Emily Kraft (born 18 February 2002) is a German-Irish international footballer who plays for

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of the

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. She made her debut for the

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in January 2019.

Club career

Kraft played for SV Concordia Gernsheim and RSV Germania Pfungstadt, before joining FFC Frankfurt's youth structure as a 14-year-old. She remained with Frankfurt when they were taken over by the local men's club and became Eintracht Frankfurt in 2020. In July 2022 she transferred to Lewes in the FA Women's Championship. After scoring five goals in twenty appearances across all competitions, Kraft signed for fellow Championship side

in July 2023.

International career

After previously representing the

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at under-15 and under-16 level, Kraft accepted a call-up to the Republic of Ireland women's national under-17 football team in October 2018. She was able to represent Ireland as her mother Orla is from

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. In her first match for Ireland under-17s she scored four goals in a 14–0 win over

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. Ireland's senior national team

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Colin Bell called up Kraft for the first time in January 2019, for a friendly against

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, staged at

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. She started the match to win her first

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. In March 2019, Kraft suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in Ireland under-17's 1–1 draw with

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. She injured her cruciate again in July 2020 while training with her German club.

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at German Football Association {{DEFAULTSORT:Kraft, Emily 2002 births Living people Republic of Ireland women's association footballers Republic of Ireland women's international footballers Women's association football forwards Footballers from Frankfurt Irish people of German descent German people of Irish descent 1. FFC Frankfurt players Republic of Ireland women's youth international footballers Lewes F.C. Women players Southampton F.C. Women players Women's Championship (England) players Irish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate women's footballers in England Irish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Germany