Ramona Petzelberger

Ramona Petzelberger (born 13 November 1992 in Essen) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Aston Villa in the FA Women's Super League. She previously played for Bundesliga club SGS Essen.

Club Career

Petzelberger began her career at the Police Sports-Club (Polizei-Sportverein) Essen and later moved to FCR 2001 Duisburg. In 2008 she moved to the second division club SG Wattenscheid 09, for whom she scored four goals in 15 league games. Together with three team players, Petzelberger moved to SC 07 Bad Neuenahr for the 2009/10 season, where she won a regular place straight away. In the Bundesliga she made her debut on 20 September 2009 against Tennis Borussia Berlin; the first goal followed on 10 October 2009 against SC Freiburg.

Petzelberger signed for Bayer 04 Leverkusen for the 2012/13 season. On 19 April 2017, the native Essenerin announced her return to the Ruhr area to the SGS Essen. There, she extended her contract to June 2020. The first and third year in food were overshadowed for Petzelberger from long injury time. Nevertheless, Ramona Petzelberger played a key role in reaching the DFB Cup final in the final phase of the 2019/20 season (assist in the quarter-final at Turbine Potsdam and leading goal in the semi-final at Bayer 04 Leverkusen). In July 2020 she left SGS Essen.

Petzelberger signed for Aston Villa in July 2020.