Kathleen Radtke

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kathleen Radtke

| image = Kathleen Radtke 2014.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|1|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Germany,

| currentclub = MSV Duisburg

| clubnumber = 33

| height = {{height|m=1.60|precision=0}}

| position = Midfielder, defender

| years1 = 2001–2002

| clubs1 = Hallescher FC

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2002–2003

| clubs2 = 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2008–2009

| clubs3 = FFV Leipzig

| caps3 =

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| years4 = 2009–2013

| clubs4 = FF USV Jena

| caps4 = 68

| goals4 = 3

| years5 = 2013–2014

| clubs5 = FC Rosengård

| caps5 = 28

| goals5 = 5

| years6 = 2014–2016

| clubs6 = Manchester City

| caps6 = 16

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2016–

| clubs7 = MSV Duisburg

| caps7 = 61

| goals7 = 8

| pcupdate = 15:25 25 November 2018 (UTC)

}}

Kathleen Radtke (born 31 January 1985) is a German footballer who plays as a defender for MSV Duisburg.

Early life

Radtke studied sports psychology at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena until her move to Sweden in the spring of 2013.{{cite web|title=FF USV Jena: Kathleen Radtke wechselt nach Schweden|url=http://www.jenapolis.de/2013/02/ff-usv-jena-kathleen-radtke-wechselt-nach-schweden/|publisher=Jena Polis|accessdate=31 January 2014|date=8 February 2013}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Club career

Radtke began her career in 1990 with VfB Gröbzig.[http://www.unsersport.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=48&Itemid=143 USV-Spielerinnen privat: Kathleen Radtke]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She then played for the youth teams of CFC Germania Köthen and Hallescher FC where she has named 2001 Sportswoman of the Year.{{Cite web |url=http://www.frauenfussball-fsa.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41:nationalspielerinnen&catid=1:frauenfussball&Itemid=40 |title=Frauenfussball Sachsen-Anhalt - Nationalspielerinnen |access-date=2014-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201233018/http://www.frauenfussball-fsa.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41:nationalspielerinnen&catid=1:frauenfussball&Itemid=40 |archive-date=2014-02-01 |url-status=dead }} During the 2002/2003 season, she played for the youth academy of 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and then joined the youth club, CFC Germania Köthen, in 2004. During the 2005/2006 season, she returned to professional football and signed with FC Lok Leipzig.[http://jenanews.de/index.php/nachrichten/sport/59-nachrichten/2024-kathleen-radtke-wechselt-zum-ff-usv-jena Kathleen Radtke wechselt zum FF USV Jena] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604104507/http://jenanews.de/index.php/nachrichten/sport/59-nachrichten/2024-kathleen-radtke-wechselt-zum-ff-usv-jena |date=2011-06-04 }} In the summer of 2009, Radtke joined FF USV Jena in the Frauen Bundesliga.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ffusvjena.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=275%3Ausv-spielerinnen-privat-kathleen-radtke&catid=42%3Abundesliga&Itemid=64 |title=USV-Spielerinnen privat: Kathleen Radtke |access-date=2014-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203020451/http://www.ffusvjena.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=275%3Ausv-spielerinnen-privat-kathleen-radtke&catid=42%3Abundesliga&Itemid=64 |archive-date=2014-02-03 |url-status=dead }} On 7 February 2013 she announced her move to the FC Rosengård (formerly LdB FC Malmö) in the Swedish Damallsvenskan, her first experience of full-time professional football.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ffusvjena.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=746%3Akathleen-radtke-wechselt-nach-schweden&catid=34%3Anews-bundesliga-team&Itemid=64 |title=Kathleen Radtke wechselt nach Schweden |access-date=2014-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203020611/http://www.ffusvjena.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=746%3Akathleen-radtke-wechselt-nach-schweden&catid=34%3Anews-bundesliga-team&Itemid=64 |archive-date=2014-02-03 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|publisher=Ostthüringer Zeitung|title=Jenaerin Kathleen Radtke freut sich auf Fußball in Vollzeit|url=https://www.otz.de/sport/jenaerin-kathleen-radtke-freut-sich-auf-fussball-in-vollzeit-id219105395.html?zgtforceua=mobile|language=de|date=12 February 2013|access-date=23 March 2020}}{{cite news|publisher=Sydsvenskan|title="En utmaning jag vill ha"|url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2013-02-07/en-utmaning-jag-vill-ha|language=sv|date=7 February 2013|access-date=23 March 2020}}

Having become one of the first three Germans to win the Swedish women's league title, on 3 July 2014 Radtke moved to England to join WSL newcomers Manchester City.{{cite web |url=http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/MCWFC-news/2014/July/MCWFC-sign-Kathleen-Radtke |title=MCWFC sign Kathleen Radtke |work=mcfc.co.uk |date=3 July 2014 |accessdate=3 July 2014 |archive-date=7 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707055904/http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/MCWFC-news/2014/July/MCWFC-sign-Kathleen-Radtke |url-status=dead }}

Honours

=Club=

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

Bundesliga: 2004
DFB-Pokal: 2004

FC Rosengård

Damallsvenskan: 2013

Manchester City

Women's League Cup: 2014{{cite news

|url=https://www.thefa.com/news/2014/oct/16/arsenal-manchester-city-continental-cup

|title=CITY'S ISOBEL CHRISTIANSEN ENDS ARSENAL CUP DOMINANCE

|publisher=The FA

|date=16 October 2014 |access-date=4 May 2022}}

References

External links

{{soccerway}}
{{UEFA|250057900}}
[http://www.soccerdonna.de/de/kathleen-radtke/profil/spieler_1544.html Profile] at soccerdonna.de {{in lang|de}}
[http://www.fussballtransfers.com/spieler/j65323_kathleen-radtke Profile] at worldfootball.net {{in lang|de}}
{{WorldFootball.net|kathleen-radtke}}

Category:1985 births

Category:Living people

Category:German women's footballers

Category:1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players

Category:MSV Duisburg (women) players

Category:FF USV Jena players

Category:FC Rosengård players

Category:Damallsvenskan players

Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Sweden

Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden

Category:Manchester City W.F.C. players

Category:Women's Super League players