Célia Šašić

German association football player

Célia Šašić (née: Okoyino da Mbabi; born on 27 June 1988 in Bonn, Germany) is a German former association football forward. She is one of the best German footballers of her generation. She was the Bundesliga top scorer in 2013–14 and 2014–15,[5] and was also named the German Player of the Year in 2012. She is of Cameroonian decent.

Célia Šašić
Šašić in 2012
Personal information
Full name Célia Šašić[1]
Birth name Célia Okoyino da Mbabi[2]
Date of birth (1988-06-27) 27 June 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Bonn, West Germany
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1993–2000 TuS Germania Hersel
2000–2001 SC Widdig
2002–2003 TuS Pützchen 05
2003–2004 FC St. Augustin
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2013 SC 07 Bad Neuenahr 136 (97)
2013–2015[3] 1. FFC Frankfurt 40 (42)
Total 176 (139)
National team
2004 Germany U17 13 (15)
2004–2005 Germany U19 12 (11)
2006 Germany U20 4 (2)
2005–2015[4] Germany 111 (63)
Honours
Women's football
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2009 Finland Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sweden Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

She also won the Golden Boot as the leading goal scorer in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Because she was tied with American Carli Lloyd with 6 goals, the award was decided by tiebreakers. Both were even on the first tiebreaker of assists, with one each. Šašić won the award on the second tiebreaker, having played fewer minutes than Lloyd.

Career statistics

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Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Šašić goal.
List of international goals scored by Célia Šašić[4]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 4 September 2005 Edmonton, Canada   Canada 3–2 4–3 Friendly
2 25 October 2006 Aalen, Germany   England 5–1 5–1 Friendly
3 23 November 2006 Karlsruhe, Germany   Japan 3–0 6–3 Friendly
4 25 July 2009 Sinsheim, Germany   Netherlands 6–0 6–0 Friendly
5 7 September 2009 Helsinki, Finland   Norway 2–1 3–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2009
6 17 February 2010 Duisburg, Germany   North Korea 3–0 3–0 Friendly
7 15 September 2010 Dresden, Germany   Canada 5–0 5–0 Friendly
8 21 May 2011 Ingolstadt, Germany   North Korea 2–0 2–0 Friendly
9 3 June 2011 Osnabrück, Germany   France 4–0 5–0 Friendly
10 7 June 2011 Aachen, Germany   Netherlands 1–0 5–0 Friendly
11 26 June 2011 Berlin, Germany   Canada 2–0 2–1 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
12 5 July 2011 Mönchengladbach, Germany   France 4–2 4–2 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
13 19 November 2011 Wiesbaden, Germany   Kazakhstan 1–0 17–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
14 3–0
15 5–0
16 6–0
17 15 February 2012 İzmir, Turkey   Turkey 2–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
18 5 March 2012 Parchal, Portugal   Sweden 1–0 4–0 2012 Algarve Cup
19 2–0
20 3–0
21 7 March 2012 Faro, Portugal   Japan 2–0 4–3 2012 Algarve Cup
22 3–2
23 4–3
24 31 March 2012 Mannheim, Germany   Spain 1–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
25 2–0
26 4–0
27 5–0
28 5 April 2012 Aarau, Switzerland   Switzerland 1–0 6–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
29 3–0
30 5–0
31 6–0
32 15 September 2012 Karaganda, Kazakhstan   Kazakhstan 1–0 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
33 3–0
34 19 September 2012 Duisburg, Germany   Turkey 1–0 10–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
35 7–0
36 11 March 2013 Lagos, Portugal   Norway 1–0 2–0 2013 Algarve Cup
37 5 April 2013 Offenbach am Main, Germany   United States 2–3 3–3 Friendly
38 15 June 2013 Essen, Germany   Scotland 2–0 3–0 Friendly
39 3–0
40 29 June 2013 Munich, Germany   Japan 2–1 4–2 Friendly
41 3–2
42 14 July 2013 Växjö, Sweden   Iceland 2–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013
43 3–0
44 21 September 2013 Cottbus, Germany   Russia 1–0 9–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
45 26 October 2013 Koper, Slovenia   Slovenia 1–0 13–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
46 6–0
47 10–0
48 30 October 2013 Frankfurt, Germany   Croatia 1–0 4–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
49 27 November 2013 Osijek, Croatia   Croatia 2–0 8–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
50 5 March 2014 Albufeira, Portugal   Iceland 3–0 5–0 2013 Algarve Cup
51 13 September 2014 Moscow, Russia   Russia 2–1 4–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
52 3–1
53 4–1
54 23 November 2014 London, England   England 2–0 3–0 Friendly
55 3–0
56 9 March 2015 Parchal, Portugal   Brazil 3–1 3–1 2015 Algarve Cup
57 8 April 2015 Fürth, Germany   Brazil 1–0 4–0 Friendly
58 7 June 2015 Ottawa, Canada   Ivory Coast 1–0 10–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
59 2–0
60 4–0
61 20 June 2015 Ottawa, Canada   Sweden 2–0 4–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
62 3–0
63 26 June 2015 Montreal, Canada   France 1–1 1–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Honours

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Šašić with the FIFA U-19 (now U-20) Women's World Cup trophy

1. FFC Frankfurt

Germany

Germany U20

Individual

References

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  1. "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 6 July 2015. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 28 July 2014. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  3. "Célia Okoyino da Mbabi" (in German). Framba.de. Archived from the original on 11 February 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Célia Okoyino da Mbabi" (in German). DFB.de. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  5. "Torschützenköniginnen". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. 13 February 2014. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  6. https://www.dfb.de/allianz-frauen-bundesliga/statistik/torschuetzenkoeniginnen/ German
  7. ""Fritz-Walter-Medaillen" an talentierte Junioren-Spieler verliehen" (in German). DFB.de. 12 October 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  8. "Šašić wins Best Women's Player Award". uefa.com. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  9. "2015 FIFPro Award". Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.