Manuela Zinsberger
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 October 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Stockerau, Austria | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Arsenal | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2009 | USV Leitzersdorf | ||
2009–2010 | SV Stockerau | ||
2010 | USV Großrußbach | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2014 | SV Neulengbach | 14 | (1) |
2014 | Bayern Munich II | 5 | (0) |
2014–2019 | Bayern Munich | 55 | (0) |
2019– | Arsenal | 73 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2010–2011 | Austria U-17 | 6 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Austria U-19 | 7 | (0) |
2013– | Austria | 93 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:05, 10 December 2022 (UTC) |
Manuela Zinsberger (born 19 October 1995) is an Austrian professional
Life
Zinsberger grew up in the village of Niederhollabrunn in Lower Austria. She was first trained at the LAZ Stockerau and from 2009 at the AKA St. Pölten. From the 2011/12 school year she moved to the newly established National Center for Women's Football in St. Pölten.[1]
In 2017 she was named Austrian of the Year by Die Presse in the international success category.[2] In December 2020 at age 25, she was named Austria's Footballer of the Year by the Austria Press Agency, being the first goalkeeper to win Footballer of the Year.[3]
Club career
Youth Clubs
In her youth, Zinsberger played for USV Leitzersdorf and SV Stockerau.[4]
USVG Großrußbach
In the winter transition period 2009/10, Manuela Zinsberger switched for the first time to adult football for USVG Großrußbach in the Lower Austrian state league.[4] She made her debut on 21 March 2010 in a game against Maria Anzbach. In the nine championship games she was able to keep five clean sheets.
SV Neulengbach
In the summer of 2010, she moved to
FC Bayern Munich
On 27 June 2014, Zinsberger signed a three-year contract with FC Bayern Munich.[6] She made her debut for Bayern Munich on 21 September 2014 (3rd matchday), when she won 4–1 with the second team in the away game against ETSV Würzburg. For the first team she completed her first Bundesliga game on 30 November 2014 (11th matchday) in a goalless draw away against SGS Essen.[7] On 18 February 2017 (matchday 12) she saved a penalty taken by Carolin Schiewe in the 74th minute in the away game against SC Freiburg and secured a 3–2 victory for her team. On 26 February 2017 (matchday 13), her team won 2–1 with two goals from Vivianne Miedema, who came on as a substitute in the 60th minute. On 2 April 2019, it was announced that Zinsberger would not renew her contract and would leave the club at her own request in the summer.[8][9] For the 2019/20 season, she was signed by English Premier League club Arsenal.[10]
Arsenal WFC
After moving to Arsenal WFC, Zinsberger quickly established herself as a first-choice goalkeeper and played six times in her first twelve games and conceded only 11 goals.
International career
After Zinsberger had played international matches for the U-17 and U-19 national teams, she was called into the senior Austria national team for the first time on 2 June 2013, for a fixture against neighbours Slovenia in Radlje ob Dravi. Aged 17, she played the second half of Austria's 3–1 win, substituted in the 46th minute for Anna-Carina Kristler, to gain her first senior cap.[15][16] At the 2014 Algarve Cup, she featured in the 2–0 defeat by North Korea on 7 March, and in the 2–1 win over Portugal on 12 March. She played three qualifiers for the 2015 World Cup in Canada: the 3–0 win on 26 October 2013 in Budapest against Hungary, as well as the two 1–3 defeats against France on 31 October 2013 in Ritzing and on 9 April 2014 in Le Mans.
In March 2016, she won the Cyprus Cup with Austria as the first entrant. With the senior national team, she finished the 2nd qualifying round for the 2017 European Championships as runners-up in Group 8 behind Norway and qualified for the first time in a major tournament. She got playing time in all three group stage matches, against Switzerland, France, and Iceland, as well as in the quarter-final against Spain, where she played an important role in winning the decisive penalty shootout. The team reached the semi-finals of the Euro 2017, where they lost to Denmark on penalties.[17]
In qualifying for the 2019 World Cup, Zinsberger featured in all eight matches, keeping four clean sheets. The Austrians finished second in the group behind Spain, but missed the playoffs for the last place at the World Cup as the worst second in the group.
