Sjoeke Nüsken

Sjoeke Nüsken (born 22 January 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Germany national team.[2]

Sjoeke Nüsken
Nüsken with Germany in 2023
Personal information
Full name Sjoeke Nüsken[1]
Date of birth (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001
Place of birth Hamm, Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2017 FSV Gütersloh 2009
2017–2019 Westfalia Rhynern
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Eintracht Frankfurt 47 (9)
2023– Chelsea 3 (3)
International career‡
2015–2016 Germany U15 6 (2)
2016 Germany U16 4 (1)
2016–2017 Germany U17 20 (8)
2017–2019 Germany U19 16 (14)
2018 Germany U20 4 (0)
2021– Germany 19 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:02, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:41, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Up to the age of eleven, Nüsken was considered the best German tennis player of her year, before she concentrated on football.[3]  At the age of 14 she was called up to the U14 Westphalia selection, for which she played three games in the national cup. This was followed by eight games for the U16 and four games for the U18 Westphalia selection, also in the national cup. In 2017 she played a game for the U17s of FSV Gütersloh 2009. With a special permit, she continued to play in the A junior state league for SV Westfalia Rhynern until the end of the 2018/19 season.[4]

Eintracht Frankfurt

At the end of April 2019, she received a contract with seven-time champions 1. FFC Frankfurt for the 2019/20 season, which ran until June 30, 2022.[5] On September 15, 2019, she had her first Bundesliga appearance in the game against FF USV Jena, where she came on for Laura Störzel.[6]  On October 13, 2019, she was in the starting eleven for the Bundesliga team for the first time.[7]  On October 27, 2019, she scored her first Bundesliga goal with the winning goal to make it 2–1 at MSV Duisburg.[8]

Chelsea

For the 2023/24 season, Nüsken joined Chelsea,[9] signing a contract until June 30, 2026.[10]

International career

Youth

Nüsken made her national debut on October 28, 2015 at the age of 14, coming as a substitute in the 52nd minute of the U15 national team's 5–1 win against Scotland. Two days later she started against the same opponents and scored her first goal in the first minute of the 6–0 win, but was substituted in the 36th minute.[11] The 27 April 2016 game against Netherlands was her only full-distance U15 game, scoring her second international goal.

In July 2016 she took part in the Nordic Cup with the U16 national team and finished second behind Norway. She scored her only goal for the U16 team in a 9–0 win against Finland.

On August 28, 2016, she made her debut in the U17 national team at the U17 Four Nations Tournament in Austria and scored the last goal in the 6–0 win against Romania. With further victories against Switzerland and Austria, the German team won the tournament. In October she took part in Latvia in the first round of qualifying for the U-17 European Championship. As group winners of the Championship, the team met Norway in the semi-finals. Nüsken scored the goal to make it 2:2, then it went to penalties, which Germany won 3–2. Spain were the opponents in the final and after 80 minutes without a goal, there was another penalty shoot-out. This was won 3–1. Nüsken played the full distance in all five games. In total, she played 20 games for the U17 team.

In September 2017, she made her debut in the U19 team at the first round qualifying tournament in Iceland for the 2018 Under-19 European Championship. She debuted on July 24, 2018 for the U20 team. At the World Cup in France in August, she played in the 1–0 win against Nigeria in the first group match and in the 2–0 win against China in the second group match, as well as in the quarter-finals, which they lost 3–1 to eventual world champions Japan.

In October 2018 she took part again with the U19 team in the first qualifying round for the 2019 Under-19 European Championship. She scored six goals in a 21–0 win against Estonia, the biggest win by a German women's national team. She also scored one goal in a 6–0 win against Kosovo and three goals in a 7–0 win against Northern Ireland. With the three wins, the team reached the elite round that took place in April 2019. Nüsken captained the three games against Greece and scored two goals – the first against Greece and the Czech Republic respectively – as the team qualified for the finals in Scotland in July. With 12 goals, she was the top scorer in qualifying.[12] Injury prevented her from playing in the finals.

Senior

In December 2018, the new national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg called her up for the first time to the squad of the senior national team for the winter training camp from 14 to 21 January 2019 in Marbella.[13]

In October 2019 she took part in the first qualifying round for the 2020 Under-19 European Championship with the U19 team. She featured in the three wins at the tournament in Portugal that saw the side qualify for the elite round due to take place in April 2020. However, due to COVID-19, this was canceled, as was the final round, which was to take place in Georgia.[14]

Nüsken made her international debut for Germany on 21 February 2021, coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute for Sara Däbritz in a friendly match against Belgium.[15] The home match finished as a 2–0 win for Germany.[16]

She scored her first international goal on April 10, 2021 in the 11th minute of the game against Australia in the 5–2 win to give them a 1–0 lead.

Personal life

Nüsken is studying civil engineering at the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences.[17] Her older sister Hjördis was also a junior international.[18]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 22 October 2023[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental[lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Eintracht Frankfurt 2019–20 Frauen-Bundesliga 17520——195
2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga 22240——262
2021–22 Frauen-Bundesliga 22 2 1 1 — — 23 3
2022–23 Frauen-Bundesliga 22 2 2 2 — 2 0 24 4
Total 831193—209214
Chelsea 2023–24 Women's Super League 3300000033
Career total 86149300209517
  1. Includes DFB-Pokal, Women's FA Cup
  2. Includes FA Women's League Cup
  3. Includes UEFA Women's Champions League

International
As of match played 26 September 2023[2]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany 202192
202240
202360
Total192
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nüsken goal.
List of international goals scored Sjoeke Nüsken
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 April 2021 Wiesbaden, Germany  Australia 1–0 5–2 Friendly
2. 26 November 2021 Braunschweig, Germany  Turkey 7–0 8–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 5 August 2018. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  2. Sjoeke Nüsken at WorldFootball.net
  3. "Förderpreis für Jugend-Nationalspielerin Sjoeke Nüsken". www.wa.de (in German). 13 January 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  4. "Sjoeke Nüsken: "Hier sind alle ganz cool"". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  5. "Frankfurt verpflichtet Sjoeke Nüsken". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  6. "1. FFC Frankfurt – FF USV Jena, 4:2, FLYERALARM Frauen-Bundesliga 2019/20 3. Spieltag". DFB Datencenter (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  7. "SC Sand – 1. FFC Frankfurt, 3:0, FLYERALARM Frauen-Bundesliga 2019/20 6. Spieltag". DFB Datencenter (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  8. "MSV Duisburg – 1. FFC Frankfurt, 1:2, FLYERALARM Frauen-Bundesliga 2019/20 8. Spieltag". DFB Datencenter (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  9. "Sjoeke Nusken signs for Chelsea". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  10. "Sjoeke Nüsken verlässt die SGE". Eintracht Frankfurt (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  11. "Sjoeke Nüsken spielt in der U15-Nationalmannschaft". www.wa.de (in German). 3 November 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  12. UEFA.com. "Statistiken | UEFA-U19-EM Frauen". UEFA.com (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  13. "Voss-Tecklenburg holt 30 Spielerinnen ins Wintertrainingslager". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  14. UEFA.com (1 April 2020). "Endrunde der U19 EURO der Frauen in Georgien abgesagt". UEFA.com (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  15. "Spielfreudige DFB-Frauen schlagen Belgien". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  16. "Women Friendlies 2021 » February » Germany – Belgium 2:0". WorldFootball.net. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  17. "Sjoeke Nüsken – Hochschule RheinMain". www.hs-rm.de. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  18. "Hjördis Nüsken – Spielerinnenprofil". DFB Datencenter (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  19. "Germany - Sjoeke Nüsken- Profile with news, career statistics, and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
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