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| Full name | Sonja Beate Fuss[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1978-11-05)5 November 1978 (age 47) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bonn,West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft5+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grün-Weiß Brauweiler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Hartford Hawks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –2004 | FFC Brauweiler Pulheim | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | FSV Frankfurt | 11 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | FFC Brauweiler Pulheim | 20 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | FCR 2001 Duisburg | 68 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | 1.FC Köln | 33 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | FCR 2001 Duisburg | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | FC Zürich Frauen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Chicago Red Stars | 16 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany U-19 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2010 | Germany | 68 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sonja Beate Fuss (born 5 November 1978) is a German formerfootball defender. She played for theChicago Red Stars in theNational Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and theGermany national team. She has played in the GermanFrauen-Bundesliga since 1992. In 2011, together withInka Grings, she played for Swiss side,FC Zürich Frauen.[2]
Fuss attended theUniversity of Hartford located inWest Hartford, Connecticut.[3][4]
Fuss spent most of her career playing for SV Grün-Weiß, which was renamedFFC Brauweiler Pulheim in 2000. In 2004, she transferred toFSV Frankfurt.
In February 2005, she signed withFFC Turbine Potsdam. She returned to FFC Brauweiler Pulheim after one season.
At the beginning of the season 2006/07, she moved toFCR 2001 Duisburg.
In July 2009, Fuss moved to the firstFC Köln, the newly formed women's soccer Division 1, for the 2009/10 season. In January 2011, she returned to play forFCR 2001 Duisburg. Her contract there was disbanded in August 2011 and she then signed on 28 August atFC Zürich Frauen.
On 16 March 2013, along with Inka Grings, Fuss left Zürich forNational Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club, theChicago Red Stars, in May 2013.[5][6]
She was waived by the Red Stars in September 2013.[7]
Fuss played in her first international match in 1996 against theNetherlands. She scored her first international goal on 15 November 2003 againstPortugal. Fuss was a European champion in 1997, 2005 and 2009 and world champion in 2003 and 2007. In 2004, she was a member of the bronze medal-winning German squad at the Olympic Games in Athens.[8]
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