Young soccer player Janna Koerdt is seriously injured – season over!

Young soccer player Janna Koerdt is seriously injured – season over!

In the last few weeks, football in Gütersloh has made some positive and negative headlines. The focus is particularly on 17-year-old Janna Koerdt, who attracted attention with her strong performance for the FSV Gütersloh women's team. The talented player from Meiningsen has fought for a place in the regional league team and is considered a great promise for the future. But a severe ankle fracture puts a damper on her sporting ambitions and causes a dramatic turnaround.

Janna Koerdt has made great progress in her career so far, which she has dedicated to football since she was a child. Thanks to the support of six former teammates who also made the jump from youth to the first team, the transition was relatively easy for her. Her big goal is to play for the German national team at some point. So far, Koerdt has appeared on the pitch three times for FSV Gütersloh, including a win in the Westphalia Cup against SVK 07 Minden. But after a groin strain that forced her to sit out the last four games, a tragic incident occurred at a DFB national cup tournament in Duisburg-Wedau.

Serious injury in the DFB national cup tournament

At the crucial moment of the game, just before the end of the second period, Koerdt was seriously injured and suffered a broken ankle, meaning she will be out for the rest of the season. The shock was great and the game had to be stopped for almost an hour while she received medical attention. After the incident, coaches Björn Lerbs and Verena Muckermann said that the U16 juniors' victory against Brandenburg (2:1) was being pushed into the background because the player's health was the top priority [nw.de].

Janna Koerdt's injury highlights the injury-prone nature of football, particularly in the women's sector. A nationwide study by the University Hospital Regensburg is currently comprehensively recording injuries and illnesses in German women's football. It was found that injuries cause a staggering 75% of failures. Knee injuries, especially cruciate ligament ruptures, are among the most common, followed by ankle injuries, which also played a role in Koerdt's incident, as the experts from medlabportal.de emphasize.

The development of targeted prevention measures, which are to be derived from the data from this study, responds to the need to professionalize women's football and better protect the players. More and more female players are covered by the insurance cover of the administrative trade association, which increases the relevance of such measures.

Return to the team and the pressure on FSV Gütersloh

It will now be crucial for Koerdt to get fit again quickly in order to help her team, which is still winless in the bottom of the table after six games. Returning from her injury break will be a big challenge for her, but Koerdt has already announced that she will return with all her might and support her team. The pressure on FSV Gütersloh is increasing, but the hope for a turnaround in the current season remains. The entire football community will be eagerly awaiting Koerdt's recovery and return.