Nadine Angerer

Nadine Marejke Angerer (born 10 November 1978) is a German football coach and player who is the former goalkeeping player-coach for Portland Thorns of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

In 1995, she moved to 1. FC Nürnberg and one year later to FC Wacker München.

While at Wacker, she rejected the opportunity to play for an American college soccer team.

Since making her debut for the Germany women's national football team in August 1996, Angerer won a total of 146 caps.

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.

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.

From 1999 to 2001, Angerer played at FC Bayern Munich, helping the team achieve promotion to Germany's top division, the Bundesliga.

Their best finish at the Olympics was third in 2000, 2004 and 2008.

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.

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.

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.

Angerer has played for Frauen-Bundesliga clubs Bayern Munich, Turbine Potsdam (with whom she won the 2005 UEFA Women's Cup) and FFC Frankfurt.

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.

Angerer is a penalty-saving specialist, having stopped Marta's kick in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Final and both Trine Rønning and Solveig Gulbrandsen's during the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 Final.

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.

In 2008, she played for Djurgårdens 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.

After seven years at Potsdam, Angerer left Germany in 2008 to play at Djurgårdens IF Dam in Sweden, replacing Bente Nordby.

She returned to Germany after only one season to join 1. FFC Frankfurt.

Angerer remained Germany's national team goalkeeper for the 2008 Summer Olympics, claiming the bronze medal.

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.

She won the European Championship for a fourth time in 2009, the first time she had been a starter for Germany.

She was appointed captain of Germany in 2011 following the retirement of Birgit Prinz.

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, Angerer was named FIFA World Player of the Year, becoming the first goalkeeper – male or female – to win the award.

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).

She announced her retirement from the international team 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.

After the season, Angerer was loaned to the Brisbane Roar with plans to return to Portland for the start of the 2015 season.

Angerer retired from being a professional footballer in 2015.

On 17 July 2020, Angerer was signed as an emergency replacement goalkeeper by Portland Thorns FC during the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup.