Sandra Starke
 Starke training with SC Freiburg in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sandra Starke[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 July 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Windhoek, Namibia | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | RB Leipzig | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2013 | Turbine Potsdam II | 81 | (36) |
| 2012 | Turbine Potsdam | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2021 | SC Freiburg | 152 | (41) |
| 2017–2018 | SC Freiburg II | 4 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | VfL Wolfsburg | 19 | (3) |
| 2021–2023 | VfL Wolfsburg II | 5 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Chicago Red Stars (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2023– | RB Leipzig | 42 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009 | Germany U16 | 4 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Germany U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019– | Germany | 6 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:04, 9 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 05:12, 16 June 2021 (UTC) | |||
Sandra Starke (born 31 July 1993) is a Namibian-born German footballer who plays as a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Germany national team.
She was born in Windhoek, Namibia to a Namibian-born German father and a Dutch mother.[2]
Club career
[edit]Sandra Starke was born and raised in Namibia and came to Germany at age twelve. On the recommendation of a friend, she went to the "Sportschule Friedrich-Ludwig Jahn", the sports boarding school of the Turbine Potsdam.[3] From 2006 to 2010 she played in the youth teams and won the German B junior championship in 2008, 2009, and 2010. In 2010 she got promoted to the professional squad, but she was mainly used for the second team in the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga North.
Her first-team debut came on 23 November 2012.[4] In the summer of 2013, Starke signed a contract with SC Freiburg. On 14 September 2013 (second matchday) she scored her first Bundesliga goal in the 1–2 defeat in the away game against Bayern Munich with the goal in the 51st minute.[5] In 2017–18 season, Starke was injured[6] but was able to play again in the 2018–19 season and extended her contract with SC Freiburg in February 2019.[7]
In February 2021, Starke signed a three-year contract with VfL Wolfsburg until mid-2024.[8] In April 2023, she joined Chicago Red Stars on loan until 30 June 2023.[9]
In July 2023, Starke signed a contract with RB Leipzig until summer 2025.[10]
International career
[edit]For the U16 national team, she played four international matches in the Nordic Cup tournament, for the first time on 29 June 2009 in Hagfors / Sweden in a 3–0 victory over the selection of the Netherlands, when she came on in the 67th minute for Sofia Nati, most recently on July 4, 2009 in the 2–1 defeat by the Swedes. Her only international goal came on 30 June 2009 in Forshaga, 1–0 after 15 minutes in a 6–0 win over the Icelandic team. Starke was in the squad for the U17 national team for the 2010 World Cup, but did not play. Most recently, from 2011 to 2012, she made five appearances for the U19 national team. She made her debut for the senior team in a 5–0 win over Greece on 8 October 2019, scoring her first senior international goal with a 3–0 goal in the 65th minute. She had come on for Linda Dallmann in the second half.[11]
Personal life
[edit]On the occasion of World Diabetes Day on 14 November 2020, Starke made her type 1 diabetes public, which was first diagnosed a few years earlier.[12] She is the sister of Namibian international footballer Manfred Starke.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 26 March 2023[citation needed]
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Turbine Potsdam II | 2009–10 | 2. Frauen-Bundesliga | 20 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2010–11 | 18 | 9 | — | — | 18 | 9 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 22 | 14 | — | — | 22 | 14 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 21 | 12 | — | — | 21 | 12 | ||||
| Total | 81 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 36 | ||
| Turbine Potsdam | 2010–11 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| SC Freiburg | 2013–14 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | 21 | 8 | |
| 2014–15 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | — | 25 | 13 | |||
| 2015–16 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 24 | 6 | |||
| 2016–17 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 25 | 4 | |||
| 2017–18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 5 | — | 26 | 11 | |||
| 2019–20 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | 24 | 7 | |||
| 2020–21 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | 25 | 6 | |||
| Total | 152 | 41 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 56 | ||
| SC Freiburg II | 2017–18 | 2. Frauen-Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| VfL Wolfsburg | 2021–22 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| 2022–23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | ||
| VfL Wolfsburg II | 2021–22 | 2. Frauen-Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 262 | 81 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 298 | 96 | ||
International
[edit]- As of 18 September 2021[14]
| Germany | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 1 |
- Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Starke goal.
| No. | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 October 2019 | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece |  Greece | 3–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
Honours
[edit]- German Cup: Finalist 2019, Winner 2022
- German Champion: 2022
- German B Junior Champion: 2008, 2009, 2010
References
[edit]- ↑ "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Trinidad and Tobago 2010 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 6 September 2010. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ↑ "Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag, Manfred Starke!" (in German). Hansa Rostock. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ↑ "Fußballinternat: Eine wie Podolski". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ↑ "Sandra Starke feiert Debüt in der ersten Bundesliga". 15 December 2012. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ↑ "Sandra Starke verstärkt SC-Frauen | SC Freiburg". 20 October 2014. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ↑ "Wolfsburg im Spitzenspiel gegen Potsdam". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ↑ "Sandra Starke verlängert ihren Vertrag beim Sport-Club | SC Freiburg". 25 March 2019. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ↑ "Vierter Neuzugang steht fest". VfL Wolfsburg (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ↑ "Leihe zum Partnerverein". VfL Wolfsburg (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ↑ RBLive/msc. "Erster Neuzugang vom VfL Wolfsburg: Sandra Starke verstärkt die Frauen". rblive.de (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ↑ "Greece vs. Germany – 8 October 2019 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ↑ Zeitung, Badische (13 November 2020). "Diagnose Diabetes: So gehen Freiburgs OB Horn und Fußballerin Starke mit ihrer Krankheit um". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ↑ "Broken windows and a sibling rivalry". FIFA. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2020.[dead link]
- ↑ "Sandra Starke". dfb.de. 18 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Germany player profile
- Sandra Starke at Soccerway
- Sandra Starke at WorldFootball.net
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Women's association football forwards
- German women's footballers
- Germany women's international footballers
- German people of Namibian descent
- German people of Dutch descent
- Sportspeople of German descent
- Frauen-Bundesliga players
- 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players
- SC Freiburg (women) players
- VfL Wolfsburg (women) players
- RB Leipzig (women) players
- 2. Frauen-Bundesliga players
- Namibian women's footballers
- 21st-century Namibian sportswomen
- Footballers from Windhoek
- White Namibian people
- Namibian people of German descent
- Namibian people of Dutch descent
- 21st-century German sportswomen