Valeria Katharina Kleiner (born 27 March 1991) is a German football player who plays as defender for

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, t ...

in the Women Bundesliga and for the Germany Women's National U-20.

Career

Club career

Valeria Kleiner began playing football at TSV Oberreitnau in 1998. Later on she played for FC Wangen and VfB Friedrichshafen. In 2007, she joined

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bund ...

and she made her first appearance in the match against FC Saarbrücken becoming the youngest player to play for SC Freiburg in Bundesliga. She joined 1. FFC Frankfurt in 2010/11 and 2011/12 football season. On 9 August 2013, she signed a contract with Bayern Munich.

International career

In October 2008, Kleiner won her first call up to the Germany Women's National Under-17. In May 2008 she began the captain of the team and Germany won the Uefa Women's Under-17 Championship in Nyon. In the same tournament she was named in the

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top 11 team. In November 2008, she was part of the Germany Women's National Under-19 that reached the third place in the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. In 2010, after the UEFA Women's U-19 Championship, UEFA named her in the top 10 players list. In June 2010, Kleiner was named in the Germany Women's National U-20 Team by the trainer

Maren Meinert Maren Meinert (born 5 August 1973) is a German football coach and former player who played as a midfielder and striker. She was most recently the head coach of Germany women's national under-20 football team. As a player, Meinert played for ...

to take part in the

2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 5th edition of the tournament. It was held in Germany, who will also host the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup a year later from 13 July to 1 August 2010. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from al ...

in Germany.

Honours

;National team * FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: Winner 2010 *

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament for female players under the age of 17. It is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The tournament is held in even-numbered ye ...

: Third Place

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Winner

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considered ...

: Winner 2011 ;Individual *Bronze Fritz-Walter Medal 2008

References

External links

Official Website of Valeria Kleiner

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Valeria Kleiner Profile in Germany U-20 Team
1991 births Living people Bayer 04 Leverkusen (women) players FC Bayern Munich (women) players 1. FFC Frankfurt players German women's footballers Women's association football defenders People from Lindau Sportspeople from Swabia (Bavaria) Footballers from Bavaria {{Germany-women-footy-bio-stub