Annabel Jäger
{{short description|German footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Annabel Jäger
| image = Annabel Jäger 2013 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Jäger in 2013
| fullname = Annabel Jäger
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|1|6}}
| birth_place = Gütersloh, Germany
| height = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| currentclub = Arminia Bielefeld (manager)
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 = 2000–2009
| youthclubs1 = FC Gütersloh 2000
| youthyears2 = 2009–2012
| youthclubs2 = FSV Gütersloh 2009
| years1 = 2009–2012
| clubs1 = FSV Gütersloh 2009
| caps1 = 39
| goals1 = 28
| years2 = 2012–2013
| clubs2 = VfL Wolfsburg
| caps2 = 2
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2013–2015
| clubs3 = Cloppenburg
| caps3 = 31
| goals3 = 5
| years4 = 2015–2016
| clubs4 = FSV Gütersloh 2009
| caps4 = 17
| goals4 = 6
| years5 = 2016–2020
| clubs5 = Arminia Bielefeld
| caps5 = 47
| goals5 = 16
| nationalyears1 = 2008–2009
| nationalteam1 = Germany U15
| nationalcaps1 = 10
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalyears2 = 2009–2011
| nationalteam2 = Germany U17
| nationalcaps2 = 14
| nationalgoals2 = 4
| nationalyears3 = 2012–2013
| nationalteam3 = Germany U19
| nationalcaps3 = 17
| nationalgoals3 = 4
| nationalyears4 = 2012–2014
| nationalteam4 = Germany U20
| nationalcaps4 = 8
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| manageryears1 = 2020–2023
| managerclubs1 = FC Kaunitz (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2023–
| managerclubs2 = Arminia Bielefeld
}}
Annabel Jäger (born 6 January 1994) is a German former football midfielder, who currently coaches German side Arminia Bielefeld.{{cite web |url=http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/annabel-jaeger/ |title=Annabel Jäger Profile |publisher=Weltfussball |language=de }}
Career
=Club=
Jäger started her senior career at hometown club FSV Gütersloh in 2009, where they achieved promotion to the Bundesliga. She later joined VfL Wolfsburg for the 2012–13 season, where she won the treble, UEFA Champions League, Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal with the club. She then played for Cloppenburg, before returning to FSV Gütersloh, and concluding her career at Arminia Bielefeld.{{cite web |url=https://www.arminia.de/neues/schlagzeilen/detail/die-familiaere-atmosphaere-und-der-rueckhalt-der-fans-sind-etwas-ganz-besonderes |title="Die familiäre Atmosphäre und der Rückhalt der Fans sind etwas ganz Besonderes" |publisher=Arminia Bielefeld |date=28 May 2024 }}
=International=
As an Under-17 international, she played the 2011 U-17 European Championship where she was the tournament's top joint scorer with teammate Lina Magull.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/womensunder17/news/0252-0ce2715bcc96-e701f7e11269-1000--germany-pair-share-scoring-honours/ |title=Germany pair share scoring honours |publisher=UEFA |date=31 July 2011 }}
She also represented Germany U20 during the 2012 FIFA U-20 World Cup, featuring in the 1–0 final loss against the United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u20womensworldcup/japan2012/matches/round=258193/match=300200423/report.html |title=United States 1–0 Germany |publisher=FIFA |date=8 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115093829/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u20womensworldcup/japan2012/matches/round=258193/match=300200423/report.html |archive-date=15 January 2014 }}
=Coaching=
Following her playing retirement, Jäger was appointed as assistant coach at FC Kaunitz.{{cite web |url=https://www.fupa.net/news/archive-annabel-jager-wird-co-trainerin-beim-fc-kaunitz-2655733 |title=Annabel Jäger wird Co-Trainerin beim FC Kaunitz |publisher=FuPa |date=17 May 2020 }} In May 2023, she became the head coach of her former club Arminia Bielefeld.{{cite web |url=https://www.arminia.de/neues/schlagzeilen/detail/annabel-jaeger-wird-neue-trainerin-der-arminia-frauen |title=Annabel Jäger wird neue Trainerin der Arminia-Frauen |publisher=Arminia Bielefeld |date=26 May 2023 }}
References
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Category:German women's footballers
Category:VfL Wolfsburg (women) players
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:Sportspeople from Gütersloh
Category:Footballers from Detmold (region)
Category:21st-century German sportswomen
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