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Nadine Angerer: World’s Best Football Goalkeeper Reveals her Success Mantra “Train Hard and Listen to People you Trust”

Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Nadine Marejke Angerer is a German footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Portland Thorns FC of the American National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). Angerer has played for Frauen-Bundesliga clubs Bayern Munich, Turbine Potsdam and FFC Frankfurt and won the 2005 UEFA Women’s Cup with Potsdam. In 2008 she played for Djurgardens IF of the Swedish Damallsvenskan and she spent two periods on loan with Brisbane Roar of the Australian W-League in 2013 and 2014. During her extensive international career, Angerer was recognised as one of the world’s best female goalkeepers.

Since making her debut for the Germany women’s national football team in August 1996, Angerer won a total of 146 caps. She understudied Silke Rottenberg at the UEFA Women’s Championship in 1997, 2001 and 2005; the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 1999 and 2003; as well as the 2000 and 2004 Olympic football tournaments. When Rottenberg was injured before the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Angerer took over as first choice and kept a clean sheet in every round as Germany won the tournament. She remained first choice for the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women’s Championship, the 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cups and the 2008 Olympics.

Germany won the UEFA Women’s Championship on each of the five occasions Angerer was involved and won the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2003 and 2007. Their best finish at the Olympics was third in 2000, 2004 and 2008. Angerer is a penalty-saving specialist, having stopped Marta’s kick in the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final and both Trine Running and Solveig Gulbrandsen’s during the UEFA Women’s Euro 2013 Final. She was appointed captain of Germany in 2011 following the retirement of Birgit Prinz. On 13 January 2014, Angerer was named FIFA World Player of the Year, becoming the first goalkeeper – male or female – to win the award. She announced her retirement for the end of the 2014-15 season on 13 May 2015.

Angerer was born in Lohr am Main, near Frankfurt. Her career began with ASV Hofstetten, where she played as a forward. When she substituted for the injured goalkeeper during a youth scouting game, she was discovered as a goalkeeping talent. In 1995, she moved to 1. FC Nurnberg and one year later to FC Wacker Munchen. While at Wacker, she rejected the opportunity to play for an American college soccer team.

From 1999 to 2001, Angerer played at FC Bayern Munich, helping the team achieve promotion to Germany’s top division, the Bundesliga. She transferred to 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam in 2001, where she claimed two national Bundesliga championships, three German Cup wins and the UEFA Women’s Cup in the 2004-05 season.

After seven years at Potsdam, Angerer left Germany in 2008 to play at Djurgardens IF Dam in Sweden, replacing Bente Nordby. She returned to Germany after only one season to join 1. FFC Frankfurt. She won the German Cup for a fourth time with Frankfurt in 2011. Following Birgit Prinz’s retirement she was appointed Frankfurt’s new captain.

While playing at the UEFA Women’s Euro 2013 Angerer announced her signing on a free transfer with the Brisbane Roar in Australia’s W-League and further plans for a move to an as yet unspecified team in the NWSL by January 2014.


On 13 January 2014, Portland Thorns FC announced Angerer’s acquisition to play for Portland for the National Women’s Soccer League 2014 Season, replacing Karina LeBlanc who was traded to the Chicago Red Stars. She made her debut for Portland with a shutout against the Houston Dash on 12 April and went on to start 22 games for the Thorns, adding another three saves while compiling 74 saves (both ranking fourth in the league). After the season, Angerer was loaned to the Brisbane Roar with plans to return to Portland for the start of the 2015 season.Angerer made her international debut for Germany against the Netherlands in August 1996. However, after five matches in quick succession she was only used sporadically thereafter. Angerer was Germany’s second choice goalkeeper behind Silke Rottenberg for almost a decade, winning six major titles as a reserve player without having played in a single game, including the 2003 FIFA Women’s World Cup, two Olympic bronze medals in 2000, 2004, and three UEFA European Championships in 1997, 2001 and 2005.

