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Sara Doorsoun Khajeh
	Doorsoun with Germany in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh
Date of birth	17 November 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Cologne, Germany
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Eintracht Frankfurt
Number	23
Youth career
	SV Wesseling
	SpVgg Köttingen
	Fortuna Köln
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2008	Fortuna Köln
2008–2010	SG Wattenscheid 09
2010–2012	Bad Neuenahr
2012–2013	Turbine Potsdam
2013–2018	SGS Essen
2018–2022	VfL Wolfsburg
2021	VfL Wolfsburg II
2022–	Eintracht Frankfurt
International career‡
2006	Germany U15
2006–2007	Germany U17
2009–2010	Germany U19
2016–	Germany
Medal record
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
UEFA Women's Championship
UEFA Women's Nations League
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:03, 4 February 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:58, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh (Persian: سارا دورسون خواجه, Turkish: Sara Dursun; born 17 November 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for Frauen-Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the German national team.

Early life

Doorsoun-Khajeh was born in Cologne to an Iranian father and a Turkish mother.^[2]

In her debut season with VfL Wolfsburg, Doorsoun won the 2018–19 Frauen-Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.^[3] She won the Frauen-Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal again the following season with Wolfsburg.^[4] Doorsoun has featured for Wolfsburg during the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, including playing in the 2020 UEFA Women's Champions League Final against Olympique Lyonnais.^[5]

Having represented Germany from the under-15 level up, Doorsoun made her debut for the senior team in 2016 during a 1–0 win over Hungary.^[3] She has been called up for the 2016, 2017, and 2018 editions of the SheBelieves Cup, as well as the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 where she played in their 2–0 win over Russia and quarter-final match against Denmark.^[6]^[7] After providing two assists during Germany's World Cup qualification campaign, she was called into their squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[8]^[9]

Doorsoun scored her first goal for the senior national team on 31 August 2019 in a UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying match against Montenegro.^[10] On 18 June 2022, she was named in Germany's final UEFA Women's Euro 2022 squad.^[11] Doorsoun helped Germany reach the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Final against England with a 2–1 win over France in the semi-final on 27 July 2022.^[12] On 31 May 2023, Doorsoun was named in Germany's preliminary squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup,^[13] and was named in their final 23-player squad on 8 July.^[14] In July 2024, Doorsoun was named in Germany's squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[15]

In 2021 Doorsoun began dating Princess Charming winner Lou Schaaf. Doorsoun confirmed their split in December 2022.^[16]

As of 24 April 2022^[17]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
SG Wattenscheid 09	2008–09	2. Frauen-Bundesliga	22	2	3	0	—		—		25	2
	2009–10	2. Frauen-Bundesliga	9	2	3	1	—		—		12	3
	Total		31	4	6	1	—		—		37	5
Bad Neuenahr	2009–10	Frauen-Bundesliga	10	0	0	0	—		—		10	0
	2010–11		20	0	4	1	—		—		24	1
	2011–12		22	2	2	0	5	0	—		29	2
	Total		52	2	6	1	5	0	—		63	3
Turbine Potsdam	2012–13	Frauen-Bundesliga	14	1	3	0	—		4	0	21	1
SGS Essen	2013–14	Frauen-Bundesliga	22	3	5	2	—		—		27	5
	2014–15		16	4	2	0	—		—		18	4
	2015–16		22	3	2	2	—		—		24	5
	2016–17		21	3	2	2	—		—		23	5
	2017–18		19	2	2	0	—		—		21	2
	Total		100	15	13	6	—		—		113	21
VfL Wolfsburg	2018–19	Frauen-Bundesliga	18	0	2	0	—		4	0	24	0
	2019–20		12	0	2	0	—		5	0	19	0
	2020–21		10	1	3	0	—		6	0	19	1
	2021–22		5	0	—		—		5	0	10	0
	Total		45	1	7	0	—		20	0	72	1
VfL Wolfsburg II	2021–22	2. Frauen-Bundesliga	1	0	—						1	0
Eintracht Frankfurt	2021–22	Frauen-Bundesliga	7	0	0	0	—		—		7	0
Career total			250	23	35	8	5	0	24	0	314	31