Sarah Zadrazil (born 19 February 1993) is an Austrian

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who plays as a

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for German club

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and the Austria national team.

College career

Zadrazil played

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for the East Tennessee State Buccaneers (ETSU) in the southeastern United States. During her four years with the Buccaneers, Zadrazil broke several ETSU records. Her freshman year she tied the single-season assists record for a freshman. She was named to The Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year. She followed this impressive freshman year with a sophomore year that saw her score 8 goals and provide 11 assist, meriting her the 2013 Atlantic Sun Player of the Year. Her junior year saw her become the ETSU career-leader in points, assists and shots attempted. She was named to the Southern Conference All-First Team and All-Tournament Team and NSCAA All-Southern Region Second Team. She finished her senior year being named to the NSCAA All-Southern Region Third team and became the first ever ETSU player to win the Southern Conference Player of the Year award. Zadrazil left ETSU as its career leader in points (101), assists (48), game-winning goals (11), shots attempted (213) and shots on goal (106). She graduated with a degree in exercise science.

Club career

Washington Spirit reserve

In 2015, Zadrazil helped the

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reserve team win the 2015 W-League championship. While she went undrafted in the 2016 NWSL College Draft, Zadrazil was invited in March 2016 to attend the

pre-season training camp as an unsigned player. Later in March 2016 she accepted an invitation to join

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's training camp.

Turbine Potsdam

Zadrazil agreed a two-year contract with German

Frauen-Bundesliga The Frauen-Bundesliga (German for ''Women's Federal League''), currently known as the FLYERALARM Frauen-Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of league competition for women's association football in Germany. In 1990 the German Foo ...

club

Turbine Potsdam 1. Frauenfußballclub Turbine Potsdam 71 e. V., commonly known as 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (or Turbine Potsdam outside of Germany), is a German women's football club located in Potsdam, Brandenburg. They are one of the most successful women's footb ...

in May 2016. In December 2017, she extended her contract with Potsdam until June 30, 2020. In December 2018, Zadrazil won the inaugural Austrian Footballer of the Year award, voted by Austrian Press Agency DiePresse. Austrian Footballer of the Year She subsequently won the 2018–19 Salzburger Leonidas Sportwoman of the Year award.

Bayern Munich

In June 2020, Zadrazil signed a three-year contract with

International career

Zadrazil made her debut for the Austria national team in a match against

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in 2010. In April 2016, she scored in a 6–1 victory over

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. She helped Austria to a 2016 Cyprus Cup win, scoring once in the game against Hungary. She was part of the Austrian squad which reached the 2017 UEFA Women's Euro semifinal.

International goals

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

Honours

Club

Bayern Munich

* Bundesliga: 2020-21 ; ; ;Austria *

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: Winner

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;Individual *2018 Austrian Footballer of the Year *2018–19 Salzburger Leonidas Sportwoman of the Year

We Play Strong

Zadrazil is one of UEFA's official ambassadors for ''#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,” Evans, 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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Laura Feiersinger Laura Feiersinger (born 5 April 1993) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a midfielder for German Frauen-Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Austria women's national team. Club career USK Hof, 2008–2010 Feiersinger starter her se ...

and now also includes

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and

Shanice van de Sanden Shanice Janice van de Sanden (born 2 October 1992) is a Dutch professional Football player, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Women's Super League club Liverpool F.C. Women, Liverpool and the Netherlands women ...

, follows the daily lives of female professional footballers.

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zadrazil, Sarah 1993 births Living people Austrian women's footballers Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Austrian expatriate women's footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Austria women's international footballers USL W-League (1995–2015) players East Tennessee State University alumni 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany East Tennessee State Buccaneers women's soccer players Women's association football midfielders Frauen-Bundesliga players Footballers from Salzburg (state) People from Salzburg-Umgebung District FC Bayern Munich (women) players UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players FIFA Century Club UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players