 

When Rottenberg suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, Angerer was picked as the starting goalkeeper for the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup. During the entire tournament she did not concede a single goal, setting the record for most consecutive minutes played without conceding a goal in World Cup play to 540 minutes. This included blocking a penalty kick by Marta in the 2-0 final win over Brazil. Along with Norway’s Bente Nordby, she was named in FIFA’s tournament All-Star Team.

Angerer remained Germany’s national team goalkeeper for the 2008 Summer Olympics, claiming the bronze medal. She won the European Championship for a fourth time in 2009, the first time she had been a starter for Germany. Angerer was called up for the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup squad and received her 100th cap in her team’s second match of the tournament, against Nigeria.

Following Birgit Prinz’s retirement Angerer was appointed the national team’s new captain. She saved penalty kicks from both Trine Running and Solveig Gulbrandsen during the UEFA Women’s Euro 2013 final at Friends Arena on 28 July 2013, and was named player of the match following Germany’s 1-0 win against Norway. Anja Mittag’s goal gave the Germans their sixth successive title.

In May 2015, Angerer was named to Germany’s roster for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada. During a quarter-final match against France, she denied Claire Lavogez who took the crucial fifth penalty during the penalty shootout to clinch the win and advance to the semi-finals against the United States. Germany lost the semi-final 2-0 to the United States after Carli Lloyd scored a penalty and Kelley O’Hara added a second goal. In Angerer’s final game with the national team she was beaten by another penalty, despite her angry protests. Fara Williams gave England a 1-0 extra time win in the bronze medal match.


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Nadine Angerer is an exceptionally talented and accomplished football goalkeeper. She is rated at world’s best football goalkeeper. She has been winner of the 2013 FIFA World Player of the Year award. She is in conversation with Namita Nayyar President Women Fitness.

Ms. Namita Nayyar:

You were born at Lohr am Main, near Frankfurt, Germany. Your soccer career began with ASV Hofstetten, where you played as a forward. It was by chance that your goalkeeping talent was discovered when you were substituted for an injured goalkeeper during a youth scouting game. You made your debut for the Germany women’s national football team in August 1996, and won a total of 146 caps. You reached the pinnacle of success on winning FIFA World Cup as part of winning German Team in 2003 and 2007. What factors do you consider were responsible that made you achieve that?

Ms. Nadine Angerer:

First of all I really liked what I’m doing and I have had all the support from my parents and friends. Beside that very important factors, I trained hard and at every step in my career – I met the right people who helped me to develop. Also I build up the mental strength. Which is specially important in the position of a goalkeeper. It is very important.

Ms. Namita Nayyar:

You have selected a sport which is a team sport and requires a lot of cohesiveness and family feeling between the players of the side to finally succeed, how do you achieve that?

Ms. Nadine Angerer:

Of course all of us have a natural egoism, what is good in one way but as soon as it comes to building up a working functional team your personal egoism has to step back. You just can be successful when you work together as a team. If you like decisions or not. The team thinking character is the most important factor to progess as a team.

Ms. Namita Nayyar:

What exercises comprise your fitness regime or workout routine you shall like to share?

Ms. Nadine Angerer:

We are all different. So each of us has to find out the perfect workout for yourself. When I was 28 years old I totally changed my workout style. I found out the exercise which involves the whole body works perfectly for me. I started with a kind of Crossfit and within a few weeks I could feel that my fitness and body shape turned in a extremely positive way.

Ms. Namita Nayyar:

Do you take some special diet or have a strict menu that you follow to remain healthy and physically fit?

Ms. Nadine Angerer:

Yes I do. In my opinion healthy food, recovery, training goes together. I cook a lot by myself with fresh vegetables, herbs, fish, chicken… A lot of people think that specially athletes needs to eat a lot of carbs, but with the experience is that I feel better without eating it. I also avoid drinking dairy products and I do not eat pork.

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Ms. Namita Nayyar:

You are a penalty-saving specialist, you stopped Marta’s kick in the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final. Tell us more about this spectacular and memorable moment in your playing career ?

