Emily Kraft

Emily Kraft (born 18 February 2002) is a German-Irish international footballer who plays for FFC Frankfurt's youth team. She made her debut for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team in January 2019.

Emily Kraft
Personal information
Full name Emily Kraft
Date of birth (2002-02-18) 18 February 2002
Place of birth Frankfurt, Germany
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 FFC Frankfurt U17
Youth career
Team
SV Concordia Gernsheim
RSV Germania Pfungstadt
FFC Frankfurt
National team‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Germany U15 1 (0)
2017 Germany U16 3 (0)
2018– Republic of Ireland U17
2019– Republic of Ireland 1 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:26, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Kraft played for SV Concordia Gernsheim and RSV Germania Pfungstadt, before joining FFC Frankfurt's youth structure as a 14-year-old.[1]

International career

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.[2]

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.[3] She started the match to win her first cap.[4]

References
  1. Petersohn, Frederik (8 October 2018). "„Keine Brücken über Nacht abbrechen!"" (in German). Soccer Donna. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. Fennessy, Paul (27 December 2018). "The 16-year-old German-born footballer dreaming of glory with Ireland". The 42. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  3. "Ireland WNT: Megan Connolly excited for international future". Football Association of Ireland. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. @FAIreland (20 January 2019). "Well done to #IRLWNT🇮🇪 forward Emily Kraft on her first cap! 🙌 The 16-year old forward starts up front in today's international friendly against the @BelRedDevils! 👍 Good luck Emily! #COYGIG 😎" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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