Nia Künzer
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 Nia Künzer (2013)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Nia Tsholofelo Künzer | |
| birthday | January 18, 1980 | |
| place of birth | Mochudi , Botswana | |
| size | 168 cm | |
| position | Defense , midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Eintracht Wetzlar | ||
| VfB Giessen | ||
| Women | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1997 | SG Praunheim | 4 (0) |
| 1998-2008 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 111 (22) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| -1997 | Germany U-21 | 19 (0) |
| 1997-2003 | Germany | 34 (2) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Nia Tsholofelo Künzer (born January 18, 1980 in Mochudi , Botswana ) is a former German soccer player .
Life
Nia Künzer was born in Botswana, where her parents worked as development workers in the early 1980s , and grew up in Wetzlar . She lives in Wetzlar, is married and has two children. Nia comes from the Swahili language and means "I want", the Setswana term Tsholofelo means "hope".
She started her football career at Eintracht Wetzlar , before moving to SG Praunheim and the 1. FFC Frankfurt , which emerged from this club, via VfB Gießen . With the 1. FFC Frankfurt she was German champion seven times (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008) and German cup winner (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2008) as well as three times UEFA Women's Cup winner (2002, 2006 and 2008).
On May 27, 1997, she made her debut in the game against Denmark in Copenhagen in the national team. On October 25, 2001, she scored her first international goal in the game against Portugal .
She became a media star with her golden goal in the final of the 2003 World Cup on October 12, 2003 for Germany against Sweden . The goal was later voted Goal of the Year . Your golden goal was the last in FIFA football history, and the traditional extra time is now back . The defensive player scored two goals in 34 international matches for the German national team. In her career she suffered a total of four cruciate ligament ruptures . That is why she announced her resignation from the national team in 2006. On November 15, 2003, she played her last international match in a 13-0 win against Portugal. After the 2007/08 season, she also ended her club career.
In 2004 she was voted Maxim Woman of the Year in the Sports category . Since March 2006 she has been working as a women's football expert for ARD . She was repeatedly involved in various prevention projects, including a. since 2007 for the traffic prevention project "ververkehrssicher-in-Mittelhessen", which also includes the BOB campaign .
In spring 2008, she completed her studies in education at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen . Since April 14, 2008 she has been an honorary ambassador for the Central Hesse region .
She is the UNICEF ambassador for the girls' soccer project “Galz & Goals” in Namibia . Together with the organization NETZ Bangladesh , Nia Künzer campaigns for the schooling of girls in Bangladesh and against the marriage of minors. In the same year she received the Albert Schweitzer Prize of the Albert Schweitzer Association of Family Works and Children's Villages. In February 2017, Künzer moved to the regional council of Gießen , where after around eight months he became head of the department for integration, social support and volunteer work.
successes
title
- World Champion 2003
Awards
- Silver bay leaf
- 2011: Walter Scheel Prize for her commitment to development cooperation
- 2019: Induction into the Hall of Fame
Web links
- Own website
- Nia Künzer in the database of weltfussball.de
- Nia Künzer in the database of the German Football Association
- Nia Künzer in the Soccerdonna.de database
- Nia Künzer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- “Women also get red cards” - Interview with soccer world champion Nia Künzer ; ballesterer fm, No. 60, March 2011
Individual evidence
- ^ Tilmann Mehl: An insane appearance in the penalty area . In: Augsburger Allgemeine , July 20, 2020, p. 19 (in the series "Moments for Eternity")
- ↑ Nia Künzer - ARD women's football expert. In: NDR . Accessed May 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Nia Künzer - ZfbK - uni-giessen.de , accessed on February 8, 2018
- ↑ vo: "I am happy in Central Hesse". Ambassador presented: soccer player Nia Künzer represents the region. In: Wetzlarer Neue Zeitung , April 15, 2008, p. 16
- ↑ NETZ Bangladesh: Nia Künzer awarded the Walter Scheel Prize. Commitment to girls in Namibia and Bangladesh appreciated ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Press release of May 26, 2011, accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Football star Nia Künzer receives Albert Schweitzer Prize 2011. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 22, 2012 ; Retrieved June 2, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Nia Künzer: A football star in refugee work.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Künzer, Nia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Künzer, Nia Tsholofelo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mochudi , Botswana |