Birgit Prinz

Birgit Prinz (born October 25, 1977) is a German international women's football player.

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Prinz was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and she trained to become a physiotherapist. Prinz has been playing football since she was a child and has been with 1. FFC Frankfurt (1st Frankfurt Women's Football Club) since July 1994.

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She was elected "Women's Football Player of the Year" in 2002 and 2004, "World Women's Football Player of the Year" in 2003 and 2004. She scored seven goals for Germany in the 2003 World Cup as a center-forward, and played for the German women's football team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

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Prinz may be the only current player to have a realistic shot at surpassing Mia Hamm's all-time record (for both sexes) of 158 international goals. As of the end of Women's Euro 2005 (September 25, 2005), she had 88 goals for Germany.

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