Tabea Sellner

Tabea Sellner (née Waßmuth; born 25 August 1996) is a German footballer who plays as a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany national team.^[1]

Tabea Sellner

Sellner in the national team shirt (2023)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-08-25) 25 August 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Giessen, Germany
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	VfL Wolfsburg
Number	28
Youth career
0000–2009	Karlsruher FV
2009–2014	1899 Hoffenheim
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2017	1899 Hoffenheim II	44	(9)
2015–2021	1899 Hoffenheim	96	(28)
2021–	VfL Wolfsburg	38	(20)
International career‡
2020–	Germany	25	(5)
Medal record UEFA Women's Championship 2022 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:50, 9 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:52, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Sellner began her career with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and won the German B-Junior Championship there in 2012. For the second half of the 2012/13 season, she was promoted to the second Hoffenheim team and achieved promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga for the first time in the summer of 2014. She made her debut in the Bundesliga in February 2015.^[2] With Hoffenheim, she appeared in 96 Bundesliga matches, scoring 28 goals.^[3]

Sellner signed to join VfL Wolfsburg in July 2021.^[2][3] In her first season, she finished the group stage at the top of the scoring charts with 8 goals.^[4] In May 2022, she extended her contract with Wolfsburg through June 2025.^[5]

Sellner is on maternity leave from the beginning of the 2023/24 season.^[6]

Personal life

Sellner became the ambassador for the petition "End discrimination against breastfeeding mothers" campaigned by the Health FemTec company Elvie.^[7]

International career

Sellner made her international debut for Germany on 22 September 2020, starting in the away match against Montenegro in the UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying, which finished as a 3–0 win.^[8] On 1 December 2020 in Dublin, she scored her first two international goals for Germany, in a 3–1 win over the Republic of Ireland, scoring 2–0 in the 29th minute and 3–1 in the 85th minute.^[9]

Sellner was named in the Germany squad for the UEFA Euro 2022 by national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg.^[10] She played in four games in the tournament.

Career statistics

As of 24 June 2023^[11]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany	2020	2	2
	2021	11	2
	2022	9	1
	2023	3	0
Total		25	5

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

List of international goals scored by Tabea Sellner

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 December 2020	Tallaght, Ireland	Republic of Ireland	2–0	3–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
2				3–1
3	18 September 2021	Cottbus, Germany	Bulgaria	6–0	7–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4	26 October 2021	Essen, Germany	Israel	6–0	7–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5	12 April 2022	Stara Pazova, Serbia	Serbia	2–3	2–3	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Honours

Germany

• UEFA Championship runner-up: 2022^[12]

Hoffenheim

• German B-Junior Football Championship: 2012
• Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga: 2014

Wolfsburg

• Frauen-Bundesliga: 2022
• German Cup: 2022