Jella Veit

Jella Veit
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-05-03) 3 May 2005
Place of birth Hamburg, Germany
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Union Berlin
Number 30
Youth career
SV Rugenbergen
2019–2021 Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Eintracht Frankfurt II 54 (1)
2023–2026 Eintracht Frankfurt 30 (0)
2026– Union Berlin 0 (0)
International career‡
2019 Germany U15 3 (2)
2021–2022 Germany U17 23 (4)
2023 Germany U19 13 (1)
2024 Germany U20 11 (1)
2024– Germany U23 10 (0)
2026– Germany 1 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Germany
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
2023 Belgium
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:07, 11 June 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:13, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Jella Veit (born 3 May 2005) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FC Union Berlin and the Germany national team. She has previously played for Eintracht Frankfurt.

Early life

Veit grew up in Bönningstedt,[1] receiving an education at the Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Gymnasium in Quickborn before moving to the more sports-focused Heidberg-Gymnasium in Langenhorn. The child of two former competitive swimmers, Veit originally participated in swimming, where she was once the fastest German 50-meter butterfly swimmer in her youth age group.[2] She eventually switched completely to football and played for local club SV Rugenbergen.[3] Veit, originally a defensive midfielder, spent most of her time with Rugenbergen playing on a boys' team and at an older age group.[2] At age 14,[3] she also started competing for Hamburger SV, using a dual playing license to compete for HSV and Rugenbergen simultaneously.[4]

Club career

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 30 June 2021, Veit joined Eintracht Frankfurt.[5] She moved away from home and entered a junior boarding school,[6] where she balanced academic commitments with playing for Frankfurt's second team in the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga.[7] Over two years, she made 54 league appearances and scored one goal.[8]

Veit signed her first professional contract with Eintracht Frankfurt in the summer of 2023.[9] She then went on to make her Frauen-Bundesliga debut the same year.[7] On 18 October 2023, she played in her first UEFA Women's Champions League match, coming on as a substitute in a shutout victory over AC Sparta Prague.[10] In her first few seasons with the Frankfurt senior team, Veit was frequently named to matchday squads, but struggled to earn consistent playing time.[11]

On 29 April 2025, Veit signed a contract extension with the club through 2026.[12] The following transfer window in the summer of 2025 saw the departures of starting Frankfurt centre-backs Sophia Kleinherne and Sara Doorsoun, opening a window for Veit.[13] She became a member of Frankfurt's starting defensive lineup at the start of the 2025–26 Frauen-Bundesliga, missing only one game in all competitions across the first half of the season.[14] In that timeframe, she also sported the highest duel success rate of any player with at least 50 duels in the league.[15] However, she lost her starting role in the second half of the season, with Sara Doorsoun and Amanda Ilestedt taking up the lion's share of minutes in central defense. After spending five years at Frankfurt, Veit chose to depart from the club upon the expiration of her contract in the summer of 2026.[16]

Union Berlin

In June 2026, fellow Frauen-Bundesliga team 1. FC Union Berlin announced that they had signed Veit on a one-year deal.[17]

International career

Youth

Veit has garnered extensive experience with Germany's youth national teams. She started playing for the under-15 national team in 2019 and has gone on to represent her country at five different age groups.[3] In 2022, she was a prominent contributor to the U17 squad's UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship win after captaining the side and appearing in all of the team's matches.[8][18] She received the under-17 gold Fritz Walter Medal at the end of the year.[3]

Two years later, Veit was a member of the squad that competed in the 2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. In the semifinals of the tournament, she scored a goal that kicked off a 3–2 comeback win over France.[8] Germany were then eliminated by Spain on penalties in the final.[3]

Veit was named to the U20 team that participated in the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[1] In the quarterfinal match, Germany appeared poised to beat the United States, 2–0, until a pair of goals in the final minutes of regulation pushed the game to extra time. The second goal, which occurred in the 90+8th minute, was an own goal conceded by Veit. In the ensuing penalty shootout, Veit atoned for her error by converting her team's opening spot-kick, but Germany lost the shootout and were eliminated from the competition.[19][20] In October 2024, Veit won her second Fritz Walter Medal, the under-19 bronze.[21]

Senior

In February 2026, Veit received her first call-up to the Germany senior national team, replacing the injured Sophia Kleinherne ahead of two 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification matches.[22] On 7 March 2026, she made her international debut, coming on as a second-half substitute for Janina Minge in a 4–0 victory over Norway.[23]

Career statistics

As of 7 March 2026[24]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2026 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Germany U17

Germany U19

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b Altwein, Jonas (2 October 2024). "Profi-Fußballerin aus Bönningstedt: Jella Veit über die U20-WM". SHZ (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Der ungewöhnliche Weg eines Mädchens im Jungenteam". Abendblatt (in German). 25 April 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e Marth, Kristina (23 October 2025). "Nationalspielerin Jella Veit ist mit der U23 in Bad Hersfeld zu Gast". HNA (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  4. ^ Stückler, Ulrich (13 July 2023). "Fußballerin Bundesliga: Jella Veit lebt den Traum – endlich Profi". Abendblatt (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Jella Veit - Eintracht Frankfurt Women". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  6. ^ Stückler, Ulrich (26 November 2021). "Jella Veit hat den Sprung nach Frankfurt gewagt". Abendblatt (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Nachwuchsfußballerin von Eintracht Frankfurt ausgezeichnet: Jella Veit ist "Eliteschülerin des Jahres"". Sport-in-Hessen (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  8. ^ a b c Jella Veit at DFB (also available in German)
  9. ^ "Contract extension for Jella Veit". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  10. ^ "AC Sparta Prag - Eintracht Frankfurt". Eintracht-Archiv. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  11. ^ "U23-Nationalspielerinnen, die bald den Sprung schaffen könnten". 90 Min (in German). 27 November 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  12. ^ "Contract extension for Jella Veit". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  13. ^ Strum, Katja (1 October 2025). "Eintracht Frankfurt sucht Stabilität in der Defensive". FNP (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  14. ^ "Junge Talente aus der Bundesliga, Teil 2 - Bolztribüne" (in German). 14 December 2025. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  15. ^ "Hinrunde im Rückblick". Eintracht Frankfurt (in German). Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  16. ^ "Jella Veit verlässt die Eintracht Frankfurt Frauen, Elisa Senß geht zu Real Madrid". Hessenchau (in Deutsch). 11 June 2026. Retrieved 11 June 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  17. ^ "German International Jella Veit Signs for Union". FC Union Berlin. 11 June 2026. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  18. ^ "Baum and Veit honoured with bronze". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  19. ^ "Drama bei WM der U20-Frauen". Giessener-Allgemeine (in German). 16 September 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  20. ^ Sylvia (16 September 2024). "Extra! Extra! The Kids are Alright: A FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Recap". All For XI. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  21. ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt News: Fritz-Walter Medal Awarded to Baum". Footboom. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  22. ^ "Veit and Mühlhaus called up to women's national team to replace Kleinherne and Cerci" (in German). German Football Federation. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  23. ^ "DFB-Frauen schlagen Norwegen deutlich" (in German). German Football Federation. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  24. ^ "Jella Veit". soccerdonna.de. 7 March 2025.
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