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Kim Nadine Kulig-Soyah (; born 9 April 1990) is a retired German
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. She last played as a
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or
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for
1. FFC Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt is a German women's association football club based in Frankfurt. Its first team currently plays in the German top flight, Frauen-Bundesliga. From 1998 to 2020, the club was known as 1. FFC Frankfurt. Eintracht have won sev ...
and the German national team.


Career


Club

Kulig, born in Herrenberg,
Swabia Swabia ; german: Schwaben , colloquially ''Schwabenland'' or ''Ländle''; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany. The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of ...
, Baden-Württemberg, started her career at age eight at SV
Poltringen Poltringen is a village in the centre of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Before the Württemberg sovereignty came in 1805, Poltringen was two thirds under Austrian rule and one third under Württemberg rule. It has been part of the Ammerbuch municipal ...
, where she initially played in a boys' team. In 2001, she joined SV
Unterjesingen Unterjesingen is a village in the centre of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the Tübingen district. Since 1971, it is a part of the city of Tübingen. Unterjesingen lies in the valley of the small Ammer river, about 2 km to the east of Pf ...
, before moving to
VfL Sindelfingen VfL Sindelfingen is a German sports club from Sindelfingen, Baden–Württemberg. The club was founded in 1862 and has more than 9,000 members, making it one of biggest sports clubs in Germany. VfL Sindelfingen has departments for various sports ...
two years later. She made her second Bundesliga debut at Sindelfingen, where she scored 17 goals in her first season in the country's second division. In 2008, Kulig won the
Fritz Walter Friedrich "Fritz" Walter (, ; 31 October 1920 – 17 June 2002) was a German footballer who spent his entire senior career at 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He usually played as an attacking midfielder or inside forward. In his time with the Germany a ...
medal in silver as the year's second best female junior player. That year she moved to the
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side
Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football section. Though the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of three ...
. During three seasons at the club, she scored 27 goals in 59 Bundesliga appearances. From the 2011–12 season, Kulig has signed a three-year contract with
1. FFC Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt is a German women's association football club based in Frankfurt. Its first team currently plays in the German top flight, Frauen-Bundesliga. From 1998 to 2020, the club was known as 1. FFC Frankfurt. Eintracht have won sev ...
. In September 2015 she announced her retirement due to continued problems with a knee injury. She is now working with the
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and as a soccer commentator for
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.


International

At age 18, Kulig reached third-place with Germany at the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She made her debut for the German senior national team in February 2009 against
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. Only seven months after her first international game, Kulig won the 2009 European Championship with Germany. She scored the third goal in Germany's 6–2 win over
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in the final . Kulig returned to junior competition one year later, helping Germany lift the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup on home soil. In the tournament's final against Nigeria, Kulig hit the post which resulted in a Nigerian own goal and sealed the German 2–0 victory. Kulig was honoured as the tournament's third-best player. She has been called up for Germany's
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squad. During the quarter final of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup she was taken out in the 4th minute due to an
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of the right knee. On 15 September 2012, Kulig made her comeback after 14 months of injury in the UEFA Euro 2013 Qualifiers against Kazakhstan.


International goals

''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:'' Source:


Honours


International

*
UEFA European Championship The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition is contes ...
: Winner (1)
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*
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held in even-numbere ...
: Winner (1)
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, Third-place (1)
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Individual

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Fritz Walter Friedrich "Fritz" Walter (, ; 31 October 1920 – 17 June 2002) was a German footballer who spent his entire senior career at 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He usually played as an attacking midfielder or inside forward. In his time with the Germany a ...
medal: Silver 2008 *Third-best player: 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup


Personal life

On May 29, 2016 Kulig married the former soccer player Melanie Soyah.


References


External links


Profile
at the
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kulig, Kim 1990 births Living people People from Herrenberg Sportspeople from Stuttgart (region) German women's footballers Germany women's international footballers Hamburger SV (women) players 1. FFC Frankfurt players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football midfielders Women's association football forwards German LGBT sportspeople LGBT association football players UEFA Women's Championship-winning players Footballers from Baden-Württemberg Lesbian sportswomen