It’s the end of an era: Alexandra Popp says goodbye to the DFB team. Her body was a “ticking time bomb,” she explained.
A long and successful era is coming to an end for the German women’s national soccer team. , Alexandra Popp (33) ends her career in the DFB team jersey. Her club, VfL Wolfsburg, also published the corresponding statement. On October 28, 2024, she will wear the dress with the eagle on the chest in an official game for the 145th and last time at the friendly match against Australia in Duisburg. A circle closes there: Popp started her national team career in the DFB A team on February 17, 2010, also in Duisburg.
In her statement, Popp tried to explain her move: “I have always emphasized that my gut will make the decision, and now it has decided.” After long and tearful considerations, she decided with a heavy heart to end her DFB career. The fire that was ignited in her around 18 years ago and grew stronger every year has now almost burned out. “It was always important to me to make this drastic decision myself, from within myself,” Popp continued. Her body is a “ticking time bomb” and before the fire goes out completely, now is the right time.
Alexandra Popp won Olympic gold in 2016
Popp took part in a total of four World Cups, leading the team onto the field as captain in 2019 and 2023. At the 2022 European Championships, she and her fellow competitors made it to the final of the European Championships, where they had to admit defeat to the English hosts. In 2016 she won the Olympic gold medal in Rio de Janeiro with the DFB women. Alexandra Popp has scored a total of 67 goals in a DFB dress so far. In 2014, 2016 and 2023 she was awarded the title of “Germany’s Footballer of the Year”.
Popp has been playing for VfL Wolfsburg since 2012 and in her club career she won the Champions League twice, became champion seven times and was able to lift the DFB Cup trophy thirteen times. Your contract in Wolfsburg currently runs until June 30, 2025.
Source: Stern
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