Julia Simic (born 14 May 1989) is a German retired women's

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. She has also played for several of Germany's youth teams as well as two games with the senior national team.

Career

Simic was born on 14 May 1989 in

Fürth Fürth (; East Franconian: ; yi, פיורדא, Fiurda) is a city in northern Bavaria, Germany, in the administrative division ('' Regierungsbezirk'') of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of ...

and is of German and Croatian descent. She signed a contract with Women's Bundesliga champion Wolfsburg, that began on 1 January 2015 and will end in 2017. Simic was named to the senior national team's squad for the first 2013 Euro

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match against Switzerland after

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got injured, but she suffered an

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in her first training. She missed most of the 2011–12 season. In 2018, she left Germany for the English side

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. In August 2020, she joined

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Honours

Bayern Munich *

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...

: 2011–12 * Bundesliga Cup: 2011 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam *

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: 2014 VfL Wolfsburg *

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: 2016–17 *

: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 West Ham United * Women's FA Cup: Finalists 2018–19 Germany U19 *

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* * 1989 births Living people German people of Croatian descent Sportspeople from Fürth Footballers from Middle Franconia German women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Germany women's international footballers 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players FC Bayern Munich (women) players VfL Wolfsburg (women) players Frauen-Bundesliga players Women's Super League players Serie A (women's football) players West Ham United F.C. Women players AC Milan Women players German expatriate women's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate women's footballers in England German expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Italy {{Germany-women-footy-bio-stub