Maja Sternad

Maja Sternad
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-12-28) 28 December 2003
Place of birth Bornholte, Germany
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Number 23
Youth career
2016–2019 SC Verl
2019–2020 Arminia Bielefeld
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Arminia Bielefeld 16 (3)
2021–2026 Werder Bremen 98 (8)
2026– Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1 (1)
International career‡
2017–2018 Germany U19 5 (2)
2021–2022 Germany U19 4 (2)
2022 Germany U20 2 (0)
2024– Slovenia 18 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 June 2026

Maja Sternad (born 28 April 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Born in Germany, she plays for the Slovenia women's national team.

Club career

Sternad began playing football with the boy's youth side of SC Verl, before moving to Arminia Bielefeld on 26 November 2019.[1] On 16 June 2021, she transferred to the Frauen-Bundesliga club Werder Bremen.[2] For the 2026/27 season, she moved to a league rival Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[3]

International career

Born in Germany, Sternad is of Slovene descent through her father from Maribor and holds dual-citizenship. She played for the Germany U20s at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[4] On 16 October 2024, it was announced that she opted to play for the Slovenia women's national team at a senior level.[5]

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204629/https://www.fupa.net/news/dsc-arminia-bielefeld-dsc-arminia-bielefeld-verpflichtet-maj-2586818
  2. ↑ Burkamp, Peter. "Arminias Maja Sternad wechselt zu Werder - Krall kommt zurück". Neue Westfälische.
  3. ↑ "Slovenia international Maja Sternad moves from Bremen to Bayer 04". www.bayer04.de.
  4. ↑ "Peter nominiert 21 Spielerinnen für U 20-WM" [Peter nominates 21 players for the U20 World Cup] (in German). German Football Association. 1 August 2022. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "For her father's country: FIFA also officially confirms that Maja Sternad from Werder Bremen can play for Slovenia - Planet Nogomet". 16 October 2024.
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