Romane Munich (born 6 October 1994) is a French

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who plays as a

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for

ASJ Soyaux-Charente ASJ Soyaux Charente (''Association Sportive Jeunesse de Soyaux Charente''), commonly known as Soyaux, is a women's association football, football club founded in 1968 in association football, 1968 and based in Soyaux, France. The club had played ...

Early life

Munich was born in 1994 in

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, France. She started playing as a goalkeeper at the age of eight.

Education

Munich obtained a technical university degree.

Club career

Munich has been regarded as one of the highest performing goalkeepers in the league. In 2012, she signed for French side

FC Vendenheim Football Club Vendenheim Alsace is a French football club from Vendenheim founded in 1927. It is best known for its women's team, created in 1974. It was one of the sixteen founding members of the French Championship that same year,

International career

Munich represented France internationally at youth level and helped the under-17 team achieve second place at the

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Personal life

Munich is the daughter of a football coach father.

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* Living people 1994 births French expatriate sportspeople in Germany Women's association football goalkeepers ASJ Soyaux-Charente players Expatriate women's footballers in Germany French women's footballers French expatriate women's footballers Footballers from Moselle (department) People from Bitche France women's youth international footballers 21st-century French sportswomen {{France-women-footy-bio-stub