Laura Feiersinger (born 5 April 1993) is an Austrian

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who plays as a

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for German Frauen-Bundesliga club

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and the Austria women's national team.

Club career

USK Hof, 2008–2010

Feiersinger starter her senior career with USK Hof in the ÖFB-Frauenliga, the Austrian league. She spent two years at the club, playing in 36 regular season games and scoring 9 goals.

Herforder SV, 2010–2011

Feiersinger was recruited and signed for

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who then played in the Frauen-Bundesliga, the top flight of German Football. This move required her to leave home at age 18. While playing for Herforder she made 18 regular season appearances, scoring 7 goals. Feiersinger left the club after they were relegated to the

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Bayern Munich, 2011–2016

Feiersinger signed for Bundesliga side FC Bayern Munich in 2011. During her first year at the club she won the

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, Germany's second-most important title in women's football. In March 2014 she suffered a serious injury, breaking her shin and fibula. However, she was able to get her contract with the club renewed in 2015. She went on to win back to back Frauen Bundesliga titles in 2014–2015 and 2015–2016. At the time of her departure in 2016 Feiersinger had made 62 regular season appearances.

SC Sand, 2016–2018

Feiersinger moved to SC Sand ahead of the 2016–2017 season in order to get more regular playing time. During her first season with the club she was runner-up for the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal Frauen. She left SC Sand after two seasons, 39 regular season appearances and 5 goals.

FFC Frankfurt, 2018–

Feiersinger signed Bundesliga side 1. FFC Frankfurt ahead of their 2018–2019 season on a two-year contract. During her first year with the club she made 21 appearances, scoring 10 goals.

International career

She has been a member of the Austrian national team since 2010. With Austria she won the 2016

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. She was part of the squad which qualified and went to their first major tournament, the

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in the Netherlands. The team did exceptionally well, reaching the semi-finals which it lost to Denmark on penalty shots. Feiersinger players every single minute of the tournament for Austria.

International goals

''Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first:

Personal life

When Feiersinger was younger she tried a variety of sports including biathlon, athletics, cross country and football. She entered the Austrian sports school model (SSM) and at age 15 decided to specialize as a footballer.

Wolfgang Feiersinger Wolfgang Feiersinger (born 30 January 1965) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Feiersinger started his professional career in 1986 with Austria Salzburg and stayed with them for ten years, winni ...

, her father, is a former footballer who won the champions league playing for

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and also played for the Austrian national team. Feiersinger also pursued a bachelor's degree in sports science.

Honours

; Bayern München *

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: Winner 2014–15, 2015–16 *

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: Winner 2011–12 ;Austria * Cyprus Women's Cup: Winner

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;Individual * Austrian Footballer of the Year: 2012

We Play Strong

Feiersinger is one of UEFA's official ambassadors fo
#WePlayStrong
a social media and vlogging campaign which was launched in 2018. The campaign's "...aim is to promote women’s football as much as we can and to make people aware of women’s football, really,”

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, another participant explains. “The ultimate goal is to make football the most played sport by females by 2020. So it’s a UEFA initiative to get more women and girls playing football, whether they want to be professional or not.” The series, which also originally included professional footballers

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, Eunice Beckmann,

and now also includes Petronella Ekroth and

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, follows the daily lives of female professional footballers.

Social media

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Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Feiersinger, Laura 1993 births Living people People from Saalfelden Austrian women's footballers Austria women's international footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Germany FC Bayern Munich (women) players SC Sand players 1. FFC Frankfurt players Eintracht Frankfurt (women) players Austrian expatriate women's footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Women's association football midfielders Frauen-Bundesliga players Footballers from Salzburg (state) UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players FIFA Women's Century Club