Ena Mahmutovic

Ena Mahmutovic (born 23 December 2003 in Duisburg) is a German football player who plays for MSV Duisburg in the Bundesliga and the Germany national team.[1]

Ena Mahmutovic
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-12-23) 23 December 2003
Place of birth Duisburg, Germany
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 MSV Duisburg
Number 32
Youth career
–2013 Eintracht Duisburg
2014–2019 MSV Duisburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– MSV Duisburg 34 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Club

Mahmutovic, born and raised in Duisburg, began playing football as a goalkeeper at Eintracht Duisburg before moving to the youth team at MSV Duisburg. Belonging to the B youth team, she was used from 1 October 2016 to 21 May 2017 in 14 league games of the B-Juniorinnen-Niederrheinliga.[2] From 10 September to 18 November 2017 she played eight more league games in this league.[3] During this period, she came on 23 September 2017 for the first time in the B-Junior Bundesligato the mission,[4] to which she was able to add six more by 28 April 2018.[5]

At the start of the 2019/20 season, she was promoted to the first team, for which she made her competitive debut on 30 May 2020 (matchday 17). In the Bundesliga away game with Bayer 04 Leverkusen, she came on as a field player for Meret Günster in the 90th minute of the 2–0 win. In the following season she already played four league games, including the last three of the season. After relegation, she played eight league games in the 2nd Bundesliga, from which she returned to the Bundesliga with her team in second place. During this division, she also made her debut in the DFB Cup competition. On 27 September 2021 she lost 3–1 in the second round to VfL Wolfsburg. In the (current) season 2022/23 she played the first eight league games of the season, as well as three more from the 10th to the 12th matchday.[6]

National team

As a player in the U18 selection team of the Lower Rhine Football Association, she played in three matches for the state cup from 3 to 6 October 2019 at the Wedau sports school.

She was part of the 21-player squad for the U20 national team for the 2022 World Cup tournament in Costa Rica,[7] but was not used. Her team was eliminated from the tournament after the group B preliminary round.

From 14 to 19 February 2023 Mahmutovic took part in the DFB training camp in Marbella and was selected for the international match against the Sweden national team on 21 February 2023 in Duisburg's Schauinsland Reisen Arena – the first test in the World Cup year. She was first nominated for the senior national team by national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg.[8]

References
  1. "MSV-Torhüterin Mahmutovic: "... dann wird auch Bayern nervös"". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  2. "Die U13 (Saison 2015/16)". www.msv-frauen.de. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  3. "Die U16 (Saison 2016/17)". www.msv-frauen.de. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  4. "Die U17 (Saison 2017/18)". www.msv-frauen.de. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  5. "Ena Mahmutovic – Leistungsdaten – Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de". www.soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  6. "MSV Duisburg vs. Wolfsburg – 27 September 2021 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  7. "DFB: 21 Spielerinnen für U20-WM nominiert – Newsansicht – Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de". www.soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  8. Presseabteilung, MSV Duisburg- (2023-05-21). "MSV-Frauen | Ena für Deutschland: Mahmutovic im DFB-Kader!". MSV Duisburg (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-24.
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