Andrea Schaller

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Andrea Schaller (born September 14, 1976 in Kaufbeuren ) is a former German soccer player. Since October 2018 she has been university professor for exercise-related prevention research at the German Sport University Cologne (endowed professorship of the AOK Rhineland / Hamburg ). From 2016 to 2018 she was a professor at the IST University of Management .

Athletic career

The goalkeeper began her career as a youth field player at SpVgg Kaufbeuren . At the age of 16 she switched to the goalkeeping position and in 1997 she moved to the Bundesliga for FCR Duisburg (formerly FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen). There she was cup winner in 1998 and vice cup winner in 1999. In the 1999/2000 season she moved to Bundesliga club SC 07 Bad Neuenahr , where she ended her career in 2004. Schaller played a total of 74 Bundesliga games. She played her only international match for the senior national team on March 16, 2000 in Arnhem against the Netherlands. For the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she was nominated on call as the third goalkeeper of the German women's national soccer team.

Professional background

Schaller finished her school career in 1997 with the Abitur at Marien-Gymnasium Kaufbeuren. After graduating from high school, she studied sports science with a focus on prevention and rehabilitation at the German Sport University Cologne . She also studied public health with a focus on epidemiology and prevention at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf . From 2003 to 2010 she worked as a sports therapist and sports scientist in medical rehabilitation. In 2009 she completed her doctorate with Ingo Froböse at the German Sport University Cologne, where she then worked as a research assistant. From 2016 to 2018 she took over the professorship for health management in the master’s degree in prevention, sports therapy and health management at the IST University of Management. In October 2018, she switched to the endowed professorship of exercise-related prevention research at the German Sport University Cologne.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Football - national coach nominated squad for Sydney. In: Hamburger Morgenpost. August 15, 2000, accessed April 14, 2020 .
  2. Press release DSHS Cologne