Sarah Zadrazil

Sarah Zadrazil (born 19 February 1993) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club Bayern Munich and the Austria national team. With over 120 appearances for her country, she is the third-most capped player in Austria's history.

College career

Zadrazil played college soccer for the East Tennessee State Buccaneers (ETSU) in the southeastern United States. During her four years with the Buccaneers, Zadrazil broke several ETSU records. Her freshman year she tied the single-season assists record for a freshman. She was named to The Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year. She followed this impressive freshman year with a sophomore year that saw her score 8 goals and provide 11 assist, meriting her the 2013 Atlantic Sun Player of the Year. Her junior year saw her become the ETSU career-leader in points, assists and shots attempted. She was named to the Southern Conference All-First Team and All-Tournament Team and NSCAA All-Southern Region Second Team. She finished her senior year being named to the NSCAA All-Southern Region Third team and became the first ever ETSU player to win the Southern Conference Player of the Year award. Zadrazil left ETSU as its career leader in points (101), assists (48), game-winning goals (11), shots attempted (213) and shots on goal (106). She graduated with a degree in exercise science.

Club career

Washington Spirit reserve

In 2015, Zadrazil helped the Washington Spirit reserve team win the 2015 W-League championship. While she went undrafted in the 2016 NWSL College Draft, Zadrazil was invited in March 2016 to attend the Washington Spirit pre-season training camp as an unsigned player. Later in March 2016 she accepted an invitation to join Portland Thorns FC's training camp.

Turbine Potsdam

Zadrazil agreed a two-year contract with German Frauen-Bundesliga club Turbine Potsdam in May 2016. In December 2017, she extended her contract with Potsdam until June 30, 2020.

In December 2018, Zadrazil won the inaugural Austrian Footballer of the Year award, voted for by a panel of coaches from the Austrian Bundesliga and awarded by Austrian Press Agency DiePresse. She subsequently won the 2018–19 Salzburger Leonidas Sportwoman of the Year award.

Following the departures of some important players during the summer, Zadrazil became Turbine Potsdam captain for the 2019-20 season, a further sign of her already evident leadership qualities.

Bayern Munich

In June 2020, Zadrazil signed a three-year contract with fellow German club Bayern Munich. Sarah successfully adapted to having more defensive midfield responsibilities at Bayern and won the Frauen-Bundesliga title in her very first campaign, starting 17 and featuring in all 22 league games.

The Austrian played UEFA Women's Champions League football for the first time in her career and quickly established herself as a key component of Bayern's ambitious team, becoming vice-captain alongside Lina Magull within a couple of years at the club.

Bayern Women's sporting director Bianca Rech spoke about Zadrazil after she signed a contract extension in November 2022, saying: "Sarah has shown in the last two years at FC Bayern how important she is for this team. She's the midfield dynamo for us, especially in a defensive role, and that's what sets her apart. She's very important for us in the team."

Zadrazil was part of the Bayern side which went a record-breaking 44 matches unbeaten in the Frauen-Bundesliga from December 2021 to October 2024, winning both the 2022-23 and 2023-24 league titles respectively along the way.

International career

Zadrazil made her debut for the Austria national team in a match against Turkey in 2010. In April 2016, she scored in a 6–1 victory over Kazakhstan. She helped Austria to a 2016 Cyprus Cup win, scoring once in the game against Hungary.

Zadrazil was part of the Austrian squad which reached the 2017 UEFA Women's Euro semifinal.

Zadrazil was part of the squad that was called up to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.

As of March 2025, Zadrazil is the Austria women's national team's third-most most capped player and sixth-highest goalscorer of all-time.

International goals

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Personal life

Sarah is a trained nursery teacher and would work in this area if she didn't pursue football. Zadrazil has a Bachelor's degree in sports science and has started studying towards getting a coaching licence. The footballer has also helped to setup her own summer football training camp in Austria for young girls, which has been running annually since 2022.

Growing up, Zadrazil was largely inspired to play football by her older brother Patrick, who played up to a second division level, and she was helped in terms of training by her father, who is a football coach.

We Play Strong

Zadrazil is one of UEFA's official ambassadors for ''#WePlayStrong'', a social media and vlogging campaign which was launched in 2018. The campaign's "...aim is to promote women’s football as much as we can and to make people aware of women’s football, really,” Evans, another participant explains. “The ultimate goal is to make football the most played sport by females by 2020. So it’s a UEFA initiative to get more women and girls playing football, whether they want to be professional or not.” The series, which also originally included professional footballers Lisa Evans, Eunice Beckmann, Laura Feiersinger and now also includes Petronella Ekroth and Shanice van de Sanden, follows the daily lives of female professional footballers.

Honours

Bayern Munich
* Bundesliga: 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
* DFB-Supercup: 2024

* DFB-Pokal: 2024-25

Austria
* Cyprus Women's Cup: 2016

Individual
* Austrian Footballer of the Year: 2018
* Salzburger Leonidas Sportwoman of the Year: 2018–19

References

External links

Profile
at the FC Bayern Munich website
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Profile
at East Tennessee State University
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1993 births
Living people
Austrian women's footballers
Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
Austrian expatriate women's footballers
Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Austria women's international footballers
USL W-League (1995–2015) players
East Tennessee State University alumni
1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players
Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
East Tennessee State Buccaneers women's soccer players
Women's association football midfielders
Frauen-Bundesliga players
Footballers from Salzburg (federal state)
Sportspeople from Bad Ischl
People from Salzburg-Umgebung District
FC Bayern Munich (women) players
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players
FIFA Women's Century Club
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players
21st-century Austrian sportswomen