Tabea Sellner


Tabea Sellner is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Sellner began her career with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and won the German B-Junior Championship there in 2012. For the second half of the 2012/13 season, she was promoted to the second Hoffenheim team and achieved promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga for the first time in the summer of 2014. She made her debut in the Bundesliga in February 2015. With Hoffenheim, she appeared in 96 Bundesliga matches, scoring 28 goals.
Sellner signed to join VfL Wolfsburg in July 2021. In her first season, she finished the group stage at the top of the scoring charts with 8 goals. In May 2022, she extended her contract with Wolfsburg through June 2025. Sellner missed part of the 2023/24 season on maternity leave. She played one more campaign for Wolfsburg before retiring from professional football in the summer of 2025.

Personal life

Sellner became the ambassador for the petition "End discrimination against breastfeeding mothers" campaigned by the Health FemTec company Elvie.

International career

Sellner made her international debut for Germany on 22 September 2020, starting in the away match against Montenegro in the UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying, which finished as a 3–0 win. On 1 December 2020 in Dublin, she scored her first two international goals for Germany, in a 3–1 win over the Republic of Ireland, scoring 2–0 in the 29th minute and 3–1 in the 85th minute.
Sellner was named in the Germany squad for the UEFA Euro 2022 by national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg. She played in four games in the tournament.

Career statistics

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
11 December 2020Tallaght, Ireland2–03–1UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
21 December 2020Tallaght, Ireland3–13–1UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
318 September 2021Cottbus, Germany6–07–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
426 October 2021Essen, Germany6–07–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
512 April 2022Stara Pazova, Serbia2–32–32023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Honours

Germany
Hoffenheim
  • German B-Junior Football Championship: 2012
  • Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga: 2014
Wolfsburg