Conny Pohlers

Forward Conny Pohlers won a bronze medal with the German women’s football (soccer) team at the 2004 Athens Olympics after Germany beat Sweden 1-0 in the third-place match, having lost their semi-final 2-1 to the USA. Following their exploits the entire German team was awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award. Four years later at Beijing Pohlers again won another bronze medal after winning the third-place match 2-0 against Japan having lost their semi-final 4-1 to Brazil.

Pohlers won the European Championships in 2005 and the World Cup in 2003. She won 67 international caps and scored 28 goals. Pohlers won the UEFA Women’s Cup four times; in 2005 (with 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam), 2008 (FFC Frankfurt), and 2013-14 (VfL Wolfsburg).

At club level, Pohlers played with FSV 67 Halle (1985-94), SSV/1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (1994-2007), 1. FFC Frankfurt (2007-11), and VfL Wolfsburg (2011-14). She also played a few matches with Atlanta Beat and Washington Spirit in between. Pohlers helped Potsdam win the German Championship in 2004 and 2006 and the German Cup between 2004-06. With Frankfurt, she won the German League and Cup double in 2008 and with Wolfsburg won the German Championship in 2013 and 2014, and the Cup in 2011 and 2013. Pohlers was top goalscorer in the German Bundesliga in 2002, 2006, 2011.

In July 2014, Pohlers co-founded the sports management agency mainsoccer GmbH with her former teammate Navina Omilade. The agency dedicated exclusively to women’s football, providing services to both players and clubs.