Tabea Kemme (born 14 December 1991) is a German former professional footballer who played as a full-backorwinger for Frauen-Bundesliga 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam for twelve years[2] and for Arsenal of the FA Women's Super League.[3]
Kemme in 2017
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tabea Kemme[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1991-12-14) 14 December 1991 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | Stade, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Full-back, winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2006 | SG Freiburg/Oederquart | ||
| 2006–2008 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam II | 6 | (2) |
| 2008–2018 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | 145 | (24) |
| 2018–2020 | Arsenal | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 154 | (26) | |
| International career | |||
| 2007–2008 | Germany U17 | 15 | (6) |
| 2009–2010 | Germany U19 | 11 | (0) |
| 2010 | Germany U20 | 10 | (0) |
| 2013–2018 | Germany | 47 | (6) |
Medal record | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
During her youth career and the first two seasons of her senior career, Kemme played as an attacker. She switched to more defensive playing positions[4] while playing for Germany U20 during the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[5] Two of Kemme's goals for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam, both long-range shots, were included in the 10 best goals of the German Football Association's Women's Goal of the Season 2014–2015 shortlist.[6]
Kemme combined her football career with her police studies at Brandenburg's police training college.[7]
Kemme attended the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Potsdam Sport School,[8][9] which has an elite program for girls' football. The school has very close links with the FFC Turbine Potsdam club.[10]
In 2006, Kemme started training and playing with the junior teams of FFC Turbine, progressing to the senior first team in 2008.
She joined Arsenal in July 2018.[11] After persistent injuries, Kemme announced her retirement from professional football on 14 January 2020.[12]
Kemme's first involvement with the Germany national team was in the squad of players selected for a 2013 UEFA Women's Championship qualifying match against Romania on 22 October 2011,[13] but she did not play in the match. Kemme made her international debut for Germany during their 8–0 win against Croatia on 27 November 2013, a match in Germany's FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 qualification campaign.[14] She came on as a substitute for Leonie Maier, in the 76th minute.[15] Kemme was selected for the German squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 and played six matches in the tournament.
She was one of Germany's starting full-backs for the 2016 Summer Olympics, starting and playing every minute of all but one match. Germany would go on to win the gold medal.[16]
In 2012, Kemme began her studies as a police commissioner at the University of Applied Sciences of the Brandenburg Police, which she successfully completed in September 2017.[17] Kemme completed the practical part in Oranienburg. The theory part took place in Potsdam and Oberhavel.
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:
| Kemme – goals for Germany | ||||||
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| # | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 18 September 2015 | Halle, Germany |  Hungary |
3–0 | 12–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 2. | 25 October 2016 | Aalen, Germany |  Netherlands |
4–1 | 4–2 | Friendly |
| 3. | 16 September 2017 | Ingolstadt, Germany |  Slovenia |
4–0 | 6–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying |
| 4. | 5–0 | |||||
| 5. | 24 October 2017 | Großaspach, Germany |  Faroe Islands |
2–0 | 11–0 | |
| 6. | 3–0 | |||||
Source:[18]
Arsenal
