Turid Knaak (born 24 January 1991) is a German former

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. She played as an

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or a striker for

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club

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and the Germany women's national team.

Club career

Knaak started her professional career at FCR Duisburg with whom she won the German Cup and the UEFA Women's Cup. For the 2011–12 season she transferred to

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. On 4 July 2014, she joined

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on a two-month loan, coming off the bench to make her debut in the

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two days later, in a 3–0 win over

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, and four days later, she was named in the starting line up against the

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, scoring twice in a 7–0 cup win. She made one more cup appearance in a 4–0 win over

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, and then three appearances in the

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, before returning to Leverkusen for the start of the 2014–15 Bundesliga season.

Career statistics

International

International goals

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

Honours

FCR 2001 Duisburg *

Runner-up: 2007–08, 2009–10 *

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: 2008–09, 2009–10 *

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: 2008–09 Atlético Madrid *

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: Winner

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VfL Wolfsburg * Bundesliga: 2021–22 * DFB-Pokal: 2021–22 Germany U17 * UEFA Women's U17 Championship: Winner

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* FIFA U17 Women's World Cup third place:

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: Winner

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References

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* * * 1991 births Living people German women's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in England German expatriate sportspeople in Spain Germany women's international footballers Expatriate women's footballers in England Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Women's Super League players Arsenal W.F.C. players Bayer 04 Leverkusen (women) players SGS Essen players FCR 2001 Duisburg players German expatriate footballers Women's association football midfielders Women's association football forwards Footballers from Essen 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players {{Germany-women-footy-bio-stub