Lena Oberdorf: The jewel at the heart of German football
280Lena Oberdorf, Goal’s inaugural women’s NxGn winner, isn’t like most players.
When the versatile player signed for SGS Essen in the summer of 2018, Oberdorf’s only experience of playing in the women’s game was with Germany’s youth teams.
Until then, she had played with the boys at TSG Sprockhovel, a club on the fifth tier of the German football pyramid.
It’s a journey that is particularly uncommon in the women’s game, but one that has fast-tracked her development, as a player and a person.
It’s ensured she has made an impact at senior level almost immediately.
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