Célia Šašić

Célia Šašić (née Okoyino da Mbabi; German pronunciation: [ˈtseːlja ˈʃaːʃɪtʃ]; born 27 June 1988) is a German former footballer who played as a striker for SC 07 Bad Neuenahr, 1. FFC Frankfurt and the Germany national team before retiring in 2015.

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 37)
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	(41)
Total		176	(138)
International career
2004	Germany U17	13	(15)
2004–2005	Germany U19	12	(11)
2006	Germany U20	4	(2)
2005–2015[4]	Germany	111	(63)
Medal record Women's football Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team UEFA Women's Championship 2009 Finland Team 2013 Sweden Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Youth career and SC 07 Bad Neuenahr

Šašić began her career at the age of five at TuS Germania Hersel, after her older brother had taken her to a training session. After several clubs at junior level, Šašić joined the Bundesliga side SC 07 Bad Neuenahr in 2004. She quickly became a regular starter and an important player for the club. In 2005, Šašić received the Fritz Walter medal in bronze as the year's third best female junior player.^[5] In March 2007, she suffered a fractured tibia in a league game against Bayern Munich, which ended her season. She had been the division's top-scorer up until then.

1. FFC Frankfurt

In June 2013, she signed a three-year contract with 1. FFC Frankfurt.^[6] She declined the option for the third year on her contract on 12 May 2015 and became a free agent at the end of the 2014–15 season.^[7] On 16 July 2015, she announced her retirement at the age of 27.^[8][9]

International career

Šašić held French citizenship through her mother. After the German Football Association had approached her, she became a German citizen at the beginning of 2004. Later that year, she was part of Germany's winning squad at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, scoring three goals in the group stage.^[4]

In January 2005, Šašić made her debut for Germany's senior national team against Australia. She scored her first goal in a friendly match against Canada in September 2006. A tibia fracture ruled her out for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was part of Germany's squads claiming bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics and winning the title at the 2009 European Championship, where she scored in the semi-final against Norway. At both tournaments, she was a reserve player with limited playing time. Šašić was called up for the German 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.^[4] She was part of the victorious German team at UEFA Women's Euro 2013.^[10]

She was part of the German team at FIFA Women's World Cup 2015. She scored a hat-trick in Germany's opening game against Ivory Coast on 7 June 2015, and would lead the tournament with six goals, scoring twice against Sweden in a 4–1 victory in the Round of 16, along with a penalty kick goal against France in the quarterfinals. However, she went on to miss a vital penalty kick versus the United States in the semifinals as Germany was eliminated. While Carli Lloyd scored three goals in the final to match Šašić's six and both had one assist, the tiebreaker regarding lesser playtime eventually gave Šašić the Golden Boot as the tournament top scorer.^[11] She subsequently announced her retirement from football on 17 July 2015.^[12]

Personal life

Šašić was born in Bonn, Germany, the daughter of a Cameroonian father and a French mother.^[5] Her family name "da Mbabi" roughly means "(daughter) of Mbabi", while "Okoyino" derives from her father's grandmother. Because of her long name, she was the only women's Bundesliga player with only her first name on her jersey. However, in the national team, her full family name was displayed.^[13]

In 2007, Šašić graduated with the Abitur diploma at the Friedrich-Ebert-Gymnasium in Bonn. Her majors were Sports and French. Since October 2009, she began studying Cultural studies at the University of Koblenz and Landau.^[13] In August 2013 she married the Croatian football player Marko Šašić, the son of Milan Šašić, and decided to use the name Célia Šašić.^[14]

Šašić gave birth to her first child, a daughter, after retiring in 2016.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[15]

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
SC 07 Bad Neuenahr	2004–05	Bundesliga	12	5			—		12	5
	2005–06	Bundesliga	16	15			—		16	15
	2006–07	Bundesliga	12	11			—		12	11
	2007–08	Bundesliga	12	9			—		12	9
	2008–09	Bundesliga	7	4			—		7	4
	2009–10	Bundesliga	19	15	2	3	—		21	18
	2010–11	Bundesliga	19	17	4	3	—		23	20
	2011–12	Bundesliga	20	11	1	3	—		21	14
	2012–13	Bundesliga	19	10	2	2	—		21	12
	Total		136	97	9	11	—		145	108
1. FFC Frankfurt	2013–14	Bundesliga	20	20	4	2	—		24	22
	2014–15	Bundesliga	20	21	4	4	8[b]	14	32	39
	Total		40	41	8	6	8	14	56	61
Career total			176	138	17	17	8	14	201	169

1. Includes DFB-Pokal Frauen
2. Appearances in UEFA Women's Champions League

International goals

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

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

1. FFC Frankfurt

• DFB-Pokal: 2013–14
• UEFA Women's Champions League: 2014–15^[16]

Germany

• UEFA European Championship: 2009, 2013
• Algarve Cup: 2006, 2012, 2014
• Olympic bronze medal: 2008

Germany U20

• U-19 Women's World Championship: 2004

Individual

• German Footballer of the Year: 2012, 2015
• Bundesliga top scorer: 2013–14, 2014–15^[17]
• UEFA Women's Champions League: top scorer: 2014–15
• Fritz Walter medal: Bronze 2005^[5]
• 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Shoe (top scorer)
• FIFA Women's World Cup All Star Team: 2015
• FIFA Women's World Cup Dream Team: 2015
• UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe Award: 2015 ^[18]
• FIFPro: FIFA FIFPro World XI 2015^[19]
• UEFA Women's Championship All-Star Team: 2013