FC Bayern Munich

Bundesliga Women

FC Bayern Munich is a German professional women's football team based in Munich, Germany. The club was founded in 1970 and plays in the Frauen-Bundesliga, the top women's league in Germany. Bayern Munich Women were a founding member of the Frauen-Bundesliga in 1990.

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What makes FC Bayern Munich what it is.

Alongside football, she is training to become an aircraft mechanic at Airbus, balancing her football career with a technical apprenticeship.

Together with Harder, they are one of the most visible LGBTQ advocates in sport. This photo became symbol, because they were one of the first openly lesbian couples.

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During the 2024/25 Nations League season, she played as captain against her fiancée Pernille Harder. They bet that whoever lost would have to wash the dishes at home. Fans of the Swedish national team prepared a choreographed display that read ‘Pernille will wash the dishes.’ Denmark lost both matches.

In September 2020, she became the world's most expensive female footballer following her transfer from VfL Wolfsburg to Chelsea,but the record was broken in September 2022 by Keira Walsh when she was signed to Barcelona.

Natalia's grandfather, who unfortunately passed away recently has been a big influence in her life and especially in her football career. Whenever she scores a goal, she does a heart celebration pointing to the sky, to her grandfather.

She wants to be a good role model for little girls. As she said: Even if you are just little girl from s small town in Midtjylland, who loves football, you still can become one of the best players in the world.

She scored nearly 100 goals in just two seasons of indoor football with Nervión in the second Andalusian women’s division.

During the 2024/25 Nations League season, she played as captain against her fiancée Magdalena Eriksson. They bet that whoever lost would have to wash the dishes at home. Fans of the Swedish national team prepared a choreographed display that read ‘Pernille will wash the dishes.’ Denmark lost both matches.

Her partner is her Chelsea and Bayern teammate Magdalena Eriksson. Couple started dating in 2014 while they played together in Sweden after Pernille asked Magda out for math course.

She likes crocheting. For the 2023 World Cup, she crafted the team's mascot; a koala dressed in a white jumper bearing the German flag. She also made an otter named Ottienne for the 2024 Olympics games.

Her mother made a brave journey across the Sahara and arrived in Morocco while pregnant, eventually reaching Spain by boat to seek a better future for her children.