Babett Peter (born 12 May 1988) is a former German professional footballer and current assistant general manager for the

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club

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. She played as a defender for

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and for the

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Club career

Turbine Potsdam

Peter started playing football in

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. At the age of nine, her parents took her to the local

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FSV Oschatz. She later played for 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig and was called up for German national teams at the junior level. During the winter break of the 2005–06 season, she moved to

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 1. Frauenfußballclub Turbine Potsdam 71 e. V., commonly known as 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (or Turbine Potsdam outside of Germany), is a German women's football club located in Potsdam, Brandenburg. They are one of the most successful women's footb ...

, winning the

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title and the

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in her first season. In September 2007, Peter received the

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medal in gold as the best female junior player of the year. One month later, she scored her first Bundesliga goal for Potsdam against SG Essen-Schönebeck from the penalty spot. From 2009 to 2011, Peter won three consecutive Bundesliga titles with Turbine Potsdam. In the 2009–10 season, Potsdam also claimed the inaugural

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title, with Peter scoring during the

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in the final. One year later, Potsdam again made it to the final, but lost against

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FFC Frankfurt, 2012 - 2014

On 29 February 2012, Peter signed a three-year contract and moved to 1. FFC Frankfurt on 1 July 2012.

Wolfsburg, 2014 - 2019

In March 2014, Peter joined

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. She won three

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titles with Wolfsburg as well as the

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five times.

CD Tacón, 2019 - 2022

On 17 September 2019,

agreed to mutually terminate Babett's contract so she could immediately join Spanish Primera División team CD Tacón, signing a two-year deal with the Madrid-based club. On 2 May 2022, Peter announced she intended to retire at the conclusion of the season.

International career

Peter made her debut in the German national team in March 2006 against

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. She was part of Germany's winning team at the

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, but did not play in any game. One year later, she won the bronze medal at the

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, where she became a regular starter for Germany in the knockout stage of the tournament. Peter was part of Germany's team winning the country's seventh title at the 2009 European Championship. She scored her first goal for the national team at the

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facing

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in March 2010. Peter was called up for Germany's

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squad. She was part of the squad for the

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, where Germany won the gold medal. On 26 April 2019, she announced her retirement from the national team.

International goals

''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:'' Source:

Executive career

Chicago Red Stars, 2022 - Present

Peters has worked for the

as an assistant general manager since 2022, although she was never formally introduced by the club.

Personal life

Peter graduated from the Potsdam Sports Gymnasium in June 2007, receiving her

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diploma. In October 2007, she became a member of the sports support group of the German Armed Forces (''

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''). Since the age of five, Peter has suffered from

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. At the age of 15, she had an operation which improved her condition. Peter began a relationship with the American soccer player

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. In September 2020, Masar gave birth to a baby boy. She married Masar on 21 July 2022.

Honours

Club

;Turbine Potsdam *

: Winner 2009–10 *

: Winner 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10,

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, 2011–12 *

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: Winner 2005–06 ;1. FFC Frankfurt *

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: Winner 2013–14 ;VfL Wolfsburg *

: Winner 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 *

: Winner 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19

International

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: Winner

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: Winner

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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: Bronze medal:

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, Gold medal:

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

: Winner

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

Individual

Silbernes Lorbeerblatt Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (, ), the highest sports award in Germany, was endowed on 23 June 1950 by the German President Theodor Heuss. It is awarded to athletes and teams of exemplary character that have won medals at Olympic and Paralympic Games ...

: 2007, 2016 *

Fritz Walter Medal The Fritz Walter Medal is a series of annual awards given by the German Football Association to youth footballers in Germany. First awarded in 2005, it is named in honour of Fritz Walter, captain of West Germany's 1954 FIFA World Cup-winning team ...

– Gold: 2007

Notes

References

External links

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at DFB (archived) * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Peter, Babett 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Oschatz Sportspeople from Bezirk Leipzig German women's footballers German expatriate women's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Footballers from Saxony Germany women's international footballers Eintracht Frankfurt (women) players 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players Frauen-Bundesliga players VfL Wolfsburg (women) players Real Madrid Femenino players Liga F players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football defenders UEFA Women's Championship–winning players FIFA Women's Century Club Olympic footballers for Germany Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics FIFA Women's World Cup–winning players Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf German lesbian sportswomen German LGBTQ footballers 21st-century German sportswomen 21st-century German LGBTQ people UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players UEFA Women's Champions League–winning players