Viola Odebrecht (born 11 February 1983) is a retired

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who last played for

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. She also played for

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. She played 49 international matches for the national team and became world champion in 2003 .

Club career

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

In 2005 Odebrecht won the

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with 1.FFC Turbine Potsdam, the team for which she signed again for the 2008/09 season. In the 2006 summer season, Odebrecht played five times for

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in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild, scoring once.

VfL Wolfsburg

On 29 February 2012, Odebrecht signed a two-year contract and will move to

on 1 July 2012. She retired after the 2014–15 season.

International career

In 2003, she was a member of the

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winning team who went on to take the bronze medal at the Athens Olympics 2004. After a six-year hiatus, Odebrecht returned to the Germany national side in a Euro 2013 qualifying match against

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on 22 October 2011.

International goals

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

Personal life

Odebrecht was part of a rotation of studio commentators for

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's telecasts of the

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.2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Commentators – ESPN MediaZone.

References

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Viola Odebrecht
at dfb.de * * 1983 births Living people German women's footballers Germany women's international footballers 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players SC 07 Bad Neuenahr players FCR 2001 Duisburg players Frauen-Bundesliga players VfL Wolfsburg (women) players Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Germany People from Neubrandenburg Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland German expatriates in Iceland Olympic medalists in football 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players Women's association football midfielders Florida State Seminoles women's soccer players Olympic footballers for Germany Footballers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania {{Germany-women-footy-bio-stub