Tina Wunderlich (born 10 October 1977) is a German former

football defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

. She played for 1. FFC Frankfurt, and was capped for the

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Club career

Wunderlich retired from football in 2010, after a long career with 1. FFC Frankfurt which yielded seven

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titles and seven

Frauen DFB Pokal The DFB-Pokal Frauen is the main national women's football cup competition in Germany, thus the female counterpart to the DFB-Pokal. It was created in 1980, and since 1991 includes Eastern teams as well. The most recent champions are VfL Wolfsburg ...

cups. She also collected winners' medals in three editions of what is now the

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International career

She made her debut for the senior

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national team on 25 September 1994, in an 11–0 destruction of Switzerland in Weingarten. In 1995 she was part of the German squad which finished runners – up in the Women's World Cup, playing in one match against

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. During the course of her 34–cap international career, Wunderlich also played in the

1999 Women's World Cup The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for List of women's national association football teams, women's national association football, soccer teams. It was hosted as well as ...

, won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games and was part of the victorious

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squad. Her final appearance came against China in March 2003. Sister Pia also played in the match.

Honours

Club

; 1. FFC Frankfurt *

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(3): 2002, 2006,

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(7): 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 *

(7): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008

International

;

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(1): 2001

References

* 1977 births Living people German women's footballers Germany women's international footballers 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Germany People from Siegen-Wittgenstein Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region) 1. FFC Frankfurt players Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Germany UEFA Women's Championship-winning players Women's association football defenders Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia {{Germany-women-footy-bio-stub