Rebecca Knaak
.jpg) Knaak with SC Freiburg in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 June 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Adenau, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Manchester City | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SV Reifferscheid | |||
| –2012 | SC 07 Bad Neuenahr | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | SC 07 Bad Neuenahr | 12 | (0) |
| 2013–2017 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 59 | (6) |
| 2017–2021 | SC Freiburg | 86 | (9) |
| 2022–2024 | FC Rosengård | 36 | (16) |
| 2024– | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Germany U17 | 5 | (3) |
| 2013–2015 | Germany U19 | 11 | (2) |
| 2014–2016 | Germany U20 | 10 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:54, 1 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 May 2024 | |||
Rebecca Knaak (born 23 June 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Manchester City.[1][2]
Club career
[edit]Knaak begun her professional career at the age of 15, where she received a professional contract with SC 07 Bad Neuenahr[3], where she had played in their youth setup. She played once for the second team in the 2. Bundesliga when she came on as a substitute in a 2–2 draw against 1. FFC Niederkirchen. She would made her Bundesliga debut on 28 October 2012 in a goalless draw against VfL Sindelfingen, coming on as a substitute in the 88th minute for Rachel Rinast.[citation needed]
For the 2013–14 season, Knaak signed a contract with Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[4] On 16 November 2014, she scored her first league goal in a 5–1 win against SC Freiburg. On 2 March 2017, Knaak announced her move to league rivals SC Freiburg.[5]
In January 2022, it was announced that Knaak will sign with Damallsvenskan club FC Rosengård,[6] signing a three-year contract with them. In her first season at FC Rosengård, she won the league and cup double with the team. Knaak scored her first goal in the Damallsvenskan in a 2–0 win against BK Häcken.[citation needed]
On 1 January 2025, Knaak transferred to Women's Super League club Manchester City, signing a one-and-a-half-year contract.[7][8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental[c] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| SC 07 Bad Neuenahr | 2012–13 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2013–14 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2015–16 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 2 | |||
| 2016–17 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 3 | |||
| Total | 59 | 6 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 67 | 7 | ||||
| SC Freiburg | 2017–18 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 21 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 3 | |||
| 2019–20 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 22 | 5 | |||
| 2020–21 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 3 | |||
| 2021–22 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| Total | 86 | 9 | 16 | 5 | — | — | 102 | 14 | ||||
| FC Rosengård | 2022 | Damallsvenskan | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 4 | ||
| 2023 | Damallsvenskan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Damallsvenskan | 19 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 25 | 12 | ||
| Total | 36 | 16 | 3 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | 46 | 16 | |||
| Manchester City | 2024–25 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 193 | 31 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 227 | 37 | ||
- ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, Svenska Cupen, Women's FA Cup
- ^ Includes Women's League Cup
- ^ Includes UEFA Women's Champions League
Honours
[edit]FC Rosengård
- Damallsvenskan: 2022,[11] 2024[12]
- Svenska Cupen: 2021–22
References
[edit]- ^ "Weltmeisterin Rebecca Knaak: Der Papa erkannte das Talent". www.rhein-zeitung.de. 28 August 2014.
- ^ Zeitung, Badische (18 October 2019). "SC-Kapitänin Rebecca Knaak: "Die Tore zum richtigen Zeitpunkt machen"". Badische Zeitung.
- ^ "Bad Neuenahr bindet Rebecca Knaak » Bundesliga » Rebecca Knaak, SC 07 Bad Neuenahr". web.archive.org. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fussball GmbH". 7 October 2013. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013.
- ^ "Fußball: Rebecca Knaak bleibt beim SC Freiburg - WELT". DIE WELT. 24 January 2019.
- ^ "SC Freiburg: Rebecca Knaak wechselt im Winter zum FC Rosengard". SPORT1. 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Rebecca Knaak: Man City sign Germany defender". BBC Sport. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ Wrack, Suzanne (1 January 2025). "'Best league in the world': Rebecca Knaak joins Manchester City in WSL". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Rebecca Knaak". Soccerdonna. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Germany - R.Knaak - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Rosengård är svenska mästare. Detta sedan Linköping på måndagen spelat oavgjort". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "FC Rosengård svenska mästare 2024" [FC Rosengård Swedish champions 2024]. svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
External links
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- Rebecca Knaak at Manchester City F.C.
- Rebecca Knaak at Soccerway
- Living people
- 1996 births
- German women's footballers
- German expatriate women's footballers
- Women's association football midfielders
- Frauen-Bundesliga players
- SC Freiburg (women) players
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen (women) players
- 21st-century German sportswomen
- FC Rosengård players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Manchester City W.F.C. players
- Women's Super League players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- German expatriate sportspeople in Sweden