Turid Knaak
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 Turid Knaak with Germany in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Turid Knaak[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 January 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Essen, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SC Rellinghausen | |||
| SC Steele 03/20 | |||
| –2003 | SGS Essen | ||
| 2003–2007 | FCR 2001 Duisburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2011 | FCR 2001 Duisburg | 72 | (13) |
| 2011–2017 | Bayer Leverkusen | 102 | (20) |
| 2014 | → Arsenal (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | SGS Essen | 64 | (16) |
| 2020–2021 | Atlético Madrid | 26 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | VfL Wolfsburg | 16 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2006 | Germany U15 | 4 | (5) |
| 2006–2008 | Germany U17 | 19 | (9) |
| 2009–2010 | Germany U19 | 18 | (7) |
| 2010 | Germany U20 | 7 | (0) |
| 2010 | Germany U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2022 | Germany | 16 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Turid Knaak (born 24 January 1991) is a German former footballer.[2] She played as an attacking midfielder or a striker for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany women's national team.[3]
Knaak started her professional career at FCR Duisburg with whom she won the German Cup and the UEFA Women's Cup. For the 2011–12 season she transferred to Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[4]
On 4 July 2014, she joined Arsenal on a two-month loan,[5] coming off the bench to make her debut in the FA WSL Cup two days later, in a 3–0 win over Chelsea,[6] and four days later, she was named in the starting line up against the London Bees, scoring twice in a 7–0 cup win.[7] She made one more cup appearance in a 4–0 win over Millwall,[8] and then three appearances in the FA WSL, before returning to Leverkusen for the start of the 2014–15 Bundesliga season.
Career statistics
International
- As of 18 September 2021[9]
| Germany | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 2 |
International goals
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:[9]
| Knaak – goals for Germany | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 10 June 2018 | Hamilton, Canada |  Canada | 3–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 2. | 31 August 2019 | Kassel, Germany |  Montenegro | 7–0 | 10–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
