Heidi Mohr (29 May 1967 – 7 February 2019) was a German

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who played as a forward. She was renowned for her speed and her ability to shoot with both feet. In 1999 she was voted Europe's Footballer of the Century.

Club career

Mohr played in the

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for TuS Ahrbach, TuS Niederkirchen, and 1. FFC Frankfurt. She was top scorer in the Bundesliga for five consecutive years from 1991 to 1995.

International career

Mohr's debut was against

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on 19 May 1986. She had 104 appearances for Germany's national team and won the

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and 1995 Women's EURO. She scored eight times at European Championships and ten times at

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. With 83 career goals she was Germany's all-time top scorer until

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overtook her in 2005. Mohr's last game was on 29 September 1996 against

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Death

Mohr died in February 2019, aged 51, after suffering from

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Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mohr goal.''

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments

Heidi Mohr competed in two FIFA Women's World Cup: China 1991 and Sweden 1995; and one Olympics: Atlanta 1996; played 15 matches and scored 11 goals Mohr with her Germany team finished third at the 1991 Women's World Cup, held in China.

Honours

TuS Niederkirchen *

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1. FFC Frankfurt * Bundesliga: 1998–99 *

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: 1998–99, 1999–2000 Germany *

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Individual * Bundesliga top scorer:

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, 1991–92,

, 1993–94, 1994–95 *

top scorer:

* FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Shoe:

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: 1989, 1991, 1995

References

;Match reports 1967 births 2019 deaths Women's association football forwards Olympic footballers of Germany Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics German women's footballers Germany women's international footballers FIFA Century Club 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic women's footballers of Germany UEFA Women's Championship-winning players People from Weinheim Sportspeople from Karlsruhe (region) Footballers from Baden-Württemberg 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen players 1. FFC Frankfurt players {{Germany-women-footy-bio-stub