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
 Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 25
Youth career
SV Rugenbergen
2019–2021 Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Eintracht Frankfurt II 54 (1)
2023– Eintracht Frankfurt 28 (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 8 (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 01:30, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:13, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

Jella Veit (born 3 May 2005) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Frauen-Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Germany national team.

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

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]

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][16] 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.[17][18] In October 2024, Veit won her second Fritz Walter Medal, the under-19 bronze.[19]

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.[20] 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.[21]

Career statistics

As of 7 March 2026[22]
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. ^ "Baum and Veit honoured with bronze". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  17. ^ "Drama bei WM der U20-Frauen". Giessener-Allgemeine (in German). 16 September 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt News: Fritz-Walter Medal Awarded to Baum". Footboom. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  20. ^ "Veit and Mühlhaus called up to women's national team to replace Kleinherne and Cerci" (in German). German Football Federation. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  21. ^ "DFB-Frauen schlagen Norwegen deutlich" (in German). German Football Federation. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  22. ^ "Jella Veit". soccerdonna.de. 7 March 2025.
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