Chantal Hagel

Chantal Hagel (born 20 July 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany national team.

Club career
Hagel began playing football in Eutingen im Gäu at SV Eutingen. Then she played for VfL Nagold until 2014. She then played for SC Freiburg's B youth team for a year before moving up to the second team. After just one season, she moved to Hoffenheim. She played for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II from 2016 to 2019, first in the two-track Bundesliga, her last season in the meanwhile single-track 2nd Bundesliga, 68 league games in which she scored 18 goals.

She was promoted to Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and made her debut on 24 August 2019 (matchday 2) in a 4–0 home win against 1. FC Köln, substituting for Franziska Harsch in the 74th minute. On 27 January 2023, VfL Wolfsburg announced that Chantal Hagel would be signed for the 2023/24 season.

International career
She made her debut for the senior national team as an international on 20 February 2022 in Norwich against Canada as part of the Arnold Clark Cup, substituting for Fabienne Dongus in the 82nd minute. The match finished as a 1–0 loss. Three days later – again coming on for Fabienne Dongus in the 72nd minute – she came on in the 3–1 defeat by England in Wolverhampton in the final game of the tournament.