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Ann-Katrin Berger
Berger with Germany in 2023
Personal information
Full name Ann-Katrin Berger[1]
Date of birth (1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Göppingen, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 NJ/NY Gotham FC
Number 30
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 VfL Sindelfingen 26 (0)
2011–2014 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 19 (0)
2014–2016 Paris Saint-Germain 12 (0)
2016–2018 Birmingham City 33 (0)
2019–2024 Chelsea 65 (0)
2024– NJ/NY Gotham FC 24 (0)
International career‡
2009 Germany U19 1 (0)
2020– Germany 17 (0)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team
UEFA Women's Championship
Silver medal – second place 2022 England
UEFA Women's Nations League
Bronze medal – third place 2024 France–Netherlands–Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:01, 16 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:34, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Ann-Katrin Berger (born 9 October 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for NJ/NY Gotham FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Germany national team. Due to her penalty saving skills, she has a well-known reputation as a penalty killer.[2][3]

Early life

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At the age of four, Berger began playing football in the KSG Eislingen. As a teenager, she moved to FV Faurndau. She played as a striker, midfielder and defender and only switched to the goal at the age of 16, joking she became "lazy to run," and "has grown" again.[4]

Club career

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In 2007, she moved up to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. A year later, Berger moved to second division side, VfL Sindelfingen.[5] In the summer of 2011, Berger signed a three-year contract with 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam in the Frauen-Bundesliga, the top division in Germany.[5] She made her debut for the club on 21 August 2011 and shut out Hamburger SV 4–0.[6] She made five appearances for the club during the 2011/2012 season playing a total of 450 minutes. Potsdam finished first in the league with an 18–2–2 record.[7] She was the starting goalkeeper in three of Potsdam's 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League matches helping the squad earn shut-outs against Þór Akureyri and Glasgow City F.C.[6][8]

Berger signed with Paris Saint-Germain in June 2014, playing 22 matches in all competitions during her two-year spell with the club.[9] In June 2016, she joined Birmingham City.[10]

In November 2017, Berger was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, for which she received treatment and was able to enter remission.[11] During her battle with cancer, she had a desire to continue playing football. On 4 February 2018, she made her first appearance since being diagnosed with cancer in the Fourth Round of the 2017–18 FA Women's Cup in an away match against Reading. Birmingham won 1–0. With her strong determination she had a brilliant season, and as a result she won the PFA Team of the Year Award.[12]

Berger continued her strong return in 2018, helping Birmingham City to a fourth-place standing after midway point of the 2018–19 FA WSL season. Having run down her contract at Birmingham City and rejected a new offer,[13] she joined reigning champions Chelsea on 4 January 2019.[14] Chelsea manager Emma Hayes signed her as part of the team rebuild even though Chelsea had three other goalkeepers on their roster.[15]

In April 2021, Berger made title winning saves away against Manchester City in a 2–2 draw, as Chelsea fought to preserve their lead at the top of the table.[16] Chelsea and manager Emma Hayes later won their 4th WSL title, the most by any WSL team, by 2 points on the final day of the 2020–21 season with a 5–0 victory over Reading. Chelsea broke the records for most wins (18) and most points (57) in a season, and became just the third team to defend the League title after Liverpool and Arsenal. Berger registered the most clean sheets (12), winning the Golden Glove.[17] On 23 August 2022 Berger announced, that she was suffering from thyroid cancer again.[18] A little over a month later, on the 25 September, Berger made her comeback against Manchester City.[19] In March 2023, Berger made the decisive save on Lindsey Horan's shot in the penalty shootout with Lyon, to take Chelsea to the semi-finals in the Women's Champions league.[20]

In April 2024, it was announced that Berger had signed a one-year contract with an option for an additional year with Gotham FC.[21][22] In September she extended her contract till 2026.[23] In November 2024, Berger was ranked 25th, as the best goalkeeper worldwide by ESPN, in a list of the “Top 50 soccer players of 2024.”[24]

International career

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Berger received her first call-up to the Germany national team in November 2018.[14] She made her national debut on December 1, 2020 in the Euro 2022 qualifier against the Republic of Ireland.[25]

She was named in the squad for Euro 2022, but did not play, as Germany finished as runners-up.[26] In July 2023, she was named in the squad for the 2023 World Cup.[27] She made no appearances and for the first time ever, Germany got knocked out after the group stage.

In July 2024, she got selected for the squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics[28] and was promoted to the new number one for this tournament.[29] During the penalty shootouts in the quarter-finals against Canada, she saved two shots from Ashley Lawrence and Adriana Leon before scoring the decisive penalty which qualified her nation to the semi-finals.[30] In the bronze match against Spain she deflected a penalty in the ninth minute of added time and played a big part, why Germany won the bronze medal.[31]

Personal life

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Berger is openly lesbian, and since 2017 in a relationship with her Birmingham City, Chelsea, and Gotham teammate Jess Carter.[32] They announced their engagement in May 2024.[33]

Berger is an Ambassador and co-founder of the Judan Ali Football Academy known as JAFA based in London and founded in 2019.[34][35]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of matches played 11 June 2024[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
VfL Sindelfingen 2009–10 2. Frauen-Bundesliga 5 0 — — — — 5 0
2010–11 7 0 — — — — 7 0
Total 12 0 — — — — 12 0
Turbine Potsdam 2011–12 Frauen-Bundesliga 5 0 2 0 — 3 0 — 10 0
2012–13 — — — — — 0 0
2013–14 14 0 1 0 — 7 0 — 22 0
Total 19 0 3 0 — 10 0 — 32 0
Paris Saint-Germain 2014–15 Division 1 Féminine 6 0 — — — — 6 0
2015–16 6 0 — — 3 0 — 9 0
Total 12 0 — — 3 0 — 15 0
Birmingham City 2016 FA WSL 6 0 — 3 0 — — 9 0
2017 5 0 3 0 — — — 8 0
2017–18 14 0 — 2 0 — — 16 0
2018–19 8 0 — 3 0 — — 11 0
Total 33 0 3 0 8 0 — — 44 0
Chelsea[36] 2018–19 FA WSL 1 0 — — 4 0 — 5 0
2019–20 13 0 2 0 2 0 — — 17 0
2020–21 17 0 3 0 4 0 8 0 1 0 33 0
2021–22 14 0 4 0 2 0 3 0 — 23 0
2022–23 15 0 2 0 2 0 7 0 — 26 0
2023–24 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 — 7 0
Total 65 0 11 0 10 0 24 0 1 0 108 0
NJ/NY Gotham[37] 2024 NWSL 7 0 — 0 0 — — 7 0
Total 7 0 — 0 0 — — 7 0
Career total 148 0 17 0 18 0 37 0 1 0 221 0

International

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As of 25 October 2024[38]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2020 1 0
2021 1 0
2022 2 0
2023 4 0
2024 8 0
Total 17 0

Honours

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1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

Birmingham City

Chelsea

Germany

Individual

References

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