Barbara Dunst (born 25 September 1997) is an Austrian

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who plays as a

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for German

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club

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

and the Austria women's national team.

Career

Club

Dunst began playing football in 2004 at SV Anger, where she played for eight years in the boys' team. In November 2012, she signed with

ÖFB-Frauenliga The ÖFB-Frauenliga (German for "ÖFB Women League") is the top level women's football league of Austria. Since 2002 the champion qualifies for the UEFA Women's Champions League. In the 2000s SV Neulengbach dominated the league, winning the cha ...

club LUV Graz, for which she made her debut on 10 November 2012 in a league match against

FC Wacker Innsbruck FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol. History The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and o ...

. For the 2014–15 season, she moved to the league rivals and reigning cup winners

SKN St. Pölten Sportklub Niederösterreich St. Pölten is an Austrian football club from Sankt Pölten, capital of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. St. Pölten currently play in the Austrian Football Second League, the second tier of the Austrian footbal ...

. With St. Pölten, Dunst won the championship and the cup and repeated this success in the following season. In the

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, her team reached the Round of 32 in both, the 2015–16 season and the 2016–17 season, being eliminated by

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and Brøndby, respectively. In the second half of the 2016–17 season, Dunst signed a contract with the German

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club

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, t ...

, for which she debut on 19 February 2017 at a 1–1 tie in a league match against

FF USV Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German women's football club from Jena, Thuringia. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga, the highest level of women's football in Germany. Carl Zeiss Jena played regional women's football since 2016/17 but became m ...

. On 21 June 2017, Dunst left Leverkusen and moved to

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jers ...

International

Dunst played for the Austria U17 national team between 2013 and 2014. In 2013, she participated with her team in the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, where Austria was eliminated in the second round. In 2015, Dunst became part of the Austrian U19 team. In 2016, she played

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, where Austria was eliminated in the Group Stage. In October 2015, she was first called for the Austrian Senior Team for a European Championship qualifier against

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. In March 2016, she won the

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with her team. In 2017, Dunst was part of the 23-women squad who represented Austria and reached the semi-finals at the

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International goals

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* * * 1997 births Living people Austria women's international footballers Austrian women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Bayer 04 Leverkusen (women) players MSV Duisburg (women) players Expatriate women's footballers in Germany FSK St. Pölten-Spratzern players Frauen-Bundesliga players 1. FFC Frankfurt players Eintracht Frankfurt (women) players ÖFB-Frauenliga players DFC LUV Graz players Footballers from Graz UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Austrian expatriate women's footballers {{Austria-women-footy-bio-stub