Alexandra Popp

About

German soccer player and Olympic gold medalist who starts as a striker for VfL Wolfsburg and for the German national team. She has 10,000 followers on Twitter and 220,000 on Instagram.

Before Fame

Popp attended Gesamtschule Berger Feld in Gelsenkirchen, one of four facilities certified as "elite schools of football" by the German Football Association. She was the school's only female pupil and was only granted attendance via a special permit. She studied and trained with junior players of the German men's Bundesliga side FC Schalke 04. She left school after the 12th grade with a Fachabitur diploma.

Trivia

After doing a one-year internship as a physiotherapist, she completed a three-year apprenticeship to become a zookeeper at Tierpark Essehof in Lehre. She has twice been named German Footballer of the Year, in 2014 and 2016, and in 2019 was named captain of the German national team. She has scored over 50 goals for Germany and nearly 100 for her club team.

Family Life

She was born in Witten, Germany.

Associated With

Her Germany teammates include Sara Däbritz, Jule Brand, and Lena Oberdorf. Other alumni of Berger Feld include Mesut Özil and Manuel Neuer. She has also been one of the top scorers in international competitions over the years, outscoring other prolific strikers like France's Grace Geyoro, England's Alessia Russo, and Pernille Harder of Denmark.