Maja Sternad
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 December 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Bornholte, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2019 | SC Verl | ||
| 2019–2020 | Arminia Bielefeld | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | Arminia Bielefeld | 16 | (3) |
| 2021–2026 | Werder Bremen | 98 | (8) |
| 2026– | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Germany U19 | 5 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Germany U19 | 4 | (2) |
| 2022 | Germany U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | Slovenia | 18 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 July 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 June 2026 | |||
Maja Sternad (born 28 April 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Born in Germany, she plays for the Slovenia women's national team.
Club career
[edit]Sternad began playing football with the boy's youth side of SC Verl, before moving to Arminia Bielefeld on 26 November 2019.[1] On 16 June 2021, she transferred to the Frauen-Bundesliga club Werder Bremen.[2] For the 2026/27 season, she moved to a league rival Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[3]
International career
[edit]Born in Germany, Sternad is of Slovene descent through her father from Maribor and holds dual-citizenship. She played for the Germany U20s at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[4] On 16 October 2024, it was announced that she opted to play for the Slovenia women's national team at a senior level.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204629/https://www.fupa.net/news/dsc-arminia-bielefeld-dsc-arminia-bielefeld-verpflichtet-maj-2586818
- ↑ Burkamp, Peter. "Arminias Maja Sternad wechselt zu Werder - Krall kommt zurück". Neue Westfälische.
- ↑ "Slovenia international Maja Sternad moves from Bremen to Bayer 04". www.bayer04.de.
- ↑ "Peter nominiert 21 Spielerinnen für U 20-WM" [Peter nominates 21 players for the U20 World Cup] (in German). German Football Association. 1 August 2022. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ↑ "For her father's country: FIFA also officially confirms that Maja Sternad from Werder Bremen can play for Slovenia - Planet Nogomet". 16 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- Maja Sternad at WorldFootball.net
- DFB Profile
- 2003 births
- Living people
- People from Gütersloh (district)
- Slovenian people of German descent
- German people of Slovenian descent
- 21st-century Slovenian sportswomen
- 21st-century German sportswomen
- Slovenian women's footballers
- German women's footballers
- Footballers from Detmold (region)
- Slovenia women's international footballers
- Germany women's youth international footballers
- Women's association football wingers
- Frauen-Bundesliga players
- 2. Frauen-Bundesliga players
- Slovenian expatriate women's footballers
- Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
- SV Werder Bremen (women) players
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen (women) players