Lara Dickenmann

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Lara Dickenmann
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Lara Dickenmann (2013)
Personnel
birthday November 27, 1985
place of birth KriensSwitzerland
Size 165 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1993-2000 SC Kriens
2000-2004 DFC Sursee
2004-2008 Ohio State Buckeyes
Women
Years station Games (goals) 1
2006 New Jersey Wildcats 8 0(8)
2007 Jersey sky blue 11 (18)
2008-2009 FC Zurich women
2009-2015 Olympique Lyon 116 (56)
2015– VfL Wolfsburg 23 0(6)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2002-2003 Switzerland U-18 3 0(0)
2002-2004 Switzerland U-19 18 0(7)
2002-2018 Switzerland 135 (53)
1 Only league games are given.
As of September 25, 2016

2 As of August 7, 2019

Lara Dickenmann (born November 27, 1985 in Kriens ) is a Swiss soccer player who currently plays in the women's Bundesliga for VfL Wolfsburg . She was also a Swiss national player. She is a record national player and was the national team's record scorer with 53 goals together with Ana Maria Crnogorčević .

youth

Even as a child, football was one of her favorite pastimes. At the age of six she discovered her passion for it. She gave up visits to swimming training and ballet. Soon a junior chairman accepted her into her brother's team. At the age of 14 Lara Dickenmann was accepted into the women's team at FC Sursee, but continued to play with and against boys' teams.

Professional career

Dickenmann played her first international game for the Swiss national football team on August 14, 2002 in a 2-1 win against France and was able to compensate for the French women’s lead with her first international goal. During the qualification for the EM 2003 American scouts discovered their footballing talent. Several universities offered scholarships, of which Dickenmann chose Ohio State University in Columbus . She studied political science and graduated.

On May 20, 2010 she played for Olympique Lyon against Turbine Potsdam in the women's Champions League final . She lost with her club on penalties.

On May 26, 2011 she played again for Olympique Lyon against Turbine Potsdam in the women's Champions League final in London. This time she won with her club and scored the goal to make it 2-0 shortly before the end of the game.

After she had already won in the semifinals of the Champions League with OL against Turbine Potsdam in the 2011/12 season, she was also used in the final on May 17, 2012 in the Munich Olympic Stadium against 1. FFC Frankfurt (2-0).

On April 7, 2015, VfL Wolfsburg announced that Dickenmann and her teammate Élise Bussaglia would strengthen their women's team from July 1.

In the second leg of the 2015/16 UEFA Women's Champions League second leg on October 14, 2015, she scored her first Champions League goal for Wolfsburg in a 4-0 win against ŽFK Spartak Subotica .

Lara Dickenmann took part in the 2015 World Cup in Canada with the Swiss women's national team. On August 9, 2015, she made her 100th international match against defending champions Japan . She reached the round of 16 with her team, but was eliminated there against hosts Canada . Due to the round of 16, the Swiss women also missed their first qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games and could not make up for it at the qualifying tournament in March 2016.

On October 27, 2015, she was honored by UEFA for 100 international matches before the European Championship qualifier against Georgia, along with Caroline Abbé and Martina Moser .

In June 2016, she and her team qualified for a European Championship finals for the first time , which took place in the Netherlands in 2017.

On August 7, 2019, she announced her resignation from the Swiss national team. At that time she was a record national player and record scorer.

successes

DFC Sursee:

FC Zurich Women:

Olympique Lyon:

VFL Wolfsburg:

Awards

  • Freshman of the Year (best newcomer): 2004
  • Best Swiss football player: 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 (record)

Web links

Commons : Lara Dickenmann  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. football.ch: "Women A-Team: Important victory against Scotland"
  2. France 1: 2 (1: 1) Switzerland
  3. Double commitment on vfl-wolfsburg.de, April 7, 2015, accessed on April 7, 2015
  4. FIFA Women's World Cup Canada - Round of 16 Canada-Switzerland , de.fifa.com. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
  5. uefa.com: "First women receive 100-cap awards"