Sara Däbritz

Sara Däbritz
	Däbritz with Germany in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Sara Ilonka Däbritz
Date of birth	15 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Amberg, Germany
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Lyon
Number	8
Youth career
	SpVgg Ebermannsdorf
0000–2010	JFG Vilstal
2011–2012	SpVgg SV Weiden
2012	SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2015	SC Freiburg
2015–2019	Bayern Munich
2019–2022	Paris Saint-Germain
2022–	Lyon
International career‡
2010	Germany U15
2010–2012	Germany U17
2012–2013	Germany U19
2014	Germany U20
2013–	Germany
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
UEFA Women's Championship
UEFA Women's Nations League
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 March 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:55, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Sara Ilonka Däbritz (born 15 February 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Division 1 Féminine club Lyon and the Germany national team.

Club career

Däbritz began her junior career at SpVgg SV Weiden and SC Freiburg before joining the senior team of SC Freiburg in 2012. In 2015, she moved to Bayern Munich.^[2] In 2019, she agreed a move to Paris Saint-Germain.^[3] During the 2020/21 season, she appeared 18 times, scoring three goals and providing eight assists as Paris won the Division 1 Féminine title. In June 2022, she signed a contract with Olympique Lyonnais to keep her at the club until the 2025 season.^[4]

International career

On 29 June 2013, Däbritz made her debut at senior level coming in as a second-half substitute during a friendly match against Japan. She was called up to be part of the national team for the successful campaign at the UEFA Women's Euro 2013.^[5] In 2014, she was part of the Germany U-20 at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup,^[6] achieving another title with a contribution of five goals for which she received the Bronze Shoe. Named for Germany's national squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, she scored her first senior goal during the tournament's match against Ivory Coast.

She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.^[7]^[8]

At the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, she scored a goal in Germany's 1–0, and 4–0 wins over Spain and South Africa, earning the player of the match award on both occasions.^[9] She scored in Germany's 3–0 triumph over Nigeria, bringing her goal total to three for the tournament.

Career statistics

As of 23 February 2024^[10]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany	2013	7	0
	2014	4	0
	2015	15	4
	2016	12	4
	2017	10	0
	2018	10	2
	2019	12	6
	2020	2	0
	2021	10	1
	2022	11	0
	2023	10	0
	2024	1	0
Total		104	17

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Däbritz goal.

List of international goals scored by Sara Däbritz
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 June 2015	Ottawa, Canada	Ivory Coast	8–0	10–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2	15 June 2015	Winnipeg, Canada	Thailand	4–0	4–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
3	25 October 2015	Sandhausen, Germany	Turkey	4–0	7–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
4	25 October 2015	Sandhausen, Germany	Turkey	7–0	7–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
5	22 July 2016	Paderborn, Germany	Ghana	6–0	11–0	Friendly
6	3 August 2016	São Paulo, Brazil	Zimbabwe	1–0	6–1	2016 Summer Olympics
7	6 August 2016	São Paulo, Brazil	Australia	1–2	2–2	2016 Summer Olympics
8	16 August 2016	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Canada	2–0	2–0	2016 Summer Olympics
9	10 June 2018	Hamilton, Canada	Canada	2–2	3–2	Friendly
10	10 November 2018	Osnabrück, Germany	Italy	2–0	5–2	Friendly
11	12 June 2019	Valenciennes, France	Spain	1–0	1–0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
12	17 June 2019	Montpellier, France	South Africa	2–0	4–0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
13	22 June 2019	Grenoble, France	Nigeria	2–0	3–0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
14	3 September 2019	Lviv, Ukraine	Ukraine	1–0	8–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
15				5–0
16				7–0
17	26 October 2021	Essen, Germany	Israel	2–0	7–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification