Bibiane Schulze

Bibiane Schulze Solano (born 12 November 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Spanish Liga F club Athletic Bilbao. Born and raised in Germany, she is of Basque heritage on her mother's side and was called up for the Spain national squad in 2023.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Schulze and the second or maternal family name is Solano.
Bibiane Schulze
Personal information
Full name Bibiane Schulze Solano
Date of birth (1998-11-12) 12 November 1998
Place of birth Bad Soden, Germany
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Athletic Bilbao
Number 21
Youth career
2005–2010 FV 08 Neuenhain
2010–2016 1.FFC Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 1.FFC Frankfurt II 36 (3)
2017–2019 1.FFC Frankfurt 7 (0)
2019– Athletic Bilbao B 33 (2)
2019– Athletic Bilbao 18 (0)
2021–2022 → Valencia (loan) 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 February 2023

Club career

Schulze joined the youth system of 1.FFC Frankfurt from FV 08 Neuenhain and progressed through the ranks to play seven times in the Frauen-Bundesliga for the club.[2] She departed for Athletic Bilbao in July 2019.

The move proved controversial, as some Athletic supporters questioned whether Schulze was Basque enough to conform to the club's signing policy.[3][4][5] Club president Aitor Elizegi rejected the complaints, attesting to Schulze's "clear Basque origin" (in addition to the family typically spending summer holidays in the region, her great-grandfather Francisco Belauste played for the club in its early years).[6]

Schulze was predominantly restricted to appearances for the Athletic Bilbao B team, although she made one Primera División appearance as a substitute against Sevilla in October 2020.[7] In July 2021 Schulze signed a season-long loan deal with Athletic's Primera División rivals Valencia CF.[8] With regular central defenders Garazi Murua and Naroa Uriarte absent through injury, Schulze became an important member of the Athletic side in the first half of the 2022–23 season.

International career

Overlooked for the Germany selection at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in Iceland, Schulze made a late, unsuccessful approach through her Frankfurt team-mate Verónica Boquete to represent Spain at the event.[2] Due to her form for Athletic, she was called up for the Spanish squad in February 2023[1] – but had to withdraw a day later due to injury.[9]

References
  1. Bibiane Schulze podría debutar con la Selección Española [Bibiane Schulze could debut with the Spanish National Team], Iván Martín, Cadena SER, 6 February 2023 (in Spanish)
  2. Wolf, Alexander (25 July 2015). "Ein Talent geht seinen Weg" (in German). Frankfurter Neue Presse. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  3. Rivas, Jon (22 June 2019). "Bibiane Schulze, una alemana muy vasca para el Athletic" [Bibiane Schulze, a very Basque German for Athletic]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  4. "Bibiane Schulze : Tempête allemande sur la philosophie de l'Athletic Club" [Bibiane Schulze: German storm on the philosophy of Athletic Club]. Furia Liga (in French). 1 July 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  5. Heßbrügge, Rolf (4 July 2019). "Nicht baskisch genug?" [Not Basque enough?] (in German). 11 Freunde. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  6. "El fichaje de Bibiane abre el debate sobre la filosofía" [The signing of Bibiane opens a debate on philosophy]. Deia (in Spanish). 22 June 2019. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  7. "El Athletic cede a Bibiane Schulze al Valencia" [Athletic loans Bibiane Schulze to Valencia] (in Spanish). Deia. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  8. Cosín, Raúl (22 July 2021). "El Valencia se hace con la cesión de Bibiane Schulze" [Valencia have completed the loan of Bibiane Schulze] (in Spanish). Plaza Deportiva. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  9. "Bibiane Schulze causa baja y es sustituida por Berta Pujadas" [Bibiane Schulze leaves and is replaced by Berta Pujadas] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 7 February 2023.
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