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Anneke Borbe (German: [ˈanə.kə ˈboːbə]; born 17 September 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women’s Super League club Arsenal and has represented Germany at youth levels.
Borbe was born in Pinneberg. She began playing soccer at SV Lieth and SC Nienstedten, where she played in mixed teams with boys. In 2015, she joined Werder Bremen’s youth department. At first she commuted weekly from Pinneberg before finally moving into a shared apartment in Bremen with teammate Nina Lührßen. With the SVW juniors she played 26 games in the B-Junior Bundesliga. She also played four times for the Hamburg U16 state team.
As a sixteen-year-old, Borbe made her debut in the Frauen-Bundesliga at the beginning of September 2017. During the 2017–18 season she played a total of 14 times and ultimately held the league with Werder. The following year she was in goal 15 times and was relegated with the team to the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga at the end of the 2018–19 season. Werder dominated the 2019–20 second division season and went undefeated, Borbe playing in eight games. Since then, Borbe has been established as the starting…
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