Verena Schweers (; born 22 May 1989) is a German retired

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. She played as a defender. She announced her retirement on 31 July 2020.

Career

Club

Schweers began her career at SC Kappel in 2000. She moved to

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 ...

in 2004, where she initially played in the club's youth and second team. For the 2006–07 season, she joined Freiburg's

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squad and made her first division debut. After seven years at the club, Schweers transferred to

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

in 2010–11 season. In the 2012–13 season, she won the German League, the German Cup, and the Champion's League with Wolfsburg. In 2014, she won the German League and the Champions League again and in 2015 the German Cup. Schweers transferred to Bayern Munich in the 2016–2017 season, where she signed a two-year contract that will last until 30 June 2018."Verena Faißt: "Ich will mich neu erfinden""
Retrieved 3 September 2016.

International

At junior level, Schweers represented Germany at the

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, reaching third-place. She made her debut for the German senior national team in October 2010 in a friendly match against Australia. Schweers was called up for Germany's 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.

International goals

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

Honours

Domestic

: Winner

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, 2013–14 *

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: Winner

, 2014–15, 2015–16

International

* FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: Third-place

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: Winner

, 2013–14

References

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* * * * 1989 births Living people People from Ettenheim Sportspeople from Freiburg (region) German women's footballers Footballers from Baden-Württemberg SC Freiburg (women) players VfL Wolfsburg (women) players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players FC Bayern Munich (women) players Germany women's international footballers Women's association football defenders 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Frauen-Bundesliga players {{Germany-women-footy-bio-stub