Valeria Kleiner Explained

Valeria Kleiner
Full Name:Valeria Katharina Kleiner[1]
Birth Date:27 March 1991
Birth Place:Lindau, Germany
Position:Defender
Currentclub:Bayer Leverkusen
Clubnumber:6
Youthyears1:1998–2003
Youthclubs1:TSV Oberreitnau
Youthyears2:2003–2006
Youthclubs2:FC Wangen
Youthyears3:2006–2007
Youthclubs3:VfB Friedrichshafen
Years1:2007–2010
Caps1:46
Goals1:1
Years2:2010–2013
Caps2:6
Goals2:0
Years3:2012–2013
Caps3:11
Goals3:0
Years4:2013–2014
Caps4:0
Goals4:0
Years5:2014–
Caps5:5
Goals5:0
Nationalyears1:2005–2006
Nationalteam1:Germany U15
Nationalcaps1:8
Nationalgoals1:3
Nationalyears2:2006–2008
Nationalcaps2:25
Nationalgoals2:3
Nationalyears3:2009–2010
Nationalteam3:Germany U19
Nationalcaps3:20
Nationalgoals3:1
Nationalyears4:2010
Nationalcaps4:3
Nationalgoals4:0
Club-Update:19:22, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
Nationalteam-Update:13 June 2010

Valeria Katharina Kleiner (born 27 March 1991) is a German football player who plays as defender for Bayer Leverkusen in the Women Bundesliga and for the Germany Women's National U-20.

Career

Club career

Valeria Kleiner began playing football at TSV Oberreitnau in 1998. Later on she played for FC Wangen and VfB Friedrichshafen.

In 2007, she joined SC Freiburg and she made her first appearance in the match against FC Saarbrücken becoming the youngest player to play for SC Freiburg in Bundesliga.

She joined 1. FFC Frankfurt in 2010/11 and 2011/12 football season.

On 9 August 2013, she signed a contract with Bayern Munich.[2]

International career

In October 2008, Kleiner won her first call up to the Germany Women's National Under-17. In May 2008 she began the captain of the team and Germany won the Uefa Women's Under-17 Championship in Nyon. In the same tournament she was named in the UEFA top 11 team.

In November 2008, she was part of the Germany Women's National Under-19 that reached the third place in the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.In 2010, after the UEFA Women's U-19 Championship, UEFA named her in the top 10 players list.

In June 2010, Kleiner was named in the Germany Women's National U-20 Team by the trainer Maren Meinert to take part in the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany.

Honours

National team

Winner 2010

Winner 2011

Individual

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Germany 2010 – List of Players: Germany . . PDF . 6 . 27 April 2011 . 27 December 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170305002704/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FU20W/2010/pdf/FU20W_2010_SquadLists.pdf . 5 March 2017.
  2. Web site: Kleiner zu Bayern. sueddeutsche.de. 15 August 2013. de.