Heidi Mohr

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Date of birth (1967-05-29)29 May 1967
Place of birth Weinheim, West Germany
Date of death 7 February 2019(2019-02-07) (aged 51)
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Heidi Mohr
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-05-29)29 May 1967
Place of birth Weinheim, West Germany
Date of death 7 February 2019(2019-02-07) (aged 51)
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1994 TuS Niederkirchen 83 (114)
1994–1995 TuS Ahrbach 22 (27)
1995-1999 TuS Niederkirchen 75 (38+)
1995–2000 1. FFC Frankfurt 11 (2)
Total 191 (181+[1])
International career
1986–1996 Germany 104 (83)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Heidi Mohr (29 May 1967 – 7 February 2019) was a German footballer who played as a forward. She was renowned for her speed and her ability to shoot with both feet. In 1999 she was voted Europe's Footballer of the Century.[2]

Mohr played in the Bundesliga for TuS Ahrbach, TuS Niederkirchen, and 1. FFC Frankfurt. She was top scorer in the Bundesliga for five consecutive years from 1991 to 1995.

International career

Mohr's debut was against Norway on 19 May 1986. She had 104 appearances for Germany's national team and won the 1989, 1991 and 1995 Women's EURO. She scored eight times at European Championships and ten times at World Cups. With 83 career goals she was Germany's all-time top scorer until Birgit Prinz overtook her in 2005. Mohr's last game was on 29 September 1996 against Iceland.[3]

Heidi Mohr competed in two FIFA Women's World Cup: China 1991 and Sweden 1995; and one Olympics: Atlanta 1996; played 15 matches and scored 11 goals[4] Mohr with her Germany team finished third at the 1991 Women's World Cup, held in China.

Death

Mohr died in February 2019, aged 51, after suffering from cancer.[5]

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