Kathrin Längert (born 4 June 1987) is a German former
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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.
Career
Längert played in Germany for
FCR 2001 Duisburg
FCR 2001 Duisburg (full name: ''Fußballclub Rumeln 2001 Duisburg'') was a German women's football club from Duisburg. The first team played in the Bundesliga (women), Bundesliga. They originate from a women's team formed in 1977 under the umbrel ...
and
Bayern Munich until May 2014, when she signed with
FC Rosengård to play in the Swedish
Damallsvenskan
The (; ), known as OBOS for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is one of the best women's leagues in the world, and was founded in 1988.
The division consists of a league of 14 teams. From 2013, t ...
.
On 11 January 2016, almost two years since her move to Sweden, she returned to the
Frauen-Bundesliga
The Frauen-Bundesliga (German language, German for ''Women's Federal League''), currently known as the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of league competition for women's association football in Germany.
I ...
signing with
FF USV Jena.
References
External links
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Profile at DFB*
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1987 births
Living people
Footballers from Essen
German women's footballers
Women's association football goalkeepers
Germany women's youth international footballers
Frauen-Bundesliga players
Damallsvenskan players
SGS Essen players
FCR 2001 Duisburg players
FC Bayern Munich (women) players
FC Rosengård players
German expatriate women's footballers
German expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
21st-century German sportswomen
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