Emily Kraft
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emily Kraft | ||
| Date of birth | 18 February 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Frankfurt, Germany | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FFC Frankfurt U17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
| SV Concordia Gernsheim | |||
| RSV Germania Pfungstadt | |||
| FFC Frankfurt | |||
| National team‡ | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016 | Germany U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Germany U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018– | Republic of Ireland U17 | ||
| 2019– | Republic of Ireland | 1 | (0) |
| ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:26, 20 January 2019 (UTC) | |||
Emily Kraft (born 18 February 2002) is a German-Irish international footballer who plays for FFC Frankfurt's youth team. She made her debut for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team in January 2019.
Club career[]
Kraft played for SV Concordia Gernsheim and RSV Germania Pfungstadt, before joining FFC Frankfurt's youth structure as a 14-year-old.[1]
International career[]
After previously representing the Germany women's national youth football team at under-15 and under-16 level, Kraft accepted a call-up to the Republic of Ireland women's national under-17 football team in October 2018. She was able to represent Ireland as her mother Orla is from Dublin. In her first match for Ireland under-17s she scored four goals in a 14–0 win over Albania.[2]
Ireland's senior national team coach Colin Bell called up Kraft for the first time in January 2019, for a friendly against Belgium, staged at San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain.[3] She started the match to win her first cap.[4]
References[]
- ^ Petersohn, Frederik (8 October 2018). ""Keine Brücken über Nacht abbrechen!"" (in German). Soccer Donna. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ Fennessy, Paul (27 December 2018). "The 16-year-old German-born footballer dreaming of glory with Ireland". The 42. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "Ireland WNT: Megan Connolly excited for international future". Football Association of Ireland. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ @FAIreland (20 January 2019). "Well done to #IRLWNT