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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nadine Marejke Angerer[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1978-11-10)10 November 1978 (age 47) | ||
| Place of birth | Lohr am Main,Bavaria, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Portland Thorns | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ESV Gemünden | |||
| ASV Hofstetten | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1996 | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||
| 1996–1999 | FC Wacker München | ||
| 1999–2001 | FC Bayern Munich | 17 | (0) |
| 2001–2007 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | 126 | (0) |
| 2008 | Djurgårdens IF | 22 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 85 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Brisbane Roar | 9 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Portland Thorns | 28 | (0) |
| 2014 | →Brisbane Roar (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2020 | Portland Thorns | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1996–2015 | Germany | 146 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2023 | Portland Thorns (goalkeeping) | ||
| 2024– | Switzerland (goalkeeping) | ||
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:57, 18 July 2020 (UTC) | |||
Nadine Marejke Angerer (born 10 November 1978) is a Germanfootball coach and player who is the formergoalkeepingplayer-coach forPortland Thorns of theNational Women's Soccer League (NWSL).[2][3]
Angerer has played forFrauen-Bundesliga clubsBayern Munich,Turbine Potsdam (with whom she won the2005UEFA Women's Cup) andFFC Frankfurt. In 2008, she played forDjurgårdens IF of the SwedishDamallsvenskan and she spent two periods onloan withBrisbane Roar of the AustralianW-League in 2013 and 2014. During her extensive international career, Angerer was recognised as one of the world's best goalkeepers.
Since making her debut for the Germany women's national football team in August 1996, Angerer won a total of146caps. She understudiedSilke Rottenberg at theUEFA Women's Championship in1997,2001 and2005; theFIFA Women's World Cup in1999 and2003; as well as the2000 and2004Olympic football tournaments. When Rottenberg was injured before the2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Angerer took over as first choice and kept aclean sheet in every round as Germany won the tournament. She remained first choice for the2009 and2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship, the2011 and2015 FIFA Women's World Cups and the2008 Olympics.
Germany won the UEFA Women's Championship on each of the five occasions Angerer was involved and won the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2003 and 2007.[4] Their best finish at the Olympics was third in 2000, 2004 and 2008. Angerer is apenalty-saving specialist, having stoppedMarta's kick in the2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Final and bothTrine Rønning andSolveig Gulbrandsen's during theUEFA Women's Euro 2013 Final. She was appointedcaptain of Germany in 2011 following the retirement ofBirgit Prinz. On 13 January 2014, Angerer was namedFIFA World Player of the Year, becoming the first goalkeeper – male or female – to win the award.[5] She announced her retirement from the international team on 13 May 2015.[6]
Angerer was born inLohr am Main, nearFrankfurt.[7] Her career began with ASV Hofstetten, where she played as a forward.[8] When she substituted for the injured goalkeeper during a youth scouting game, she was discovered as a goalkeeping talent. In 1995, she moved to1. FC Nürnberg and one year later toFC Wacker München. While at Wacker, she rejected the opportunity to play for an Americancollege soccer team.[9]
From 1999 to 2001, Angerer played atFC Bayern Munich, helping the team achievepromotion to Germany's top division, theBundesliga. She transferred to1. FFC Turbine Potsdam in 2001, where she claimed two national Bundesliga championships, threeGerman Cup wins and theUEFA Women's Cup in the2004–05 season.[10]
After seven years at Potsdam, Angerer left Germany in 2008 to play atDjurgårdens IF Dam in Sweden, replacingBente Nordby. She returned to Germany after only one season to join1. FFC Frankfurt. She won the German Cup for a fourth time with Frankfurt in 2011.[11] FollowingBirgit Prinz's retirement she was appointed Frankfurt's new captain.
While playing at theUEFA Women's Euro 2013 Angerer announced her signing on afree transfer with theBrisbane Roar in Australia'sW-League[12] and further plans for a move to an as yet unspecified team in theNWSL by January 2014.[13]
On 13 January 2014, Portland Thorns FC announced Angerer's acquisition to play for Portland for theNational Women's Soccer League 2014 Season,[14] replacingKarina LeBlanc who was traded to theChicago Red Stars.[15] She made her debut for Portland with a shutout against theHouston Dash on 12 April and went on to start 22 games for the Thorns, adding another three saves while compiling 74 saves (both ranking fourth in the league). After the season, Angerer was loaned to the Brisbane Roar with plans to return to Portland for the start of the2015 season.[16][17]
Angerer retired from being a professional footballer in 2015.[18][19]
On 17 July 2020, Angerer was signed as an emergency replacement goalkeeper byPortland Thorns FC during the2020 NWSL Challenge Cup.[2][20]
Angerer made her international debut for Germany against theNetherlands in August 1996.[8] However, after five matches in quick succession she was only used sporadically thereafter. Angerer was Germany's second choice goalkeeper behindSilke Rottenberg for almost a decade, winning six major titles as a reserve player without having played in a single game, including the2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, two Olympic bronze medals in2000,2004, and threeUEFA European Championships in1997,2001 and2005.[10]
When Rottenberg suffered ananterior cruciate ligament injury, Angerer was picked as the starting goalkeeper for the2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. During the entire tournament she did not concede a single goal, setting the record for most consecutive minutes played without conceding a goal in World Cup play to 540 minutes.[8] This included blocking apenalty kick byMarta in the 2–0final win overBrazil. Along with Norway'sBente Nordby, she was named in FIFA's tournamentAll-Star Team.
Angerer remained Germany's national team goalkeeper for the2008 Summer Olympics, claiming the bronze medal.[21] She won theEuropean Championship for a fourth time in 2009, the first time she had been a starter for Germany. Angerer was called up for the2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad[10] and received her 100thcap in her team's second match of the tournament, againstNigeria.
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FollowingBirgit Prinz's retirement Angerer was appointed the national team's newcaptain.[22] She savedpenalty kicks from bothTrine Rønning andSolveig Gulbrandsen during theUEFA Women's Euro 2013final atFriends Arena on 28 July 2013, and was named player of the match following Germany's 1–0 win againstNorway.Anja Mittag's goal gave the Germans their sixth successive title.[23]
In May 2015, Angerer was named to Germany's roster for the2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[24] During aquarter-final match against France, she deniedClaire Lavogez who took the crucial fifth penalty during thepenalty shootout to clinch the win and advance to the semi-finals against the United States.[25] Germany lost the semi-final 2–0 to theUnited States afterCarli Lloyd scored a penalty andKelley O'Hara added a second goal.[26] In Angerer's final game with the national team she was beaten by another penalty, despite her angry protests.Fara Williams gaveEngland a 1–0extra time win in the bronze medal match.[27]
After two years as a Thorns keeper, Angerer was named full-time goalkeeper coach for the Portland Thorns in 2016. She left the Thorns after the 2023 season.[28]
In 2024 Angerer was announced as the new goalkeeper coach forSwitzerland.[29]
After abandoning an apprenticeship as anevent technician, Angerer trained as aphysiotherapist and took a break from the national team in 2006–07 to complete her exams.[30] Angerer told the German newspaperDie Zeit in December 2010 that shedoes not discriminate on grounds of gender when considering personal relationships.[31]
Angerer married Magdalena (née Golombek) in November 2016.[32]
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