Vanessa Fudalla
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vanessa Fudalla | ||
Date of birth | 21 October 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Nuremberg, Germany | ||
Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder / Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | RB Leipzig | ||
Youth career | |||
2015-2017 | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||
2017-2018 | Bayern Munich | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017-2019 | Bayern Munich II | 33 | (20) |
2019-2020 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 17 | (2) |
2020- | RB Leipzig | 65 | (51) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Germany U17 | 9 | (3) |
2019 | Germany U19 | 6 | (12) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:19, 25 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 July 2023 |
Vanessa Fudalla (born 21 October 2001) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club RB Leipzig. [1][2][3]
Career
[edit]Youth
[edit]After starting her footballing career at local club DJK Langwasser in 2007, Fudalla moved around multiple clubs in the area until entering the 1. FC Nürnberg youth ranks in 2015. She moved to the under-17s at Bayern Munich two years later; that year Fudalla made her senior team debut for Bayern II in the 2. Bundesliga against Saarbrücken. Her first goal came in March 2018 during a win against Sindelfingen.
Bayern Munich II
[edit]Her debut for Bayern Munich II came on November 12, 2017 when she was substituted for Melanie Kuenrath in 68th minute.[4] She scored her first goal on March 18, 2018 in a 3-1 win against VfL Sindelfingen with the goal to make it 2-1 in the 59th minute.[5] Fudalla and Bayern II won the 2. Bundesliga, as she scored 17 goals to finish second in the goal scoring charts.[6] However, as the second team of a first-division side, Bayern II were denied promotion to the Bundesliga.
FF USV Jena
[edit]Fudalla progressed to the Bundesliga ahead of the 2019–20 season, signing for newly-promoted club FF USV Jena. Her Bundesliga debut came on the first matchday on August 17, 2019 in the home game against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, which ended in a 6-1 defeat.[7] She scored her first Bundesliga goal on the fourth matchday on September 22, 2019 home against 1. FC Köln with a penalty kick in the 71st minute to bring the final score to a 2-2 draw.[8] The team failed to win a game throughout the season and was eventually relegated, with Fudalla scoring two goals.
RB Leipzig
[edit]During the subsequent summer, Fudalla moved to RB Leipzig.[9] After three seasons in the 2. Bundesliga, Fudalla fired Leipzig to promotion during the 2022–23 campaign, becoming the league's most prolific player with 20 goals.[10][11]
Back in the top flight for the 2023–24 season, Fudalla made her first game-changing contribution during Leipzig's first home game in the Bundesliga, lobbing Essen's keeper for her first goal and executing a short solo run for her second, which eventually brought the team a 3-2 victory.[12] The team struggled from thereon out, taking just one point from the subsequent five games. Fudalla returned to the scoring charts with a shot from range in a 1-1 draw versus Leverkusen, before taking home an assist to Lydia Andrade in a loss against Hoffenheim.[13][14] Following the winter break, the German began starring in the division, scoring once versus Cologne, twice during a spectacular 4-4 draw in Essen and both goals in an upset victory against Eintracht Frankfurt.[15][16][17] She scored both goals in the 2-1 home victory against Eintracht Frankfurt.[18]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 16 February 2024[19]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bayern Munich II | 2017–18 | 2. Frauen-Bundesliga Süd | 11 | 1 | – | 11 | 1 | |
2018–19 | 2. Frauen-Bundesliga | 22 | 17 | – | 22 | 17 | ||
Total | 33 | 18 | – | 33 | 18 | |||
FF USV Jena | 2019–20 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 17 | 2 | – | 17 | 2 | |
Total | 17 | 2 | – | 17 | 2 | |||
RB Leipzig | 2020–21 | 2. Frauen-Bundesliga Nord | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
2021–22 | 2. Frauen-Bundesliga | 26 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 18 | |
2022–23 | 2. Frauen-Bundesliga | 19 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 23 | |
2023–24 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | |
Total | 69 | 51 | 11 | 6 | 80 | 57 | ||
Career total | 119 | 71 | 11 | 6 | 130 | 77 |
References
[edit]- ^ "RB Leipzig gegen Freiburg: Fudalla lebt den Traum vom Finale". bild.de. 15 April 2023.
- ^ "Leipzigs Fudalla ist Torschützenkönigin der 2. Frauen-Bundesliga :: DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V."
- ^ "Nürnbergs beste Fußballerin zu Gast beim 1. FC Nürnberg: Vanessa Fudalla im Video". www.nn.de.
- ^ "Bayern München II vs. Saarbrücken - 12 November 2017 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Bayern Munich II - VfL Sindelfingen 18.03.2018".
- ^ "Goalscorers". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ "USV Jena vs. Hoffenheim - 17 August 2019 - Women Soccerway". gh.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "USV Jena (W) vs 1. FC Koln (W) Live Score & Result | 22 Sep 2019 | FOOTLIVE". footlive.com. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ RBLive. "Drei weitere Zugänge: Kader der Frauen von RB Leipzig ist komplett | RBLive". rblive.de (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ mdr.de. "RB Leipzigs Frauen machen Zweitliga-Meisterschaft perfekt | MDR.DE". www.mdr.de (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "2. Frauen-Bundesliga – Torjäger 2022/23" [2. Frauen-Bundesliga – Goalscorers 2022–23]. weltfussball.de (in German).
- ^ "Nach frühem Rückstand: Leipzig feiert gegen Essen den ersten Bundesliga-Sieg". kicker (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Fudalla aus der Distanz, Wieder per Fallrückzieher: Bayer und RB trennen sich 1:1". kicker (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Spielbericht - Spielbericht TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - RasenBallsport Leipzig, 17.12.2023 - Bundesliga - Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de". www.soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ sportschau.de. "WDR-Sport: Frauen-Bundesliga: Leipzig zieht Köln in den Abstiegskampf". sportschau.de (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ Burgmer, Benedikt (9 February 2024). "4:4 gegen Leipzig - SGS Essen sorgt für ein Spektakel". www.waz.de (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ Zeitung, Süddeutsche (16 February 2024). "Fudalla schießt RB Leipzigs Frauen zum Sieg gegen Frankfurt". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Live Commentary - RB Leipzig Ladies vs Eintracht Frankfurt Ladies | 16.02.2024". Sky Sports. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Vanessa Fudalla". Soccerdonna. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- 2001 births
- Footballers from Nuremberg
- German women's footballers
- Germany women's youth international footballers
- Women's association football midfielders
- Women's association football forwards
- Frauen-Bundesliga players
- FC Bayern Munich II (women) players
- 2. Frauen-Bundesliga players
- RB Leipzig (women) players
- FF USV Jena players
- Living people