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My Take
Silvia Neid is, to my mind, one of the towering figures of women's football, and the reason is rare: she conquered the game twice. As a player she won seven national titles; as a coach of the German national team she was named FIFA World Coach of the Year in 2010, 2013 and 2016. Reaching the summit once is hard enough, but doing it from both the pitch and the touchline puts her in genuinely elite company. The string of state honors she received feels almost like an afterthought next to that. I hold her up as a true architect of the modern women's game.
Overview
Silvia Edith Maria Neid (born 2 May 1964) is a German former professional football player and manager. She is one of the most successful players in German women's football, having won seven national championships and six DFB-Pokal trophies. Between 2005 and 2016, Neid served as the head coach of the Germany women's national team. She was the FIFA World Women's Coach of the Year in 2010, 2013 and 2016.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Silvia Neid
- Name (Japanese)
- ジルフィア・ナイト
- Reading
- じるふぃあ・ないと
- Born
- May 2, 1964 (age 62)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Dragon
- Origin
- Walldürn, Karlsruhe Government Region, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 166 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2011 Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Silbernes Lorbeerblatt
- 2008 Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2013 Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Germany →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.