BERLIN (AP) As an Olympic gold medalist and Champions League winner体育最新信息, Almuth Schult was one of the top goalkeepers in womens soccer. She believes her career ended early because clubs were reluctant to sign a player with children.

The 34-year-old former Germany goalkeeper announced her retirement in March, three months after her contract ended with the Kansas City Current in the National Womens Soccer League in the U.S.

I feel like in Europe it is still not yet normal for a female soccer player to have children. Whether the clubs admit it or not, thats my subjective impression, Schult told Germanys Kicker magazine in an interview published Tuesday. Many clubs worry that there could be adversity and difficulties with mothers even though that doesnt have to be the case.

Schult said she felt she could have played another one, two years at the highest level and that she believes being a mother was the main reason talks didnt work out. Schult said top clubs only offered her the role of a third-choice backup.

Schult gave birth to twins in 2020 and a third child in 2023. I was already out of contract after my second pregnancy, said Schult, who played 66 times for the German national team. No club believed I could still help, even though I had already proven it after my first pregnancy.

Schult won the Champions League with Wolfsburg in 2014 and the Olympic gold medal with Germany at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro and has also built a career as an expert commentator on German TV.

She suggested that European clubs could have something to learn from those in the U.S. in helping players to continue their careers after having children.

My career would presumably have taken a different course if Id had the same support as I recently received in the U.S., she said.

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动作奥运会金牌得主和欧洲冠军联赛冠军，阿尔穆特·舒尔特（Almuth Schult）曾是女子足球界最顶尖的门将之一。她认为我方的业绩生计提前终局是因为俱乐部不肯签下别称有孩子的球员。

这位34岁的德国前门将，在终局了与好意思国国度女子足球联赛堪萨斯城时尚队的公约后三个月，于3月晓谕了退役。

在欧洲，我认为女性足球通顺员生养仍然不是一个无数的常态。尽管俱乐部是否承认这极少，但那是我个东谈主的主不雅印象。"施特在周二出书的德国《踢球者》杂志的采访中暗示。'好多俱乐部驰念母亲们可能会碰到贫乏和挑战，尽办事实上并不一定如斯。'

舒尔特暗示，她认为我方本不错在“最高水平上再踢一两年”，而她认为成为母亲是“议论未能收效的主要原因”。舒尔特说，顶级俱乐部只给她提供了第三替补的扮装。

舒尔特在2020年生了一双双胞胎，在2023年又迎来了第三个孩子。舒尔特，这位曾为德国国度队出场66次的球员，暗示：“在我第二次怀胎后，我的公约依然到期了。尽管我在第一次怀胎后依然阐发了我仍然或者提供匡助，但莫得任何俱乐部折服我仍然能这么作念。”

舒尔特在2014年匡助沃尔夫斯堡取得了欧冠冠军，并在2016年里约热内卢奥运会上为德国队取得了金牌，同期他还成为了德国电视上的驰名批驳员。

她提议欧洲俱乐部不错从好意思国俱乐部何处学习一些东西，以匡助球员在生养后不绝业绩生计。

若是我在好意思国最近收到的撑握和之前雷同，我的业绩生计可能会走不同的谈路。

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