Susanne Hartel

Susanne Hartel (born 2 February 1988 in Mannheim) is a German football player.

Club football
She started her career at the age of three with MFC 08 Lindenhof. In 2002, she had to change the club due to regulations in Germany, which prohibit girls from playing with boys if they are older than 14 years. At that time her current club had no girls' team. She joined Viktoria Neckarhausen where she stayed for one and a half years.

In 2003, the striker changed to 1. FFC Frankfurt. Playing for the junior team until she became 16, she played for the first team in the Bundesliga, the German Cup and also the UEFA Women's Cup.

In 2007, she joined the SC Freiburg where she got a place in the Starting Eleven, immediately. During the 2008-09 season, she came to the seventh place of the league's top scorer ranking by scoring twelve goals in 17 games.

Honours:


 * UEFA Women's Cup-Winner 2006
 * German Champion 2005 and 2007
 * German Cup Winner 2007
 * DFB-Hallenpokal Winner 2006

National team
She made her first cap in the Germany under-15 team for which she played twice. After that, she scored two goals in two caps for the Germany under-17 team.

For the Germany under-19 team, with which she became European Champion in 2007, she played twelve times and scored four goals. Her most important goal was the pre-deciding 3-2 in the extra time of the championship’s semi-final against the French team, which the German squad won 4-2 in the end.

Afterwards, she played once for the Germany under-20 team. Actually, she belongs to the Germany under-23 team, for which she made twelve games and scored two goals up to now.

Honours:


 * Under-19 European Champion 2007

Personal life
She has cited Birgit Prinz and Torsten Frings as role models.