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Sarah Zadrazil

Sarah Zadrazil with Bayern Munich in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Sarah Zadrazil
Date of birth	(1993-02-19) 19 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Bad Ischl, Austria
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Bayern Munich
Number	25
Youth career
	USC Abersee
	SG FC Bergheim / USK Hof
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2015	ETSU Buccaneers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2011	SG FC Bergheim / USK Hof
2015	Washington Spirit Reserves	12	(4)
2016–2020	Turbine Potsdam	82	(8)
2020–	Bayern Munich	81	(2)
International career
	Austria U17	6	(5)
2009–2012	Austria U19	15	(8)
2010–	Austria	117	(15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:55, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Sarah Zadrazil (born 19 February 1993) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club Bayern Munich and the Austria national team.

College career

Zadrazil played college soccer for the East Tennessee State Buccaneers (ETSU) in the southeastern United States. During her four years with the Buccaneers, Zadrazil broke several ETSU records. Her freshman year she tied the single-season assists record for a freshman. She was named to The Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year. She followed this impressive freshman year with a sophomore year that saw her score 8 goals and provide 11 assist, meriting her the 2013 Atlantic Sun Player of the Year. Her junior year saw her become the ETSU career-leader in points, assists and shots attempted. She was named to the Southern Conference All-First Team and All-Tournament Team and NSCAA All-Southern Region Second Team. She finished her senior year being named to the NSCAA All-Southern Region Third team and became the first ever ETSU player to win the Southern Conference Player of the Year award. Zadrazil left ETSU as its career leader in points (101), assists (48), game-winning goals (11), shots attempted (213) and shots on goal (106). She graduated with a degree in exercise science.

Club career

Washington Spirit reserve

In 2015, Zadrazil helped the Washington Spirit reserve team win the 2015 W-League championship. While she went undrafted in the 2016 NWSL College Draft, Zadrazil was invited in March 2016 to attend the Washington Spirit pre-season training camp as an unsigned player. Later in March 2016 she accepted an invitation to join Portland Thorns FC's training camp.

Turbine Potsdam

Zadrazil agreed a two-year contract with German Frauen-Bundesliga club Turbine Potsdam in May 2016. In December 2017, she extended her contract with Potsdam until June 30, 2020.

In December 2018, Zadrazil won the inaugural Austrian Footballer of the Year award, voted by Austrian Press Agency DiePresse. Austrian Footballer of the Year She subsequently won the 2018–19 Salzburger Leonidas Sportwoman of the Year award.

Bayern Munich

In June 2020, Zadrazil signed a three-year contract with Bayern Munich.

International career

Zadrazil made her debut for the Austria national team in a match against Turkey in 2010. In April 2016, she scored in a 6–1 victory over Kazakhstan. She helped Austria to a 2016 Cyprus Cup win, scoring once in the game against Hungary.

Zadrazil was part of the Austrian squad which reached the 2017 UEFA Women's Euro semifinal.

Zadrazil was part of the squad that was called up to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.

International goals

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	5 March 2014	Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal	Portugal	1–2	2–3	2014 Algarve Cup
2.	12 March 2014	Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal	Portugal	2–0	2–1
3.	4 March 2016	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Hungary	1–0	2–1	2016 Cyprus Women's Cup
5.	7 April 2016	Vorwärts Stadium, Steyr, Austria	Kazakhstan	4–0	6–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
6.	6 July 2017	Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria	Denmark	3–1	4–2	Friendly
7.				4–1
8.	26 July 2017	Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Iceland	1–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017
9.	4 September 2018	Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria	Finland	2–0	4–1	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
10.	8 November 2019	Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia	North Macedonia	2–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
11.	12 November 2019	BSFZ-Arena, Maria Enzersdorf, Austria	Kazakhstan	7–0	9–0
12.	30 November 2021	Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	8–0	8–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
13.	12 June 2022	Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria	Denmark	1–0	1–2	Friendly
14.	17 February 2023	Hibernians Stadium, Paola, Malta	Netherlands	2–1	2–1

Personal life

Zadrazil is a trained nursery teacher and would work in this area if she didn't pursue football.

We Play Strong

Zadrazil is one of UEFA's official ambassadors for #WePlayStrong, a social media and vlogging campaign which was launched in 2018. The campaign's "...aim is to promote women’s football as much as we can and to make people aware of women’s football, really,” Evans, another participant explains. “The ultimate goal is to make football the most played sport by females by 2020. So it’s a UEFA initiative to get more women and girls playing football, whether they want to be professional or not.” The series, which also originally included professional footballers Lisa Evans, Eunice Beckmann, Laura Feiersinger and now also includes Petronella Ekroth and Shanice van de Sanden, follows the daily lives of female professional footballers.