In qualifying for the Euro 2022, she played in all eight games and only conceded goals in the 0–3 away defeat against France. As the third-best third-placed team, the Austrians qualified for the finals of the European Championship for the second time, where they played the opening game against hosts England. With the finals being postponed by a year due to COVID-19, the first eight matches of qualifying for the 2023 World Cup took place before the finals, in which she played seven times and didn't concede a goal three times. On 27 June 2022, she was nominated for the European Championship finals.[18]
In Austria's 1–0 defeat to England in the UEFA European Championship 2022 opening game, Zinzberger was admired for her friendliness to Arsenal teammate Beth Mead after Mead had scored the winning goal for England.[19]
Personal life
On 7 March 2022, Zinsberger announced her engagement with girlfriend Madeleine; she married her partner on 9 June 2023.[20] On 25 December 2023, they announced via Instagram they are expecting a child in June 2024.[21]
Honours
SV Neulengbach
- ÖFB-Frauenliga: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
- ÖFB Cup: 2010, 2011, 2012
Bayern München
- 2015–16
- DFB Cup runner-up: 2018
Arsenal
Austria
- Cyprus Cup: 2016
Personal
- Austrian of the year in the International Success category 2017
- Austrian Sportswoman of the Year 2017
- Austria's Footballer of the Year (APA) 2020
- Women's Super League Golden Glove: 2021–22[24]
References
- ^ "Nationales Zentrum". 12 March 2012. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Austria'17-Gala: Top-Leister vor den Vorhang". Die Presse (in German). 24 October 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ "Manuela Zinsberger als erste Torfrau Fußballerin des Jahres". kurier.at (in German). 21 December 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2023.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Manuela Zinsberger". oefb.at (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Player details Manuela Zinsberger". oefb.at (in German). Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "Teamtorhüterin Zinsberger wechselte zum FC Bayern" (in German). Kleine Zeitung. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Spieltag/Tabelle". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). 31 July 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "ÖFB-Torhüterin Zinsberger verlässt FC Bayern mit Saisonende". www.sn.at (in German). 2 April 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "Torfrau Zinsberger wechselt zu Englands Meister Arsenal". sport.ORF.at (in German). 17 May 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "Manuela Zinsberger signs for Arsenal". 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Manuela Zinsberger – Leistungsdaten – Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de". www.soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ Dev, Paul. "38 000 personnes pour Tottenham-Arsenal, nouveau record pour le Championnat anglais féminin". France Football (in French). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ "Rekordkulisse! Zinsberger hält Arsenal-Tor sauber". Kronen Zeitung (in German). 17 November 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "Emma Hayes: Chelsea Women's boss named FA WSL Manager of the Season after third consecutive title". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 August 2022.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "ÖFB-Frauen feiern 3:1-Auswärtssieg" (in German). Austrian Football Association. 2 June 2013. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Slowenien – Österreich 1:3 (Frauen Freundschaft 2013, Juni)". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ "Der EURO-Kader steht". oefb.at (in German). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ Musarurwa, Kudzi (7 July 2022). "Manuela Zinsberger and Beth Mead remind us that despite the stakes, football can still be fun". All For XI. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Verlobt! Teamtorfrau Zinsberger im "7. Himmel"" (in German). Kronen Zeitung. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Arsenal Women's goalkeeper Manuela Zinsberger reveals her wife is pregnant with their first child as she shares ultrasound photos of their 'special gift' on Boxing Day". Goal. 27 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ Sanders, Emma (5 March 2023). "Arsenal 3–1 Chelsea: Gunners fight back to win Women's League Cup final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ Smith, Emma (31 March 2024). "Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea (AET): Stina Blackstenius secures League Cup glory in extra time". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ Eliasch, Christoph (10 May 2022). "Zinsberger gewinnt "Golden Glove" der FA Women's Super League". Sky Sport Austria (in German). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
External links
- Profile at FC Bayern Munich (in German)
- Profile at SV Neulengbach (in German)