Germany's star soccer player turns down Playboy

“I respect 'Playboy' as a journalistic product, but I prefer to portray myself as a footballer on the pitch,” the 24-year-old defender told the German Press Agency on Thursday. First had BILD reported on the magazine's interest.

“In general, I believe and hope that we have much more exciting and important topics to discuss, especially in the run-up to what will certainly be a great World Cup,” added Gwinn. The vice-European champion, who has more than half a million followers on Instagram, was not nominated for the World Cup from July 20th to August 20th after tearing her cruciate ligament. She will be working as a ZDF expert at home during the tournament.

Giulia Gwinn is one of the best players in Germany. © AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS

“Women's football is no longer a fringe sport, but has now reached the center of society. Even more: According to a current survey commissioned by the German Playboy “The women’s national team is significantly more popular than its male colleagues,” said Florian Boitin, editor-in-chief of the German edition of Playboy . “Women like Giulia Gwinn are emblematic of the success and popularity of German footballers.”

According to her own statements, national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg once received an offer from the club as a player in 1989 Playboy . “I could have gotten 15 marks for it. And I wouldn't have had any problem being photographed like that. But I had already been through some turbulent events with my parents before that. “Then I didn’t want to subject them to the ‘Playboy’ theme,” said the 000-year-old BILD . Regardless, she started to ponder: “It seemed that women’s football would then be reduced to that. That wouldn’t have been what I wanted.”

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Germany's star soccer player turns down Playboy

Germany's national soccer player Giulia Gwinn from FC Bayern Munich has rejected a request from Playboy for nude photos.

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