Stephanie Goddard is a German former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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for Werder Bremen in the

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 ...

. She previously played for

FCR 2001 Duisburg FCR 2001 Duisburg (full name: ''Fußballclub Rumeln 2001 Duisburg'') was a German women's football club from Duisburg. The first team played in the Bundesliga (women), Bundesliga. They originate from a women's team formed in 1977 under the umbrel ...

(with whom she won the

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) and

SG Essen-Schönebeck SGS Essen are a German multi-sports club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded in 2000 from the merger of ''VfB Borbeck'' and ''SC Grün-Weiß Schönebeck''. It is most renowned for its women's football team, which plays ...

in the

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and

Hampton Roads Piranhas Hampton Roads Piranhas was an American women's soccer team, founded in 1995. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team played in the Atlantic Divisio ...

in the

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' W-League. As an Under–19 international she won the 2007 U–19 European Championship. Goddard retired from playing in May 2021, aged 33.

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* 1988 births Living people German women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Women's association football forwards Frauen-Bundesliga players FCR 2001 Duisburg players SGS Essen players SV Werder Bremen (women) players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States People from Rinteln Footballers from Lower Saxony {{Germany-women-footy-bio-stub