Marisa Henrike Ewers is a German former footballer who played as a defender for Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Bayer Leverkusen and Hamburger SV.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marisa Henrike Ewers[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1989-02-24) 24 February 1989 (age 33) | ||
Place of birth | Hamburg, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender / Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Blau-Weiß 96 Schenefeld | |||
Altona 93 | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2008 | Hamburger SV II | 37 | (1) |
2008–2012 | Hamburger SV | 62 | (2) |
2012–2016 | Bayer Leverkusen | 84 | (3) |
2016–2019 | Birmingham City | 28 | (0) |
2019–2022 | Aston Villa | 39 | (3) |
National team | |||
Germany U20 | 1 | (0) | |
Germany U23 | 7 | (1) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ewers started playing football at the age of eight. In 2006, she joined Bundesliga club Hamburger SV where she first played for the reserve team in the second German division[2] Since 2007, Ewers had been part of the Bundesliga team. However in 2012, shortly after Hamburg announced its disestablishment of the women's section, she joined Bayer 04 Leverkusen where she immediately became a regular starter.
Ewers moved to English football, joining Birmingham City in 2016, before leaving to join their rivals Aston Villa in the division below, helping them to secure promotion to the Women's Super League.[3]
In 2008, Ewers was part of the German squad which took part at the Under-19 Championship.
In February 2022, Ewers announced her retirement from playing.[4]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hamburger SV II | 2006–08 | 2. Frauen-Bundesliga | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
Hamburger SV | 2008–09 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2009–10 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
2010–11 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
2011–12 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | ||
Total | 62 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 3 | ||
Bayer Leverkusen | 2012–13 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
2013–14 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
2014–15 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
Total | 84 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 3 | ||
Birmingham City | 2016 | FA WSL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
2017 | FA WSL Spring Series | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
2017–18 | FA WSL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
2018–19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Total | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
Aston Villa | 2019–20 | Women's Championship | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
2020–21 | Women's Super League | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
2021–22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Total | 39 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3 | ||
Career total | 249 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 287 | 10 |
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