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Biography
Ann-Katrin Berger was born on the 9th of October 1990 to her parents in Goppingen, Germany. She is a German professional footballer. She plays the role of a goalkeeper for English club Chelsea and the Germany national football team. Berger is regarded as one of the best female goalkeepers in the world. Berger helped the Blues to a consecutive league and cup double in 2022 and was part of the Germany squad that reached the Euros final last summer. This form has continued into the current campaign, where Berger has contributed to our impressive 21-match unbeaten run in all competitions since September. Berger is an ambassador and co-founder of the Judan Ali Football Academy known as JAFA based in London and founded in 2019.
| Full Name: | Ann-Katrin Berger |
| Current club: | Super League club Chelsea and the Germany women’s national football team |
| Born: | October 9, 1990 |
| Place of Birth: | Goppingen, Germany |
| Nationality: | German |
| Height: | 5 feet 6 inches |
| Parents: | N/A |
| Siblings: | N/A |
| Partner• Spouse: | Jess Carter |
| Zodiac sign: Libra | |
| Children: | N/A |
| Occupation: | Goalkeeper |
| Net Worth: | $5 million. |
DFB-Hallenpokal for women: 2014
Women’s FA Cup: runner-up: 2016–2017
FA Women’s Super League: 2019–2020, 2020–2021, 2021–2022
FA Women’s League Cup: 2019–2020, 2020–2021
Women’s FA Community Shield: 2020
Women’s FA Cup: 2020–2021, 2021–2022
UEFA Women’s Champions League: Semi-finals 2018–2019, Runners up 2020—2021
UEFA Women’s Championship runner-up: 2022
FA WSL PFA Team of the Year: 2017–2018, 2019–2020, 2020–2021, 2021–2022
The Best FIFA Goalkeeper: 3rd in 2021, 3rd in 2022
Early Life & Education
Ann-Katrin Berger started playing football at the age of four, in the KSG Eislingen. As a teenager, she later moved to FV Faurndau where she played as a striker, midfielder and defender. Berger switched to the goalkeeper at the age of sixteen (16), because she became “lazy to run”.
Currently, there is no information about her Education.
Personal Life
Ann-Katrin Berger is in a relationship with her Chelsea teammate Jess Carter. She strictly gay and a full-time member of LGBT.
Berger is an ambassador and co-founder of the Judan Ali Football Academy known as JAFA based in London and founded in 2019.
Berger is a cancer survivor; she has undergone neck surgery when she felt a lump on her neck.
Career
Ann-Katrin Berger moved up to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 2007. A year later, Berger moved to second division side, VfL Sindelfingen. In the summer of 2011, Berger signed a three-year contract with 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam in the Frauen-Bundesliga, the top division in Germany. She made her appearance for the club on 21 August 2011 and slammed Hamburger SV 4–0. She made five appearances for the club during the 2011/2012 season playing a total of 450 minutes. Potsdam finished first in the league with an 18–2–2 record. She was the starting goalkeeper in three of Potsdam’s 2011–2012 UEFA Women’s Champions League matches helping the squad earn shut-outs against Þór Akureyri and Glasgow City F.C.
Berger signed with Paris Saint-Germain in June 2014, playing 22 matches in all competitions during her two-year spell with the club. In June 2016, she joined Birmingham City.
In November 2017, Berger was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She made a full recovery. During her battle with cancer, she had a desire to continue playing football. On 4 February 2018, she made her first appearance since being diagnosed with cancer in the Fourth Round of the 2017–2018 FA Women’s Cup in an away match against Reading. Birmingham won 1–0. With her strong determination she had a brilliant season, and as a result she won the PFA Team of the Year Award.
Berger received her first call-up to the Germany national team in November 2018.
Berger continued her strong return in 2018, helping Birmingham City to a fourth place standing after midway point of the 2018–2019 FA Women Super League season. Having run down her contract at Birmingham City and rejected a new offer, she joined reigning champions Chelsea on 4 January 2019. Chelsea manager Emma Hayes signed her as part of the team rebuild even though Chelsea had 3 other goalkeepers on their roster.
In April 2021, Berger made title winning saves away against Manchester City in a 2–2 draw, as Chelsea fought to preserve their lead at the top of the table. Chelsea and manager Emma Hayes later won their 4th Women Super League title, the most by any Women Super League team, by 2 points on the final day of the 2020–2021 season with a 5–0 victory over Reading. Chelsea broke the records for most wins (18) and most points (57) in a season and became just the third team to defend the League title after Liverpool and Arsenal. Berger registered the most outstanding sheets (12), winning the Golden Glove.
On 23 August 2022 Berger announced, that she is suffering from thyroid cancer again. A little over a month later, on the 25 September, Berger made her comeback against Manchester City. In March 2023, Berger made the decisive save on Lindsay Horan’s shot in the penalty shootout with Lyon, to take Chelsea to the semi-finals in the Women’s Champions league.
Net Worth
Ann-Katrin Berger has worked as a goalkeeper right from child. she has accumulated a satisfactory fortune from playing football. Ann-Katrin Berger has an astonished net worth of $5 million.
Social Media
Ann-Katrin Berger as humble and hardworking as she is discovered that she also has some social media platforms where she can be connected.
- @Ann-Katrin Berger (@annkatrin.berger) is her Instagram handle.
- @Ann-Katrin Berger (@berger_ann) is her Twitter handle.
- @Ann-Katrin Berger (@Ann-Katrin Berger) is her Facebook handle.
