Merle Barth | QueenBallers Player profile

Merle

Barth

Apr 21, 1994

#23 - Defender

Atlético Madrid

merle_barth

Merle Barth is a German footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid.

Did You Know?

In German Bundesliga, she debuted at 16 (in November 2010 in a game between Leverkusen and Duisburg)

In 2011, she won bronze medal at UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. In third place match, Germany beat Island 8-2. Barth came into play as a substitute in 57th minute. As she had never played for senior national team, this is so far her biggest career success on the international level

She spent most of her career at Bayer 04 Leverkusen (11 years from 2009 to 2020)

She torn her ACL in February 2014. This heavy knee injury caused long pause, back on the pitch she was in February 2015

She has really bad luck on injuries. After one year long without football and her return on the pitch in February 2015, she torn her ACL again in May 2015. This caused another long-term pause - to February 2016

In both of her German teams where she played (Leverkusen and Potsdam), she wore captain's armband

In summer 2022, she moved from Turbine Potsdam to Atlético Madrid. It was her first team outside Germany. "I really wanted to play abroad," Barth commented the transfer

In August 2022, in a friendly game for Atlético Madrid against Bayern Munchen, she broke her right leg and had to undergo surgery. She missed the whole season 2022/2023 and din't play in any league game

In season 2022/2023 her team Atlético Madrid won the Spanish Cup, which is her biggest club level success during her career so far. However, it is bittersweet for her, as she was injured all season long and she couldn't help her team on the pitch

She has older brother (Tom Barth), who is also footballer

Her current partner is Karoline Smidt Nielsen, who is also footballer

She has a tattoo

Barth's Instagram fans can enjoy her photos in bikini or other sexy swimsuits. Her profile have more than 6k followers

She has fansite on Instagram, which posts news and photos from her career. This fansite have more than one thousand followers

Club Achievements

Copa de la Reina (Spanish Cup)	1×
UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship 3rd place	1×

Stats

Year	Club	AP	GL
2022 - present	Atlético Madrid	0	0
2020 - 2022	Turbine Potsdam	41	0
2009 - 2020	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	137	10
International Stats
2012 - 2013	Germany WU19	12	0
2010 - 2011	Germany WU17	3	1