[ 11goals ] - Interview with Yvonne Zielinski (MSV Duisburg)

Dear Yvonne,

1. What 3 things fascinate you about football?

- Football united -> team sport

- Football is diverse -> different types of players and yet one

- Football gives friends and experiences for life.

2. Your best football moment so far?

Promotion to the first Bundesliga in 2015 with 1.FC Köln and definitely staying in the league in 2018 and 2020 with my current club, MSV Duisburg

3. What do you think is the key to being happy?

- not worrying about what others might think. Everyone is individual and lives their own life. Not everything deserves a reaction and that's completely okay. Let things happen and accept them, because everything has a meaning in its own way. And getting upset about things you can't change takes up unnecessary energy.

4. What motivates you or how do you motivate yourself?

Good music

5. What are you most proud of in your life?

- To have remained free of major injuries for 26 years.

- my family

6. What was the best decision in your football career?

- to have played with the boys for as long as possible (back then with special permission up to the C-youth)

7. What personal goals do you have for yourself and with the MSV?

- continue to play at a high level without injury

- staying in the league

8. Your life motto?

- let things happen, they have meaning.

9. If it were up to you, what song would be playing in the locker room before games?

-Burning Heart from Survivor

10. If you could change one thing in football: what would it be?

- appropriate salaries for women in every club

11. Your life without football would be...

- ...probably a life in equestrian sport, as I grew up on a farm with horses.

Thank you, Yvonne! We wish you much success with MSV Duisburg. Stay healthy!