Emily Kraft (born 18 February 2002) is a German-Irish international footballer who plays for Lewes of the Women's Championship. She made her debut for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team in January 2019.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emily Kraft | ||
Date of birth | (2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 20) | ||
Place of birth | Frankfurt, Germany | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Lewes | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
SV Concordia Gernsheim | |||
RSV Germania Pfungstadt | |||
FFC Frankfurt | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | FFC Frankfurt II | 2 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Eintracht Frankfurt II | 15 | (3) |
2022– | Lewes | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2016 | Germany U15 | 1 | (0) |
2017 | Germany U16 | 3 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Republic of Ireland U17 | ||
2019– | Republic of Ireland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:26, 20 January 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:26, 20 January 2019 (UTC) |
Kraft played for SV Concordia Gernsheim and RSV Germania Pfungstadt, before joining FFC Frankfurt's youth structure as a 14-year-old.[1] She remained with Frankfurt when they were taken over by the local men's club and became Eintracht Frankfurt in 2020. In July 2022 she transferred to Lewes.[2]
After previously representing the Germany women's national youth football team at under-15 and under-16 level, Kraft accepted a call-up to the Republic of Ireland women's national under-17 football team in October 2018. She was able to represent Ireland as her mother Orla is from Dublin. In her first match for Ireland under-17s she scored four goals in a 14–0 win over Albania.[3]
Ireland's senior national team coach Colin Bell called up Kraft for the first time in January 2019, for a friendly against Belgium, staged at San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain.[4] She started the match to win her first cap.[5]
In March 2019, Kraft suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in Ireland under-17's 1–1 draw with Norway.[6] She injured her cruciate again in July 2020 while training with her German club.[7]
Lewes F.C. Women – current squad | |
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