Tabea Kemme (born 14 December 1991) is a German former professional footballer who played as a full-back or winger for Frauen-Bundesliga 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam for twelve years[2] and for Arsenal of the FA Women's Super League.[3]
 Kemme in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tabea Kemme[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 December 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Stade, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Full-back, winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2006 | SG Freiburg/Oederquart | ||
| 2006–2008 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam II | 6 | (2) |
| 2008–2018 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | 145 | (24) |
| 2018–2020 | Arsenal | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 154 | (26) | |
| International career | |||
| 2007–2008 | Germany U17 | 15 | (6) |
| 2009–2010 | Germany U19 | 11 | (0) |
| 2010 | Germany U20 | 10 | (0) |
| 2013–2018 | Germany | 47 | (6) |
Medal record | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
During her youth career and the first two seasons of her senior career, Kemme played as an attacker. She switched to more defensive playing positions[4] while playing for Germany U20 during the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[5] Two of Kemme's goals for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam, both long-range shots, were included in the 10 best goals of the German Football Association's Women's Goal of the Season 2014–2015 shortlist.[6]
Kemme combined her football career with her police studies at Brandenburg's police training college.[7]
Early life
editKemme attended the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Potsdam Sport School,[8][9] which has an elite program for girls' football. The school has very close links with the FFC Turbine Potsdam club.[10]
Club career
editIn 2006, Kemme started training and playing with the junior teams of FFC Turbine, progressing to the senior first team in 2008.
She joined Arsenal in July 2018.[11] After persistent injuries, Kemme announced her retirement from professional football on 14 January 2020.[12]
International career
editKemme's first involvement with the Germany national team was in the squad of players selected for a 2013 UEFA Women's Championship qualifying match against Romania on 22 October 2011,[13] but she did not play in the match. Kemme made her international debut for Germany during their 8–0 win against Croatia on 27 November 2013, a match in Germany's FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 qualification campaign.[14] She came on as a substitute for Leonie Maier, in the 76th minute.[15] Kemme was selected for the German squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 and played six matches in the tournament.
She was one of Germany's starting full-backs for the 2016 Summer Olympics, starting and playing every minute of all but one match. Germany would go on to win the gold medal.[16]
Police career
editIn 2012, Kemme began her studies as a police commissioner at the University of Applied Sciences of the Brandenburg Police, which she successfully completed in September 2017.[17] Kemme completed the practical part in Oranienburg. The theory part took place in Potsdam and Oberhavel.
Career statistics
editScores and results list Germany's goal tally first:
| Kemme – goals for Germany | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 18 September 2015 | Halle, Germany |  Hungary |
3–0 | 12–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 2. | 25 October 2016 | Aalen, Germany |  Netherlands |
4–1 | 4–2 | Friendly |
| 3. | 16 September 2017 | Ingolstadt, Germany |  Slovenia |
4–0 | 6–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying |
| 4. | 5–0 | |||||
| 5. | 24 October 2017 | Großaspach, Germany |  Faroe Islands |
2–0 | 11–0 | |
| 6. | 3–0 | |||||
Source:[18]
Honours
edit- 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
- UEFA Women's Champions League: 2009–10
- Frauen-Bundesliga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
- DFB-Hallenpokal: 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014[19]
- DFB Women's Under-17 Championship: 2007–08
Arsenal
- Germany
References
edit- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 6 July 2015. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Spielerinnenporträt: Tabea Kemme" (in German). 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "OLYMPIASIEGERIN KEMME BEENDET KARRIERE". DFB. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "Tabea Kemme: "I want to make it to Canada"". womenssoccerunited.com. 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ "Interview mit Tabea Kemme – Fußballnationalspielerin und Polizeikommissaranwärterin" (in German). Fachhochshule Polizei Brandenburg. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ "Goal of the Season 2014–2015 (Tor der Saison 2014/2015)" (in German). German Football Association Television (DFB-TV). Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ "Interview mit Tabea Kemme – Fußballnationalspielerin und Polizeikommissaranwärterin" (in German). Fachhochshule Polizei Brandenburg. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ "Deutscher Fußballmeister 2010 : Turbine Potsdam" (in German). Sportschule Potsdam. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ "Interview mit Anna Sarholz und Tabea Kemme from Sportschule Potsdam" (in German). Sportschule Potsdam. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ "Die DFB – Mädchenfußball – Eliteschule in Potsdam" (in German). FFC Turbine Potsdam. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ "Women's Super League: Arsenal sign Germany international Tabea Kemme". BBC Sport. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "Tabea Kemme announces retirement". Arsenal FC. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "ROMANIA VS. GERMANY 0 – 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ "Tabea Kemme's debut for Germany" (in German). Deutscher Fussball Bund. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ "Tabea Kemme's debut for Germany" (in German). Deutscher Fussball Bund. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Tabea Kemme: Ernennung zur Polizeikommissarin". 26 September 2017.
- ^ "Players Info Kemme Goals". DFB. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Potsdam triumphiert zum siebten Mal" (in German). spox.com. 12 January 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ "Match report of FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2010 Final". FIFA. Archived from the original on 27 October 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ "UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship – History – 2008 – Germany first to gain glory". UEFA. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ "Algarve Cup 2014 Final". japan Football Association. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
External links
edit
- Tabea Kemme – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Tabea Kemme – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Profile (in German) at DFB
- Player German domestic football stats (in German) at DFB
- Tabea Kemme at Soccerway