Eunice Beckmann
Eunice Beckmann (born 8 February 1992) is a German footballer who plays for 1. FC Köln.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Eunice Beckmann | ||
Date of birth | 8 February 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Wuppertal, Germany | ||
Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Playing position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | 1. FC Köln | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2008 | Wuppertaler SV | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | FCR 2001 Duisburg II | 12 | (2) |
2008–2010 | FCR 2001 Duisburg | 8 | (2) |
2010–2013 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 51 | (10) |
2013 | Linköpings FC | 9 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Bayern Munich | 38 | (10) |
2016 | Boston Breakers | 11 | (0) |
2017–2018 | FC Basel | 29 | (22) |
2018–2019 | Madrid CFF | 27 | (5) |
2019– | 1. FC Köln | 19 | (4) |
National team | |||
2010-2011 | Germany U19 | 10 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 July 2020 |
Beckmann was born in Wuppertal to Ghanaian parents.[1] She started playing with her local youth side, Wuppertaler SV.
Club career
Duisburg, 2008–2010
Beckmann started her senior career at age 17 with Duisburg, originally playing for the second team and then moving to the first time in the Frauen-Bundesliga in 2009. She made 8 appearances for the first team scoring 2 goals.[2][3][4]
Bayern Leverkusen, 2010–2013
Following two seasons Duisburg Beckmann moved to Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen where she played for three seasons.[5] She made 51 regular season appearances with the club, scoring 10 goals.[2]
Linköpings FC, 2013
Beckmann then moved to Swedish Damallsvenskan club Linköpings FC signing a one season contract for the 2013 season.[6] She played 9 regular season games for the club.[2]
Bayern Munich, 2014–2016
Following her season in Sweden Beckman returned to the Frauen-Bundesliga, this time signing with Bayern Munich.[7] In December 2014 Beckmann extended her contract with Bayern.[8] In her two and a half seasons with Bayern Beckmann scored 10 goals in 38 regular season appearances.[2] She went on to win the Frauen-Bundesliga twice with Bayern in 2014–15, where she finished tied for 8th top scorer in the league, and 2015–16.
Boston Breakers, 2016
In May 2016 Beckmann signed with National Women's Soccer League club the Boston Breakers.[9][10] Beckmann spent one season with the club, making 11 regular season appearances.[4]
FC Basel 2017–2018
Beckmann signed an 18 month contract with FC Basel, of the Swiss Nationalliga A Women in January 2017.[11] During her second season with the club Beckmann was the top scorer in the Nationalliga, scoring 25 goals in 26 games. Beckmann opted to leave the club after her contract expired.[12][13]
Madrid CFF, 2018–
In August 2018, she transferred to La Liga Iberdrola side Madrid CFF.[14][15]
Honours
FCR 2001 Duisburg
- Bundesliga: Runner-up (1) 2009–10
- German Cup: Winner (1) 2009–10
FC Bayern München
- Bundesliga: Winner 2014–15, 2015–16
We Play Strong
Beckmann is one of UEFA's official ambassadors for #WePlayStrong, a social media and vlogging campaign which was launched in 2018. The campaign's "...aim is to promote women’s football as much as we can and to make people aware of women’s football, really,” Evans, another participant explains. “The ultimate goal is to make football the most played sport by females by 2020. So it’s a UEFA initiative to get more women and girls playing football, whether they want to be professional or not.”[16] The series, which also originally included professional footballers Sarah Zadrazil, Lisa Evans, Laura Feiersinger and now also includes Petronella Ekroth and Shanice van de Sanden, follows the daily lives of female professional footballers.[17]
Social Media
References
- "Fjärde(!) landslagsmålvakten till Linköping" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- "Eunice Beckmann". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- "BREAKERS SIGN GERMAN FORWARD EUNICE BECKMANN". Boston Breakers. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- "Steckbrief Eunice Beckmann" (in German). fcr-01.de. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- "Beckmann und Prießen wechseln zu Bayer". Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- "Lundgren skadad – Linköping värvar" (in Northern Sami). Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- "Eunice Beckmann" (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- "Eunice Beckmann" (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- "Breakers sign German forward Eunice Beckmann – Boston Breakers". www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- "Breakers sign German forward Eunice Beckmann". Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- "FC Basel".
- "Bei Bayern war definitiv meine schönste Zeit" (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- "FEATURE: Eunice Beckman – the making of a female soccer star". Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- "Wuppertaler Fußballerin geht nun für Madrid auf Torejagd". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). 28 August 2018.
- "TRAININGSBEGINN DER FCB-FRAUEN MIT DREI NEUEN" (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- "ARSEBLOG EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ARSENAL'S LISA EVANS". Arseblog. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- "Arsenal's Lisa Evans launches scheme to get more women playing football". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
External links
- Eunice Beckmann at WorldFootball.net
- Eunice Beckmann at Soccerway