Anna Gasper
{{short description|German association footballer}}
{{use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1997|1|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cologne, Germany
| height = 172 cm
| image = Anna Gasper 20180506 01.jpg
| currentclub = Benfica
| clubnumber = 23
| position = Defender, midfielder
| youthyears1 = 2002–2011
| youthclubs1 = DJK Südwest Köln
| youthyears2 = 2011–2014
| youthclubs2 = Bayer Leverkusen
| years1 = 2013–2016
| clubs1 = Bayer Leverkusen
| caps1 = 41
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2016–2020
| clubs2 = Turbine Potsdam
| caps2 = 67
| goals2 = 11
| years3 = 2020–2021
| clubs3 = → FC Altera Porta (loan)
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2021–2022
| clubs4 = → USC Landhaus (loan)
| caps4 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2022
| clubs5 = Austria Wien
| caps5 = 7
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2023–
| clubs6 = Benfica
| caps6 = 28
| goals6 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2014–2016
| nationalteam1 = Germany U19
| nationalcaps1 = 12
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| pcupdate = 3 June 2024
}}
Anna Gasper (born 3 January 1997) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese club Benfica.
Career
= Clubs =
Having come to football via her older brothers,{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/anna-gasper-von-bayer-leverkusen-zu-turbine-potsdam/|title=Anna Gasper von Bayer Leverkusen zu Turbine Potsdam|website=Sportbuzzer.de|date=3 May 2016 |language=de|access-date=2020-03-14}} Gasper started her career in 2002 in the Bambini team of DJK Südwest Köln.{{cite web|title=Eine Klatsche von der "Weibertruppe"|periodical=Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger|publisher=ksta.de|url=http://www.ksta.de/koeln-uebersicht/eine-klatsche-von-der--weibertruppe-,16341264,14166578.html|url-status=|access-date=2013-11-15|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2003-10-21|language=|pages=|quote=}} There she played through all the teams until the C-youth in summer 2011, before she moved to the youth department of Bayer 04 Leverkusen for the 2011–12 season. From 2012 she played with Leverkusen's B-Juniorinnen in the B-Juniorinnen-Bundesliga West/Südwest, which was played for the first time this season. With 19 goals she became top scorer of this league in the 2013–14 season. On 13 October 2013 (5th matchday), she made her first appearance in the first team squad in the 5–1 defeat to 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and also made her Bundesliga debut in this match when she was called up for Turid Knaak in the 70th minute.[http://www.framba.de/content/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4754:frauenfussball-bundesliga-ergebnisse-vom-5-spieltag-201314&catid=118:bundesliga framba.de] On 16 February 2014, she made her first appearance in the starting eleven in an away game for MSV Duisburg{{cite web|title=1:2 in Duisburg - Frauen verpatzen Rückrundenstart|periodical=|publisher=bayer04.de|url=http://www.bayer04.de/B04-DEU/de/_md_aktuell-dt.aspx?aktuell=aktuell-9880|url-status=|format=|access-date=2014-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308002500/http://www.bayer04.de/B04-DEU/de/_md_aktuell-dt.aspx?aktuell=aktuell-9880|archive-date=2016-03-08|last=|date=2014-02-16|language=|pages=|quote=}} and was accepted into the Bundesliga squad for the 2014–15 season.[http://www.bayer04.de/B04-DEU/de/Spielerstatistik_Frauen_2014_15.aspx?guid=2147 auf bayer04.de] On September 7, 2014 (2nd matchday), she scored her first Bundesliga goal in the 2–1 away win against FF USV Jena, scoring the interim 2–0. After a total of 41 league and five cup appearances for Leverkusen, Gasper switched to league rivals 1 FFC Turbine Potsdam for the 2016–17 season, where she signed a two-year contract.{{cite web|title=Turbine Potsdam verpflichtet Anna Gasper|periodical=|publisher=1. FFC Turbine Potsdam datum=2016-05-03|url=http://www.turbine-potsdam.de/home/home-2/982-turbine-potsdam-verpflichtet-anna-gasper|url-status=|format=|access-date=2016-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516174952/http://www.turbine-potsdam.de/home/home-2/982-turbine-potsdam-verpflichtet-anna-gasper|archive-date=2016-05-16|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}
Gasper primarily appeared as a substitute for Turbine Potsdam, until she featured regularly for the club during the 2018–19 season.{{cite news|publisher=Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten|title=Anna Gasper ist eine der Führungsfiguren bei Turbine|url=https://www.pnn.de/sport/die-geduldsspielerin-anna-gasper-ist-eine-der-fuehrungsfiguren-bei-turbine/25305844.html|language=de|date=7 December 2019|access-date=25 March 2020}}
= Selected teams =
Gasper went through all the junior women's teams of the Middle Rhine Football Association and participated with them in the Länderpokal in 2011 (U-15), 2012 (U-15, U-17) and 2013 (U-17).Kader des Fußballverbands Mittelrhein beim Länderpokal: [http://www.fvm.de/fileadmin/user/PDF/Downloads/Spielbetrieb/Auswahlkader/w_u15_2011_06_01_1996.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101143005/http://www.fvm.de/fileadmin/user/PDF/Downloads/Spielbetrieb/Auswahlkader/w_u15_2011_06_01_1996.pdf |date=1 November 2013 }} (PDF; 494 kB),[http://www.fvm.de/uploads/media/w_u15_2012_05_16_1996-97.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101142924/http://www.fvm.de/uploads/media/w_u15_2012_05_16_1996-97.pdf |date=1 November 2013 }} (PDF; 72 kB), [http://www.fvm.de/uploads/media/w_u17_2013_10_02_1997_98.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101140919/http://www.fvm.de/uploads/media/w_u17_2013_10_02_1997_98.pdf |date=1 November 2013 }} (PDF; 21 kB) In 2014, she was first appointed to the U-19 national team squad and made her debut in the national jersey on 22 October 2014 in a 2–1 defeat to the Swedish team in a test match. Less than a year later, on 17 September 2015, she scored her first international goal in the European Championship qualifying match against Kazakhstan.
