Nina Brüggemann (born 11 February 1993) is a German footballer who plays as a defender for German club Hamburger SV.

Nina Brüggemann
Brüggemann with Essen in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Pinneberg, Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Hamburger SV
Number 5
Youth career
FC Union Tornesch
0000–2009 TSV Uetersen
2009 Hamburger SV
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Arizona State Sun Devils 17 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Hamburger SV 37 (2)
2010–2011 Hamburger SV II 16 (2)
2013–2015 BV Cloppenburg 30 (2)
2015–2020 SGS Essen 78 (7)
2020–2022 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 16 (1)
2022– Hamburger SV 19 (1)
International career
2008 Germany U15 4 (0)
2009 Germany U16 1 (0)
2010 Germany U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2023

Early life

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Born in Pinneberg, Germany, Brüggemann began playing football at the age of six. Her father, Detlev, worked as the senior administrative officer of the amt of Pinnau and as the deputy chairman of the district sports association.[1] As a child, she competed in multiple sports: Brüggemann was the only girl on her junior football teams, won the North German championship in table tennis, and competed at the North German championships in athletics. When she was 15 years old, Brüggemann committed herself to football, saying that it "has always been my greatest passion - it's simply more fun to compete in a team."[2]

Brüggemann attended the Johannes-Brahms-Schule until 2012.[2] She attended Arizona State University for one year, and upon her return to Germany, Brüggemann studied sports and biology at the University of Duisburg-Essen.[3][4]

Club career

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After playing in the youth ranks for FC Union Tornesch and TSV Uetersen, Brüggemann joined the juniors at Hamburger SV in the summer of 2009.[2] She made her Frauen-Bundesliga debut on 27 September 2009 against SGS Essen, entering as a substitute in the 29th minute, and scored the game-winning goal in the 84th minute to hand Hamburg a 3–2 victory. Over three seasons, Brüggemann scored two goals in 37 Bundesliga appearances, before Hamburg withdrew from the league following the 2011–12 season. Brüggemann moved to the United States and spent one year playing college soccer for the Arizona State Sun Devils.[5] She then returned to Germany and, ahead of the 2013–14 season, signed a two-year contract with newly promoted BV Cloppenburg.[6] After scoring two goals in 30 Bundesliga appearances, Brüggemann moved to SGS Essen in the summer of 2015.[7][8] After five seasons, she joined Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 2020, then returned to Hamburger SV in 2022, now in the Frauen-Regionalliga.[9]

International career

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Between 2008 and 2010, Brüggemann played a total of six games for the Germany women's national youth football teams.[10]

Career statistics

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As of 30 September 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[10][11]
Club Season League Cup[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hamburger SV 2009–10 Frauen-Bundesliga 18 1 1 0 19 1
2010–11 Frauen-Bundesliga 3 0 0 0 4[b] 2 7 2
2011–12 Frauen-Bundesliga 16 1 2 0 18 1
Total 37 2 3 0 4 2 44 4
Hamburger SV II 2010–11 2. Frauen-Bundesliga 16 2 16 2
BV Cloppenburg 2013–14 Frauen-Bundesliga 13 1 1 0 14 1
2014–15 2. Frauen-Bundesliga 17 1 3 1 20 2
Total 30 2 4 1 0 0 34 3
SGS Essen 2015–16 Frauen-Bundesliga 21 3 2 1 23 4
2016–17 Frauen-Bundesliga 19 2 1 0 20 2
2017–18 Frauen-Bundesliga 6 0 0 0 6 0
2018–19 Frauen-Bundesliga 17 0 2 1 19 1
2019–20 Frauen-Bundesliga 15 2 5 0 20 2
Total 78 7 10 2 0 0 88 9
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga 14 1 1 0 15 1
2021–22 Frauen-Bundesliga 2 0 1 0 3 0
Total 16 1 2 0 0 0 18 1
Hamburger SV 2022–23 Frauen-Regionalliga 18 1 0 0 1[c] 0 19 1
2023–24 2. Frauen-Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 19 1 0 0 1 0 20 1
Career total 196 15 19 3 5 2 220 20
  1. ^ All appearances in the DFB-Pokal Frauen
  2. ^ Appearances in the Bundesliga Cup
  3. ^ Appearance in the Frauen-Regionalliga promotion play-offs

References

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  1. ^ "Bundesligaspielerin aus dem Kreis" [Bundesliga player from the district] (in German). Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag. 12 May 2022. Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Zurück in die zukunft" [Back to the future]. Hamburger SV (in German). 9 November 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  3. ^ Herlinger, Christa (28 March 2017). "Ein Jahr College Soccer: Nina Brüggemann gehört zu den "Tollen Typen" der SGS" [One year of college soccer: Nina Brüggemann is one of the “great guys” at SGS]. Lokalkompass (in German). WVW/ORA Anzeigenblätter [de]. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  4. ^ Krüger, Kornelius (12 June 2019). "Nina Brüggemann und der Traum vom A-Nationalteam" [Nina Brüggemann and the dream of the senior national team] (in German). Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Nina Brueggemann – Arizona State profile". Arizona State Sun Devils. Arizona State University. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Nina Brüggemann wechselt aus den USA nach Cloppenburg" [Nina Brüggemann is moving from the USA to Cloppenburg]. Frauenfussball bei Framba.de (in German). 24 June 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  7. ^ Juchem, Markus (15 June 2015). "SGS Essen holt Nina Brüggemann und Kirsten Nesse" [SGS Essen is bringing in Nina Brüggemann and Kirsten Nesse]. Womensoccer.de (in German). Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  8. ^ Jäger, Kristina (22 August 2015). "Wie Rot-Weiss - nur anders" [Like red and white - only different]. RevierSport (in German). Funke Mediengruppe. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Nina Brüggemann signs for Bayer 04 Women" (Press release). Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  10. ^ a b Nina Brüggemann at DFB (also available in German)
  11. ^ Nina Brüggemann at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
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