Honours

Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24
• DFB-Supercup: 2024

Austria

• Cyprus Women's Cup: 2016

Individual

• Austrian Footballer of the Year: 2018
• Salzburger Leonidas Sportwoman of the Year: 2018–19

Social media

• Instagram
• Twitter

References

1. "Austria – S. Zadrazil – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Women Soccerway". women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
2. Hays, Graham (20 October 2014). "NCAA Soccer: 5 Things You Need To Know". ESPN. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
3. ^ "Sarah Zadrazil". East Tennessee State University. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
4. "Overtime goal ends ETSU's A-Sun title hopes, 2-1". East Tennessee State University. 27 October 2012. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
5. "Zadrazil named Atlantic Sun Player of the Year". East Tennessee State University. 31 October 2013. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
6. "ETSU'S ZADRAZIL NAMED SOCON PLAYER OF THE YEAR". Southern Conference. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
7. "ETSU SOCCER-PLAYER SARAH ZADRAZIL WINS WOMEN'S SOCON PLAYER OF THE YEAR". Eastern Tennessean. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
8. ^ "Zadrazil signs professional contract with FFC Turbine Potsdam". 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
9. "Zadrazil helps club to W-League Title". East Tennessee State University. 27 July 2015. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
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11. "NWSL announces draft-eligible players". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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13. "Washington Spirit Announces 2016 Preseason Roster". Washington Spirit. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
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20. "Leonidas-Gala 2019: Hirscher und Zadrazil sind Salzburgs Sportler des Jahres" (in German). Salzburger Nachrichten. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
21. "Bayern Munich sign Sarah Zadrazil from Turbine Potsdam". MSN. 11 June 2020.
22. "ÖFB-Frauen feiern Kantersieg in EM-Qualifikation". DiePresse.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
23. "Der EURO-Kader steht, Thalhammer nominiert 23 Spielerinnen". oefb.at (in German). 1 July 2017.
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27. "Arsenal's Lisa Evans launches scheme to get more women playing football". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
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29. "FC Bayern Women retain Bundesliga title!". fcbayern.com. FC Bayern München. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
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31. "Leonidas-Gala 2019: Hirscher und Zadrazil sind Salzburgs Sportler des Jahres" (in German). Salzburger Nachrichten. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

External links

• Profile at the FC Bayern Munich website
• Sarah Zadrazil – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Sarah Zadrazil at DFB (also available in German)
• Profile Archived 2023-04-22 at the Wayback Machine at East Tennessee State University
• Sarah Zadrazil at Soccerway

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ramey Kerns (East Tennessee State University)	ASUN Player of the Year 2013	Succeeded by Tabby Tindell (Florida Gulf Coast University)

v t e Austria squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2017 semi-finalists
1 Zinsberger 2 Georgieva 3 Naschenweng 4 Pinther 5 Maierhofer 6 Schiechtl 7 Wenninger 8 Prohaska 9 Zadrazil 10 Burger 11 Schnaderbeck 12 Enzinger 13 Kirchberger 14 Dunst 15 Billa 16 Eder 17 Puntigam 18 Feiersinger 19 Aschauer 20 Makas 21 Pfeiler 22 Klein 23 Größinger Coach: Thalhammer

v t e Austria squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2022
1 Zinsberger 2 Georgieva 3 Naschenweng 4 Degen 5 Schasching 6 Schiechtl 7 Wenninger 8 Dunst 9 Zadrazil 10 Feiersinger 11 Schnaderbeck (c) 12 Wienroither 13 Kirchberger 14 Höbinger 15 Billa 16 Eder 17 Puntigam 18 Hickelsberger-Füller 19 Hanshaw 20 Makas 21 Kresche 22 Erzinger 23 Pal Coach: Fuhrmann

• 1993 births
• Living people
• Austrian women's footballers
• Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
• Austrian expatriate women's footballers
• Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
• Austria women's international footballers
• USL W-League (1995–2015) players
• East Tennessee State University alumni
• 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players
• Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
• Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
• East Tennessee State Buccaneers women's soccer players
• Women's association football midfielders
• Frauen-Bundesliga players
• Footballers from Salzburg (federal state)
• People from Bad Ischl
• People from Salzburg-Umgebung District
• FC Bayern Munich (women) players
• UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players
• FIFA Women's Century Club
• UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players
• 21st-century Austrian sportswomen