Verena Wieder

Verena Lisa Wieder (born 26 June 2000) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bayer Leverkusen.[2] She was youth international for Germany on several selection levels.

Verena Wieder
Personal information
Full name Verena Lisa Wieder[1]
Date of birth (2000-06-26) 26 June 2000
Place of birth Thalhofen an der Wertach, Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
Team information
Current team
Bayer Leverkusen
Number 31
Youth career
2014–2015 FC Kempten
2015–2016 FC Memmingen
2016–2017 FC Bayern Munich U17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Bayern Munich II 8 (1)
2016–2018 Bayern Munich 8 (0)
2018–2020 SC Freiburg 19 (4)
2020– Bayer Leverkusen 22 (8)
International career
2014–2015 Germany U15 6 (0)
2015–2016 Germany U16 3 (0)
2016–2017 Germany U17 16 (2)
2017–2018 Germany U19 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 December 2017

Career

Throughout her career, Wieder repeatedly suffered with anterior cruciate ligament injuries. In 2020, while playing for SC Freiburg, she tore the cruciate ligament in her right knee, this was then made worse when she suffered a bacterial infection to the same knee.[3] In 2022, she injured her cruciate ligament again.[4] After a 387-day absence, she returned from injury to play for Bayer Leverkusen against her former club SC Freiburg.[5]

Honours

FC Bayern Munich U17

  • German football championship of B-juniors: 2017

Germany U19

References

  1. "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Jordan 2016 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 20 October 2016. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. "Verena Wieder" (in German). DFB.de.
  3. Giegerich, Tobias (7 March 2023). "Bei Verena Wieder kehrt das Strahlen kehrt zurück". Allgäuer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  4. Giegerich, Tobias (7 July 2022). "Verena Wieder über die Frauen-EM: Diese Spielerin kann die große Überraschung werden". Allgäuer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  5. Giegerich, Tobias (28 March 2023). "Nach 387 Tagen: Verena Wieder legt erfolgreiches Comeback hin". Allgäuer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 16 May 2023.
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