Ms. Nadine Angerer:

Hahahah, I wish I could but to be honest – I just followed my intuition. My GK coach Michael Fuchs often gave me advices, but he also said please just do what you feel to do.

Ms. Namita Nayyar:

Advice and motivational words to the inspiring and budding professional soccer girls who all are your fans, they shall like to know from you, what they should do for their climb to ladder of success in field of professional soccer ?

Ms. Nadine Angerer:

In my opinion the most important thing is having fun. Train hard and listen to people you trust.

 

Ms. Namita Nayyar:

On 13 January 2014, You were named FIFA World Player of the Year, becoming the first goalkeeper – male or female – to win the award. What responsibility this award bestow upon you in your future efforts and activities in the field of soccer?

Ms. Nadine Angerer:

I’m proud of that but I think is normal and to be honest it didn’t influence my game or my life. I did what what I have done before on and off the field. As soon as you think you are someone special it will change your character on and of the field. But if we are talking about responsibility then I would have told little girls that it is worst to become a goalkeeper 🙂

Ms. Namita Nayyar:

You saved penalty kicks from both Trine Running and Solveig Gulbrandsen during the UEFA Women’s Euro 2013 final at Friends Arena on 28 July 2013, and was named player of the match following Germany’s 1-0 win against Norway. Tell us more about this match and those nerve reckoning moments in your playing career?

Ms. Nadine Angerer:

This game against Norway in the final of 2013 was one of my most dramatic one ever. Earlier in this interview I talked about how important the team is and exactly this was what have made the difference in this game and the reason why we won. In this game Norway was the better playing team but we were fighting so hard with each other and I mean honestly hard with each other. We also could hear during the whole game long that our bench was cheering for us. It was one of the most emotional game I ever played.

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Ms. Namita Nayyar:

Who has been your greatest influence and motivator in your success in the field of your career in competitive professional soccer?

Ms. Nadine Angerer:

Michael Fuchs, he was my GK coach for many many years and he always improved me and motivated me to become better. I am so happy that I met him in my career. Everything I achieved is a very big part of his good job. He knew me so well as a GK and he also could handle my character :-). Off the field, I always met the right people at the right time who helped me to develop my personality.

You just have to be open for new opinions or different perspectives and it can help you to develop a good personality or help you to grow. I am very thankful to have so intense friendships and that I met fantastic, interesting people in every stage of my career. And I wanna mention out Silvia Neid (Head coach of the German National Team). She always trusted me even when I wasn’t in my best shape. Feeling the trust from your “boss/coach” supports you tremendously.

Ms. Namita Nayyar:

You have played as a goalkeeper for Portland Thorns FC of the American National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). Tell us more about your experience of playing in NWSL and level of professional competition that exist there?

Ms. Nadine Angerer:

Playing for the Portland Thorns was one of my best experience. Portland as a City and the whole club feels like home for me. We are a kind of engaged :-).

Playing in the NWSL was a completely new experience because the style the Americans has is differently compered to the way we are playing in Europe. But expert level this helped to develop again as a goalkeeper. The Americans says their league is the best in the world and the Germans says their league is the best. I say I don’t know, cause each one style is different. In America the whole game is more physical, in Europe it is more technical and tactical. So which is now the better or the best league in the world, like I said: Don’t know. :-).

Ms. Namita Nayyar:
With exceptional hard work you are credited with all your achievements. Do you believe that does the hand of Providence (Supreme Being) played a role in your success?
Ms. Nadine Angerer:

I think I was always physically and mentally well prepared. I developed a good mental strength which is one the most important ability as a goalkeeper. Over many years on the highest level I created a good strategy to handle pressure.

Ms. Namita Nayyar:

What you wish to say about the website Womenfitness.net and message for its visitors?

Ms. Nadine Angerer:

I think its a great platform for women to extend their knowledge about exercises, food and some beauty (of course :-)).
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