Anneke Borbe
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.jpg) Borbe with VfL Wolfsburg in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anneke Borbe[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 September 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Pinneberg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arsenal | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SV Lieth | |||
| –2015 | SC Nienstedten | ||
| 2015–2017 | Werder Bremen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2023 | Werder Bremen | 77 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | VfL Wolfsburg | 10 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | VfL Wolfsburg II | 6 | (0) |
| 2025– | Arsenal | 6 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2014 | Germany U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016 | Germany U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Germany U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2018 | Germany U19 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:00, 23 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
Anneke Borbe (German: [ˈanə.kə ˈboːbə]; born 17 September 2000) is a German football goalkeeper who plays for Women's Super League club Arsenal and has represented Germany at youth levels.[2]
Borbe was born in Pinneberg. She began playing soccer at SV Lieth and SC Nienstedten, where she played in mixed teams with boys.[3] In 2015, she joined Werder Bremen's youth department.[4] At first she commuted weekly from Pinneberg before finally moving into a shared apartment in Bremen with teammate Nina Lührßen.[5] With the SVW juniors she played 26 games in the B-Junior Bundesliga. She also played four times for the Hamburg U16 state team.
Club career
VfL Wolfsburg
As a sixteen-year-old, Borbe made her debut in the Frauen-Bundesliga at the beginning of September 2017.[6] During the 2017–18 season she played a total of 14 times and ultimately held the league with Werder. The following year she was in goal 15 times and was relegated with the team to the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga at the end of the 2018–19 season. Werder dominated the 2019–20 second division season and went undefeated, Borbe playing in eight games. Since then, Borbe has been established as the starting goalkeeper for the team. After the 8th matchday of the 2022–23 season, she injured her hand and was initially replaced by Hannah Etzold.[7] In mid-March 2023 she was in goal again for the team for the first time in the game against Eintracht Frankfurt.[8]
At the end of February 2023, VfL Wolfsburg signed Borbe on a free transfer for the 2023–24 season.[9] Her contract ran until 2025.[4]
Arsenal
On 15 July 2025, it was announced that Borbe had signed with Women's Super League club Arsenal upon the expiration of her contract at VfL Wolfsburg. Borbe will wear the number 28 at Arsenal.[2]
On 6 December 2025, Borbe made her debut for Arsenal, replacing injured Daphne van Domselaar, in a 2-1 victory over Liverpool.[10]
International career
Personal life
Borbe attended high school in Bremen-Obervieland.[5] She cites Nadine Angerer as her role model.[12]