Steffi Jones
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Stephanie Ann Jones | |
| Date of birth | December 22, 1972 | |
| Place of birth | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1986-1988 1988-1992 |
SV Dörnigheim FC FC Hochstadt |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1988-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1998-2000 2000 2000-2007 |
SG Praunheim FSV Frankfurt SG Praunheim TuS Niederkirchen SG Praunheim FSV Frankfurt SC 07 Bad Neuenahr Washington Freedom 1. FFC Frankfurt |
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| National team2 | ||
| 1993-2007 | Germany | 111 (9) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Bronze | 2000 Sydney | Team competition | |
| Bronze | 2004 Athens | Team competition | |
Stephanie Ann "Steffi" Jones (born 22 December 1972 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German football defender. She scored nine goals in 111 caps for the German national team between 1993 and 2007[1] . In March 2007, she retired from the national team and in December 2007 she announced her retirement from active soccer to become president of the organisation committee of 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[2]
She is the daughter of an American soldier, stationed in Germany and a German woman. She holds both German and American citizenship.
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[edit] Football career
[edit] Club career
Steffi started playing soccer at the age of four. From 1979 to 1986 she played in mixed youth teams for SV Bonames in Frankfurt. In 1986, she joined the girls team of SG Praunheim and moved to the club's women team in 1988. In 1991, she moved to FSV Frankfurt and had changed teams almost every year until she joined 1. FFC Frankfurt in 2000. In 2002, she joined Washington Freedom to play in WUSA for two years before going back to Frankfurt where she ended her career as a player on 9 December 2007.
[edit] International career
Steffi's first cap for Germany was earned in 1993, during the third placing match of the UEFA Women's Championship against Denmark, which Germany lost. From 1997, she won three consecutive European Championships with the German team, won an Olympic bronze at the 2000 Summer Olympics and was part of the German squad that won the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. She suffered a rupture of the cruciate ligament early on in the tournament and had to pause for half a year. In 2004, she won another Olympic bronze for the second time in Athens.
On 26 March 2007, Steffi announced the end of her international career.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Personal
- 11 June 2006: Hessian Order of Merit „for many years of voluntary services as patron of the ‚Ballance 2006 – Integration und Toleranz für eine friedliche Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft.‘ project“[3]
[edit] Club
| Year | Team | Championship/Medal |
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| 1998 | FSV Frankfurt | German Championship |
| 2001 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | German Championship |
| 2001 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | German Cup Winner |
| 2002 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | UEFA Women's Cup Winner |
| 2002 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | German Championship |
| 2002 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | German Cup Winner |
| 2003 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | German Championship |
| 2003 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | German Cup Winner |
| 2003 | Washington Freedom | WUSA Founders Cup Champion |
| 2005 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | German Championship |
| 2006 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | UEFA Women's Cup Winner |
[edit] Country
| Year | Championship/Medal |
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| 1997 | UEFA Women's Championship |
| 2000 | Olympic Bronze |
| 2001 | UEFA Women's Championship |
| 2003 | FIFA World Cup Champion |
| 2004 | Olympic Bronze |
| 2005 | UEFA Women's Championship |
[edit] Personal Life
Her brother, Frank, served as an American soldier in Iraq. He lost both legs in an assault in 2006.
In August 2007, Steffi's autobiographical book Der Kick des Lebens (The kick of life) was released.[4]
Currently, she’s working on her coaching license at the German Sports University in Cologne.
[edit] External links
- Official Website (in German)
[edit] References
- This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
- ^ DFB (March 28, 2007). official statistics at DFB. DFB Net.
- ^ DFB (November 11, 2007). official announcement at DFB. DFB Net.
- ^ Hessische Staatskanzlei: Hessischer Verdienstorden für Steffi Jones; Pressemitteilung vom 11. Juni 2006
- ^ JENS-MEYER ODEWALD (September 22, 2007). Interview with Steffi Jones (in German). Hamburger Abendblatt.
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