Sara Doorsoun
Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh (Persian: سارا دورسون خواجه; born 17 November 1991) is a German footballer currently playing for VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany women's national football team as a midfielder and defender. She previously played for Wattenscheid 09, Bad Neuenahr, Turbine Potsdam and SGS Essen.[1]
Doorsoun in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh | ||
Date of birth | 17 November 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Cologne, Germany | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Playing position(s) | Midfielder, Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
SV Wesseling | |||
–2007 | SpVgg Köttingen | ||
2007–2008 | Fortuna Köln | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | Wattenscheid 09 | 31 | (4) |
2010–2012 | Bad Neuenahr | 52 | (2) |
2012–2013 | Turbine Potsdam | 14 | (1) |
2013–2018 | SGS Essen | 100 | (15) |
2018– | VfL Wolfsburg | 26 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2006 | Germany U15 | 3 | (1) |
2006–2007 | Germany U17 | 4 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Germany U19 | 3 | (0) |
2016– | Germany | 34 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:58, 24 April 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:51, 4 March 2020 (UTC) |
Early life
Doorsoun-Khajeh was born in the city of Cologne, to an Iranian father and a Turkish mother.[2]
Club career
VfL Wolfsburg
In her debut season with VfL Wolfsburg, Doorsoun won the 2018–19 Frauen-Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.[3] She won the Frauen-Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal again the following season with Wolfsburg.[4]
International career
Having represented Germany from the under-15 level up, Doorsoun made her debut for the senior Germany women's national football team in 2016 during a 1–0 win over Hungary.[3] She has been called up for the 2016, 2017, and 2018 editions of the SheBelieves Cup, as well as the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 where she played in their 2–0 win over Russia and quarter-final match against Denmark.[5][6] After providing two assists during Germany's World Cup qualification campaign, she was called into their squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7][8] Doorsoun scored her first goal for the senior national team on 31 August 2019 in a UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying match against Montenegro.[9]
International goals
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:
Doorsoun – goals for Germany | ||||||
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# | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
1. | 31 August 2019 | Kassel, Germany | 6–0 | 10–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
Source:[10]
Club statistics
- As of 24 April 2020[11]
Club | Division | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Wattenscheid 09 | 2. Frauen-Bundesliga | 2008–09 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 2 | ||
2009–10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||||
Total | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 4 | ||||
Bad Neuenahr | Frauen-Bundesliga | 2009–10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
2010–11 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||||
2011–12 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 29 | 2 | |||
Total | 52 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 63 | 3 | |||
Turbine Potsdam | Frauen-Bundesliga | 2012–13 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
SGS Essen | 2013–14 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 27 | 5 | |||
2014–15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 4 | ||||
2015–16 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 24 | 5 | ||||
2016–17 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 23 | 5 | ||||
2017–18 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 2 | ||||
Total | 100 | 15 | 13 | 6 | — | — | 113 | 21 | ||||
VfL Wolfsburg | Frauen-Bundesliga | 2018–19 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
2019–20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
Total | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
Career total | 223 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 263 | 29 |
Honours
References
- Profile in weltfussball.de
- "Doorsoun for Germany: "I never considered another team"". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
- "'I want to show them how good I am' - Sara Doorsoun ready to cap season of firsts with World Cup glory | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
- https://www.dw.com/en/wolfsburg-win-thrilling-german-cup-final-against-essen/a-54051513
- https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2016/02/26/19/33/160226-wnt-usa-england-france-and-germany-name-shebelieves-cup-rosters
- "Jones beruft EM-Kader - Popp fehlt verletzt". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
- "Women's World Cup - Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh". UEFA.com.
- "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft WM-Kader". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
- "Germany vs. Montenegro - 31 August 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- "Players Info Doorsoun Goals". DFB. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- "Sara Doorsoun - VfL Wolfsburg - Spieler - FuPa".
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh. |
- Sara Doorsoun at DFB (also available in German)