Sara Doorsoun
Doorsoun with Germany in 2023
Personal information
Full name Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh[1]
Date of birth (1991-11-17) 17 November 1991
Place of birth Cologne, Germany
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 33
Youth career
SV Wesseling
SpVgg Köttingen
Fortuna Köln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Fortuna Köln 12 (6)
2008–2010 SG Wattenscheid 09 31 (4)
2010–2012 Bad Neuenahr 52 (2)
2012–2013 Turbine Potsdam 14 (1)
2013–2018 SGS Essen 100 (15)
2018–2022 VfL Wolfsburg 45 (1)
2021 VfL Wolfsburg II 1 (0)
2022– Eintracht Frankfurt 14 (0)
International career‡
2006 Germany U15 3 (1)
2006–2007 Germany U17 4 (0)
2009–2010 Germany U19 3 (0)
2016– Germany 50 (1)
Medal record
Representing fbw
UEFA Women's Championship
Silver medal – second place2022 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:03, 02 October 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:07, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh (Persian: سارا دورسون خواجه, Turkish: Sara Dursun; born 17 November 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for Frauen-Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the German national team.

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] Doorsoun has featured for Wolfsburg during the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, including playing in the 2020 UEFA Women's Champions League Final against Olympique Lyonnais.[5]

International career

Having represented Germany from the under-15 level up, Doorsoun made her debut for the senior 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.[6][7] 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.[8][9]

Doorsoun scored her first goal for the senior national team on 31 August 2019 in a UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying match against Montenegro.[10] On 18 June 2022, she was named in Germany's final UEFA Women's Euro 2022 squad.[11] Doorsoun helped Germany reach the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Final against England with a 2–1 win over France in the semi-final on 27 July 2022.[12] On 31 May 2023, Doorsoun was named in Germany's preliminary squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup,[13] and was named in their final 23-player squad on 8 July.[14]

Personal life

Since 2021, Doorsoun has been dating German Princess Charming winner Lou Schaaf.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 April 2022[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SG Wattenscheid 09 2008–09 2. Frauen-Bundesliga 22230——252
2009–10 9231——123
Total 31461——375
Bad Neuenahr 2009–10 Frauen-Bundesliga 10000——100
2010–11 20041——241
2011–12 2222050—292
Total 5226150—633
Turbine Potsdam 2012–13 Frauen-Bundesliga 14130—40211
SGS Essen 2013–14 Frauen-Bundesliga 22352——275
2014–15 16420——184
2015–16 22322——245
2016–17 21322——235
2017–18 19220——212
Total 10015136——11321
VfL Wolfsburg 2018–19 Frauen-Bundesliga 18020—40240
2019–20 12020—50190
2020–21 10130—60191
2021–22 50——50100
Total 45170—200721
VfL Wolfsburg II 2021–22 2. Frauen-Bundesliga 10—10
Eintracht Frankfurt 2021–22 Frauen-Bundesliga 7000——70
Career total 250233585024031431

International

As of 5 December 2023[17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany 201640
201770
2018100
2019121
202010
202110
202270
202380
Total501
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Doorsoun goal.
List of international goals scored by Sara Doorsoun[17]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
131 August 2019Auestadion, Kassel, Germany Montenegro6–010–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

Honours

VfL Wolfsburg[3]

Germany

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2019. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Doorsoun for Germany: "I never considered another team"". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
  3. 1 2 3 "'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.
  4. ↑ "Wolfsburg win thrilling German Cup final against Essen | DW | 04.07.2020". Deutsche Welle.
  5. ↑ "Wolfsburg 1-3 Lyon: Women's Champions League final report". 30 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "News & Stories | U.S. Soccer Official Website".
  7. ↑ "Jones beruft EM-Kader - Popp fehlt verletzt". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
  8. ↑ "Women's World Cup - Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh". UEFA.com.
  9. ↑ "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft WM-Kader". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
  10. ↑ "Germany vs. Montenegro - 31 August 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  11. ↑ "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft endgültigen Kader für die EM in England".
  12. ↑ "Germany beat France to set up final with England". BBC Sport.
  13. ↑ "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft erweiterten WM-Kader mit 28 Spielerinnen".
  14. ↑ "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft finalen Kader für die Weltmeisterschaft".
  15. ↑ Express.de: Nach Küssen im TV „Princess Charming“-Siegerin liebt jetzt Fußball-Profi (in German)
  16. ↑ Sara Doorsoun at Soccerway
  17. 1 2 "Sara Doorsoun". dfb.de. 18 September 2021.
  18. ↑ "Wolfsburg-Lyon | UEFA Women's Champions League 2019/20".
  19. ↑ "England-Germany | UEFA Women's EURO 2022".
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