In November 2016, she was first selected for the German women's national team but has not appeared in a match as of yet.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dfb.de/news/detail/kemme-simic-und-maier-reisen-ab-jones-nominiert-gasper-nach-158376/|title=Kemme, Simic und Maier reisen ab - Jones nominiert Gasper nach|website=DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.|language=de|access-date=2020-03-13}}
Personal life
Anna Gasper passed her Abitur at the Landrat-Lucas-Gymnasium in 2016{{cite web|title=Lucas-Abiturienten kommen auch aus Hennef und Bornheim|periodical=|publisher=Rheinische Post|url=http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/leverkusen/lucas-abiturienten-kommen-auch-aus-hennef-und-bornheim-aid-1.6082625|url-status=|format=|access-date=2016-08-14|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2016-06-29|language=|pages=|quote=}} and, after moving to Potsdam, began studying to become a police commissioner.{{cite web |url=http://www.turbine-potsdam.de/mannschaften/mannschaften-2/56-kader/mittelfeld/466-7-anna-gasper |title=7 Anna Gasper |website=www.turbine-potsdam.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814091558/http://www.turbine-potsdam.de/mannschaften/mannschaften-2/56-kader/mittelfeld/466-7-anna-gasper |archive-date=2016-08-14}} She belongs to the sports support group of the Brandenburg state police at the Brandenburg Olympic Base.{{Cite web|url=https://www.osp-brandenburg.de/|title=Startseite|last=Möller|first=Marcus|website=Olympiastützpunkt Brandenburg|language=de-DE|access-date=2020-03-14}} Her brother Michael Gasper is dance officer of the dance group "Zunft-Müüs", the dance group of the traditional Cologne carnival club Fidele Zunftbrüder von 1919{{Cite web|url=https://www.blick-aktuell.de/Berichte/Highlights-non-stop-beimKKK-Vorstellabend-291158.html|title=Highlights non-stop beim KKK-Vorstellabend|website=Blick aktuell|language=de|access-date=2020-03-14}} and her brother Simon Gasper was commander and is dance officer of the KG Sr. Tollität Luftflotte, another carnival club.{{Cite web|url=https://www.koeln.de/tourismus/karneval/kg-luftflotte-mit-neuem-tanzpaar-und-neuem-karnevals-ball_1121352.html|title=KG Luftflotte mit neuem Tanzpaar und neuem Karnevals-Ball|website=koeln.de|date=23 May 2019 |language=de-DE|access-date=2020-03-14}}
Honors
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- Middle Rhine Cup winner 2012{{cite web|title=FVM-Pokalfinale der Frauen und B-/C-Juniorinnen|periodical=Fußballverband Mittelrhein|publisher=fvm.de|url=http://www.fvm.de/news-fvm-detail.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=8475&cHash=f10dfb7c4e|url-status=|format=|access-date=2013-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101134550/http://www.fvm.de/news-fvm-detail.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=8475&cHash=f10dfb7c4e|archive-date=2013-11-01|last=|date=2012-05-13|language=|pages=|quote=}} with the C-Juniorinnen
- Top scorer of the B-Juniorinnen-Bundesliga West/Southwest 2013/14
- DFB-Hallenpokal winner 2015
Benfica
- Campeonato Nacional Feminino: 2022–23, 2023–24
- Taça de Portugal: 2023–24
- Taça da Liga: 2022–23, 2023–24
- Supertaça de Portugal: 2023
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|anna-gasper/318773}}
- {{WorldFootball.net|anna-gasper}}
- [http://www.soccerdonna.de/de/-/profil/spieler_17475.html Anna Gasper] in the Soccerdonna.de database
- [http://www.bayer04.de/B04-DEU/de/_md_aktuell-dt.aspx?aktuell=aktuell-10800&aktuell=aktuell-10745 Ein Talent auf der Überholspur] bayer04.de
{{S.L. Benfica (women) squad}}
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Category:Footballers from Cologne
Category:German women's footballers
Category:German expatriate women's footballers
Category:Women's association football defenders
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:Bayer 04 Leverkusen (women) players
Category:1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players
Category:Frauen-Bundesliga players
Category:S.L. Benfica (women) footballers