Lisa Weiß

Lisa Weiß
	Weiß in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Lisa Weiß
Date of birth	29 October 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Düsseldorf, West Germany
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	SV Lohausen
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–2006	SV Lohausen
2006–2007	FCR 2001 Duisburg
2007–2018	SGS Essen
2018–2020	Lyon
2020–2021	Aston Villa
2021–2023	VfL Wolfsburg
International career‡
2010–2017	Germany
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Germany
UEFA Women's Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2022; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 March 2017

Lisa Weiß (born 29 October 1987) is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Germany national team.^[2]^[3]

Career

Weiß began her career with the Düsseldorf district club Lohausener SV. In 2006 she moved to the Bundesliga club FCR 2001 Duisburg. After just one year, she switched to SG Essen-Schoenebeck , which has been operating as SGS Essen since the 2012/13 season. On 7 October 2007 (3rd matchday) she made her Bundesliga debut in a 1-1 home draw against 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam. After 187 Bundesliga games, Weiß said goodbye to Essen on 30 May 2018^[4] and signed for the 2018/19 season with Champions League winners Lyon. For the 2020/21 season, Weiß moved to the English league to promoted Aston Villa and signed a two-year contract there.^[5] After just one season, she returned to Germany and played in five league games in the 2021/22 season for VfL Wolfsburg, with whom she won the German championship.

On 25 February 2023, her club VfL Wolfsburg announced that Weiß would not renew her contract after the current season and would retire.^[6]

International career

On 22 May 2008, she made her debut for the U23 national team, which lost 1-0 to the United States.^[7] A short time later, White was included in the preparation squad for the 2008 Olympic football tournament by national coach Silvia Neid. In 2009 she was named to the squad for the European Championship, but did not play in this.^[8] On 26 May 2010, she also played her sixth and last international match in this age group against the U-23 selection of the Americans.

Weiß made her senior international debut for Germany on 17 February 2010, as a 17th minute substitute for the injured Nadine Angerer in a 3–0 friendly victory over North Korea.^[9]

At the end of the year in football, she was part of the squad for the senior national team that beat England 3-0 in London on 23 November 2014.

In 2016 and 2017 she played three more international matches.^[10] She was part of the squad at the 2017 European Championships but was not used.

Honours

FCR 2001 Duisburg

Bundesliga: Runner-up 2006–07
German Cup: Runner-up 2006–07

Lyon

VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga: 2022
German Cup: 2022, 2023

Germany

European Championship: Winner 2009

References

^ Lisa Weiß at Olympedia
^ "Lisa Weiß signs for Villa Women". www.avfc.co.uk.
^ "Steckbrief Lisa Weiß" (in German). sgs-frauenfussball.de. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
^ Zeitung, Süddeutsche (7 May 2018). "Fußball-Torhüterin Lisa Weiß verlässt die SGS Essen". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ "FA WSL: Weiß wird eine Villans - Newsansicht - Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de". www.soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ "Karriereende im Sommer". VfL Wolfsburg (in German). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ "Statistik-Center". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). 14 August 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ "DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. - Newsmeldung". 3 August 2009. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ "Deutschland - Nordkorea 3:0 (2:0)" (in German). dfb.de. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
^ "Lisa Weiß". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). 22 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2023.