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{{Short description|German footballer (born 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Viola Odebrecht
| image          = ViolaOdebrecht2008.jpg
| caption        = Odebrecht in 2008
| image_size     = 250
| fullname       = Viola Odebrecht<ref>{{Olympedia}}</ref>
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1983|2|11|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Neubrandenburg]], [[East Germany]]
| height         = {{height|meter=1.75}}
| position       = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub    = [[1. FFC Turbine Potsdam]]
| clubnumber     = 16
| youthyears1    = 1995–1998 
| youthclubs1    = PSV Neubrandenburg
| collegeyears1 = 2005 | college1 = [[Florida State Seminoles]] | collegecaps1 = 24 | collegegoals1 = 9
| years1         = 1998–2005       
| clubs1         = [[1. FFC Turbine Potsdam]]
| caps1          = 
| goals1         =
| years3         = 2006       
| clubs3         = [[Valur women's football|Valur]]
| caps3          = 5
| goals3         = 1
| years4         = 2006–2007       
| clubs4         = [[FCR 2001 Duisburg]]
| caps4          = 10
| goals4         = 1
| years5         = 2007–2008       
| clubs5         = [[SC 07 Bad Neuenahr]]
| caps5          = 21
| goals5         = 3
| years6         = 2008–2012       
| clubs6         = [[1. FFC Turbine Potsdam]]
| caps6          = 80
| goals6         = 13
| years7         = 2012–2015
| clubs7         = [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]
| caps7          = 
| goals7         = 
|nationalyears1 = 2002 |nationalteam1 = [[Germany women's national under-19 football team|Germany U-19]] |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2 = 2003–2015
| nationalteam2  = [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]] 
| nationalcaps2  = 49
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
| pcupdate       = 14:09, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
| ntupdate       = 20:13, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
}}

'''Viola Odebrecht''' (born 11 February 1983) is a retired [[Germany|German]] [[Association football|footballer]] who last played for [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]. She also played for [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]]. She played 49 international matches for the national team and became world champion in 2003 .

==Club career==

===1. FFC Turbine Potsdam===
In 2005 Odebrecht won the [[UEFA Women's Cup]] with [[1.FFC Turbine Potsdam]], the team for which she signed again for the 2008/09 season.

In the 2006 summer season, Odebrecht played five times for [[Valur women's football|Valur]] in the Icelandic [[Úrvalsdeild (women)|Úrvalsdeild]], scoring once.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www2.ksi.is/asp/listar/leikmadur.asp?pLeikmadurNr=191090&pListi=5 | title = Viola Odebrecht | language = is | publisher = [[Football Association of Iceland]] | access-date = 23 July 2013 | work = KSI.is}}</ref>

===VfL Wolfsburg===
On 29 February 2012, Odebrecht signed a two-year contract and will move to [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]] on 1 July 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/odebrecht-zum-vfl---peter-zum-1-ffc-565321/artikel | title = Odebrecht zum VfL - Peter zum 1. FFC | language = de | publisher = [[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] | access-date = 8 May 2012 | date = 29 February 2012}}</ref>

She retired after the 2014–15 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndr.de/sport/fussball/index.html|title=Fußball im Norden: Videos, Audios, Bilder|last=NDR|website=ndr.de|access-date=3 January 2019}}</ref>

==International career==
In 2003, she was a member of the [[FIFA Women's World Cup 2003|World Cup]] winning team who went on to take the bronze medal at the [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics#Women|Athens Olympics 2004]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|title=Viola Odebrecht Biography and Statistics|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/od/viola-odebrecht-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223023/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/od/viola-odebrecht-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|access-date=2010-05-04}}</ref>

After a six-year hiatus, Odebrecht returned to the [[Germany women's national football team|Germany national side]] in a [[UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2|Euro 2013 qualifying match]] against [[Romania women's national football team|Romania]] on 22 October 2011.

===International goals===
''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:''
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
!colspan="7"|'''Odebrecht – goals for Germany'''
|- 
! # !! Date !! Location !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
|align=center| 1. || 15 November 2003 || [[Reutlingen]], [[Germany]] || {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Portugal women's national football team|Portugal]] ||align=center| 8–0 ||align=center| 13–0 || [[2005 UEFA Women's Championship qualification|UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying]]
|-
|align=center| 2. || 15 September 2012 || [[Karaganda]], [[Kazakhstan]] || {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} [[Kazakhstan women's national football team|Kazakhstan]] ||align=center| 2–0 ||align=center| 7–0 || [[UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying]] 
|-
!colspan="7"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500406&action=showPlayer&liga=Frauen-Nationalmannschaft&vorname=&nachname=Odebrecht&cHash=b2812fd7ba041feb2beba37734385285|title=Players Info Odebrecht|access-date=4 February 2014|publisher=DFB}}</ref>}}}}
|}

==Other work==
Odebrecht was part of a rotation of [[color commentator|studio commentator]]s for [[ESPN (United States)|ESPN]]'s telecasts of the [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup]].<ref>[http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/media-kits/2011-womens-world-cup/2011-womens-world-cup-commentators/ 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Commentators &ndash; ESPN MediaZone.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614031557/http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/media-kits/2011-womens-world-cup/2011-womens-world-cup-commentators/ |date=14 June 2012 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=142&action=showPlayer&player=odebrecht_viola&lang=E&cHash=4ea148ad7d/ Viola Odebrecht] at dfb.de
*{{Fussballdaten|frauen/odebrechtviola}}
*{{WorldFootball.net|viola-odebrecht}}

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[[Category:German women's footballers]]
[[Category:Germany women's international footballers]]
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[[Category:FCR 2001 Duisburg players]]
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[[Category:VfL Wolfsburg (women) players]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Germany]]
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[[Category:UEFA Women's Champions League–winning players]]
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