Sara Doorsoun

Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh (Persian: سارا دورسون خواجه, Turkish: Sara Dursun; born 17 November 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League. She also played for the German national team.

Sara Doorsoun Khajeh

Doorsoun with Germany in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh[1]
Date of birth	(1991-11-17) 17 November 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Cologne, Germany
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Angel City FC
Number	30
Youth career
	SV Wesseling
	SpVgg Köttingen
	Fortuna Köln
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Fortuna Köln	12	(6)
2008–2010	SG Wattenscheid 09	31	(4)
2010–2012	Bad Neuenahr	52	(2)
2012–2013	Turbine Potsdam	14	(1)
2013–2018	SGS Essen	100	(15)
2018–2022	VfL Wolfsburg	45	(1)
2021	VfL Wolfsburg II	1	(0)
2022–2025	Eintracht Frankfurt	69	(8)
2025–	Angel City FC	0	(0)
International career
2006	Germany U15	3	(1)
2006–2007	Germany U17	4	(0)
2009–2010	Germany U19	3	(0)
2016–2025	Germany	59	(1)
Medal record Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team UEFA Women's Championship 2022 England UEFA Women's Nations League 2024 France–Netherlands–Spain
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:36, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

Early life

Doorsoun-Khajeh was born in Cologne to an Iranian father and a Turkish mother.^[2]

Club career

VfL Wolfsburg

In her debut season with VfL Wolfsburg, Doorsoun won the 2018–19 Frauen-Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.^[3] She won the Frauen-Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal again the following season with Wolfsburg.^[4] Doorsoun has featured for Wolfsburg during the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, including playing in the 2020 UEFA Women's Champions League Final against Olympique Lyonnais.^[5]

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 25 April 2023, Doorsoun signed a two year contract with the club.^[6] On 7 March 2025, she extended her contract further until 30 June 2026.^[7]

On 22 July 2025, it was announced by Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League that the club had signed Doordoun to a contract through 2026.^[8]

International career

Having represented Germany from the under-15 level up, Doorsoun made her debut for the senior team in 2016 during a 1–0 win over Hungary.^[3] She has been called up for the 2016, 2017, and 2018 editions of the SheBelieves Cup, as well as the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 where she played in their 2–0 win over Russia and quarter-final match against Denmark.^[9][10] After providing two assists during Germany's World Cup qualification campaign, she was called into their squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[11][12]

Doorsoun scored her first goal for the senior national team on 31 August 2019 in a UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying match against Montenegro.^[13] On 18 June 2022, she was named in Germany's final UEFA Women's Euro 2022 squad.^[14] Doorsoun helped Germany reach the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Final against England with a 2–1 win over France in the semi-final on 27 July 2022.^[15] On 31 May 2023, Doorsoun was named in Germany's preliminary squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup,^[16] and was named in their final 23-player squad on 8 July.^[17] In July 2024, Doorsoun was named in Germany's squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[18]

In June 2025, she announced her retirement from international football.^[19]

Personal life

In 2021, Doorsoun began dating Princess Charming winner Lou Schaaf. Doorsoun confirmed their split in December 2022.^[20]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 April 2022^[21]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
SG Wattenscheid 09	2008–09	2. Frauen-Bundesliga	22	2	3	0	—		—		25	2
	2009–10		9	2	3	1	—		—		12	3
	Total		31	4	6	1	—		—		37	5
Bad Neuenahr	2009–10	Frauen-Bundesliga	10	0	0	0	—		—		10	0
	2010–11		20	0	4	1	—		—		24	1
	2011–12		22	2	2	0	5	0	—		29	2
	Total		52	2	6	1	5	0	—		63	3
Turbine Potsdam	2012–13	Frauen-Bundesliga	14	1	3	0	—		4	0	21	1
SGS Essen	2013–14	Frauen-Bundesliga	22	3	5	2	—		—		27	5
	2014–15		16	4	2	0	—		—		18	4
	2015–16		22	3	2	2	—		—		24	5
	2016–17		21	3	2	2	—		—		23	5
	2017–18		19	2	2	0	—		—		21	2
	Total		100	15	13	6	—		—		113	21
VfL Wolfsburg	2018–19	Frauen-Bundesliga	18	0	2	0	—		4	0	24	0
	2019–20		12	0	2	0	—		5	0	19	0
	2020–21		10	1	3	0	—		6	0	19	1
	2021–22		5	0	—		—		5	0	10	0
	Total		45	1	7	0	—		20	0	72	1
VfL Wolfsburg II	2021–22	2. Frauen-Bundesliga	1	0	—						1	0
Eintracht Frankfurt	2021–22	Frauen-Bundesliga	7	0	0	0	—		—		7	0
Career total			250	23	35	8	5	0	24	0	314	31

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[22]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany	2016	4	0
	2017	7	0
	2018	10	0
	2019	12	1
	2020	1	0
	2021	1	0
	2022	7	0
	2023	8	0
	2024	8	0
	2025	1	0
Total		59	1

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Doorsoun goal.

List of international goals scored by Sara Doorsoun^[22]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	31 August 2019	Auestadion, Kassel, Germany	Montenegro	6–0	10–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

Honours

VfL Wolfsburg^[3]

• Frauen-Bundesliga: 2018–19, 2019–20
• DFB-Pokal: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
• UEFA Women's Champions League runner-up: 2019–2020^[23]

Germany

• Summer Olympics bronze medal: 2024^[24]
• UEFA Women's Championship runner-up: 2022^[25]
• UEFA Women's Nations League third place: 2023–24^[26]

Individual

• Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2024^[27][28]