Sarah Puntigam (born 13 October 1992) is an Austrian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballsp ...

and the Austria national team.

Club career

On 5 May 2022, Puntigam joined

club

on a two-year deal until June 2024.

International career

Puntigam made her international debut on 4 March 2009 in a 2–1 win against

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. She scored her first two goals with Austria in a 6–0 win against

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on 3 March 2010. On 6 March 2020, Puntigam played her 100th match for Austria in a 1–1 draw against Switzerland. On 17 September 2021, she played her 110th match for Austria and surpassed

Nina Burger Nina Burger (born 27 December 1987) is an Austrian former football striker, who played for SC Sand of Frauen Bundesliga, after playing for SV Neulengbach of Austria's ÖFB-Frauenliga. She also played the 2014 season for the Houston Dash in the ...

to become country's all-time most capped player.

Personal life

Puntigam married her girlfriend and Köln teammate Genessee Daughetee in June 2022.

Honours

Bayern Munich *

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: 2011–12 Austria *

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: 2016

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* 1992 births Living people Women's association football midfielders Austrian women's footballers Austria women's international footballers Frauen-Bundesliga players Division 1 Féminine players FC Bayern Munich (women) players SC Freiburg (women) players Montpellier HSC (women) players Austrian expatriate women's footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Austrian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate women's footballers in France Austrian LGBT sportspeople LGBT association football players Lesbian sportswomen FIFA Century Club UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players {{Austria-women-footy-bio-stub