User:Toreightyone/Carolin Größinger

Carolin Größinger
Carolin Größinger practicing with the Austrian Women's National Football Team
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 27)
Place of birthSalzburg, Austria
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
FC Bergheim
Number21
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013SG Bergheim/Hof11(0)
2014FSK St. Pölten
2014–2016Union Kleinmünchen28(0)
2016Bayer 04 Leverkusen0(0)
2017–FC Bergheim
International career
2013–2014Austria U-17
2014–2015Austria U-19
2017–Austria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2017

Carolin Größinger also Carolin Grössinger (born 10 May 1997) is an Austrian football goalkeeper for FC Bergheim.

Early life

Größinger was born on 10 May 1997 in Salzburg, Austria. Her brother is footballer Markus Grössinger.[1] She began playing football at the age of six and graduated from the National Centre for Women's Football Academy.[2]

Playing career

Club

In July 2012, Größinger debuted on SG Bergheim/Hof in the ÖFB-Frauenliga, making 11 appearances.[3] She was traded in 2014 to FSK St. Pölten.[4] In June 2014, Größinger was sent to Union Kleinmünchen, starting in 10 games, and 18 games the following season.[3]

In 2016, Größinger signed for Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the German Frauen-Bundesliga.[5] In 2017, she left the team in order to return to Austrian football and joined FC Bergheim.[6][7]

International

As goalkeeper of the first Austria U-17 women's team to qualify, Größinger played in the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in England.[2]

The following year, Größinger played for the Austria U-19 women's team at the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Slovakia. She was the starting goalkeeper for all of Austria's games against Switzerland, Spain, and Germany — conceding 11 goals in total.[8]

Größinger is currently on the Austrian senior team.[9]. She was a goalkeeper for the Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands. Größinger sat as a substitute goalkeeper for all Austria's games against Switzerland, France, Iceland, Spain; and Austria's semi-final exit against Denmark.[10]

References

Category:1997 birthsCategory:Living peopleCategory:Austrian footballers Category:Austrian women's footballers Category:Association football goalkeepers Category:Women's association football goalkeepers