Will Lena Oberdorf make World 11 debut at 21?
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- 21 Feb 2023
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Germany’s Lena Oberdorf enjoyed a stellar 2021/22 season, culminating in an impressive showing at the Women’s EURO 2022.
It is therefore no surprise that the Wolfsburg midfielder is one of the 23 footballers eligible to be chosen for the FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11 – and what makes Oberdorf’s current success even more striking is that she only turned 21 in December.
Oberdorf is one of 23 players that received the most votes from her fellow professionals and is in the running to be one of the midfielders selected for the best women’s team of 2022.
Oberdorf is in contention for a World 11 midfield place alongside Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona, Spain) Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona, Norway), Amandine Henry (Olympique Lyonnais, France), Kelley O’Hara (Washington Spirit/NJ/NY Gotham, USA), Alexia Putellas (Barcelona, Spain) and Keira Walsh (Manchester City/Barcelona, England).
The 2021/22 season
With her physical strength and ability to read the game, Oberdorf led the midfield of a Wolfsburg team that dominated the two possible competitions in German women’s football, winning the Frauen-Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal Frauen.
In the league she played 17 matches, 16 of them as a starter, and scored two goals. In the cup, she managed to get on the scoresheet in the second round against MSV Duisburg.
At club level she also had an excellent Women’s Champions League, although unfortunately for her she was unable to play the semi-finals against Barcelona because of a knee injury. The Germans were eliminated.
It was at the Women’s EURO 2022, in which Germany finished as runners-up, where Oberdorf was able to demonstrate her ability on the international stage: she won the award for best young player in the tournament. No-one made more tackles at EURO 2022 than Oberdorf, who combined physical robustness with a fine reading of the game throughout the tournament, as well as displaying maturity far beyond her years.
In April 2022, Oberdorf scored her first World Cup goal against Portugal in a qualifying match for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Read More…
