Heidi Mohr
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Heidi Mohr is a former German footballer
Football (soccer)
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. As a footballer she was renowned for her speed and her ability to shoot with both feet. In 1999 she was voted Europe's Footballer of the Century.

Club career

Heidi Mohr played in the Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga (women)
The Women's Football Bundesliga is the main league competition for women's football in Germany. In 1990 the German Football Association created the German Women's Bundesliga, based on the model of the men's Bundesliga. It was first played with north and south divisions, but in 1997 the groups...

 for TuS Ahrbach
TuS Ahrbach
TuS Ahrbach is a German sports club based in Ruppach-Goldhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club was founded in 1921 and today has departments for football, handball, and gymnastics. It is best known for its women's football section, which played in the German Bundesliga for several years.- History...

, TuS Niederkirchen, and 1. FFC Frankfurt
1. FFC Frankfurt
1. FFC Frankfurt is a German women's association football club based in Frankfurt, Hesse and has a membership of about 430. The team currently plays in the German first division women's Bundesliga.- History :...

. She was top scorer in the Bundesliga for 5 consecutive years from 1991 to 1995.

National team

Heidi Mohr's debut was against Norway
Norway women's national football team
The Norway women's national football team represents Norway in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Norway, are former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams...

 on May 19, 1986. She had 104 appearances for Germany's national team
Germany women's national football team
The German women's national football team represents Germany in international women's football and is directed by the German Football Association . The team – informally called West Germany in English – played its first international match in 1982...

 and won the 1989
1989 European Competition for Women's Football
The 1989 European Competition for Women's Football took place in West Germany. It was won by the hosts in a final against defending champions Norway...

 and 1991 Women's EURO
1991 UEFA Women's Championship
The 1991 UEFA Women's Championship took place in Denmark. It was won by Germany in a final against Norway in a repeat of the previous edition's final...

. She scored 8 times at European Championships
UEFA Women's Championship
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 and 10 times at World Cups
FIFA Women's World Cup
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. With 83 career goals she was Germany's all time top scorer until Birgit Prinz
Birgit Prinz
Birgit Prinz is a former German female professional association football player. She last played for 1. FFC Frankfurt and the German national team. Prinz is one of the game's most prolific strikers and the FIFA Women's World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals . She has been named FIFA...

 overtook her in 2005. Mohr's last game was on September 29, 1996 against Iceland
Iceland women's national football team
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