison 2014/2015)" (in German). German Football Association Television (DFB-TV). Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Interview mit Tabea Kemme – Fußballnationalspielerin und Polizeikommissaranwärterin" (in German). Fachhochshule Polizei Brandenburg. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Deutscher Fußballmeister 2010 : Turbine Potsdam" (in German). Sportschule Potsdam. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Interview mit Anna Sarholz und Tabea Kemme from Sportschule Potsdam" (in German). Sportschule Potsdam. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Die DFB – Mädchenfußball – Eliteschule in Potsdam" (in German). FFC Turbine Potsdam. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Women's Super League: Arsenal sign Germany international Tabea Kemme". BBC Sport. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Tabea Kemme announces retirement". Arsenal FC. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  13. ^ "ROMANIA VS. GERMANY 0 – 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  14. ^ "Tabea Kemme's debut for Germany" (in German). Deutscher Fussball Bund. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  15. ^ "Tabea Kemme's debut for Germany" (in German). Deutscher Fussball Bund. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  16. ^ "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
  17. ^ "Tabea Kemme: Ernennung zur Polizeikommissarin". 26 September 2017.
  18. ^ "Players Info Kemme Goals". DFB. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  19. ^ "Potsdam triumphiert zum siebten Mal" (in German). spox.com. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  20. ^ "Match report of FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2010 Final". FIFA. Archived from the original on 27 October 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  21. ^ "UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship – History – 2008 – Germany first to gain glory". UEFA. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  22. ^ "Algarve Cup 2014 Final". japan Football Association. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

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