Melissa Kössler

Klara Melissa Kössler (born 4 March 2000) is a German football player who plays as a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim and the Germany national team.

Her debut in a competitive first-team match followed on 15 April 2018 in the 3–1 DFB Cup semi-final loss against Bayern Munich when she came on for Anna Gasper in the 60th minute.

She finally made her Bundesliga debut three days later, on 18 April 2018 (matchday 14), when she started the 1–0 home win against SC Freiburg and was substituted for Wibke Meister in the 72nd minute.

In the summer of 2019, she moved to the United States to join the UMass Minutewomen at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for a dual career of college and soccer.

In 2017 she became a member of the U19 national team, with which she competed in the 2018 European Championship in Switzerland, where she became runner-up after a 1–0 final defeat by Spain.