Then I just show you on the pitch

How I live my dream

  • The authentic, honest and sympathetic autobiography of the icon of German women's soccer
  • 2023: Soccer World Cup in Australia and New Zealand
  • For readers of Neven Subotić and Dirk Nowitzki

An exceptional athlete overcomes all odds on and off the pitch


Alexandra Popp is the outstanding soccer player of her generation. She won all the major trophies in club soccer with VfL Wolfsburg, was an Olympic champion with the national team, and captained Germany to the 2022 European Championship final. Time and again in her career, the exceptional striker has had to deal with setbacks, yet she has always gone her own way. But it's not only on the pitch that she inspires with her presence but also off it. She never minces words, she points out grievances in women's soccer and stands up against discrimination. In this way, Alexandra Popp shows that it still exists, the authentic soccer that has to do not only with money but with passion for the beautiful game.


"Popp is one of the giants of German soccer." DER SPIEGEL

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  • Publisher: Droemer HC
  • Release: 01.08.2023
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-21798-6
  • 336 Pages
  • Author: Alexandra Popp
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Alexandra Popp Then I just show you on the pitch
Portrait von Alexandra Popp
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Alexandra Popp

Alexandra Popp (*1991) ist Kapitänin der deutschen Fußball-Nationalmannschaft. Als Sportlerin gewann sie siebenmal die deutsche Meisterschaft, dreimal die Champions-League, zwölfmal den DFB-Pokal, wurde Olympiasiegerin und Vize-Europameisterin. Der DfB kürte sie 2022 zur »Nationalspielerin des Jahres« und der  Kicker zur »Persönlichkeit des Jahres«. 2024 kündigte sie ihren Rücktritt als Nationalspielerin an, im Clubfußball steht sie weiterhin beim VfL Wolfsburg unter Vertrag.