FC Bayern Women have signed Barbara Dunst, with the 27-year-old Austria international joining in the summer from Eintracht Frankfurt on a three-year contract until 30 June 2028.
Rech: “Her character and desire to win impressed us”
Austria’s 2023 and 2024 Women’s Footballer of the Year has signed a contract with Bayern to 2028. | © FC Bayern
Bianca Rech, FC Bayern Women director: “Barbara is a complete player who can be used across the midfield and also poses a real goal threat. Her character but also her desire to win impressed us from the start. She’s a leader who takes responsibility on the pitch. We’ve got a bit of a tradition at Bayern with Austrian players. We’re happy to have her with us in Munich from the summer.”
Dunst: “An appealing challenge”
Barbara Dunst has been playing in the Bundesliga since 2017 with Bayer Leverkusen, Duisburg, Eintracht Frankfurt and now Bayern as of 2025. | © FC Bayern
Barbara Dunst: “I’m delighted to get to play for such a successful and impressive club as Bayern in the future. The whole club has enjoyed success for a long time and always has high demands. I can really identify with those values and goals. Here in Munich you have the opportunity to test yourself against the best teams in Europe. That’s an appealing challenge. It’s always been really important for me in the past that I show the best version of myself, develop and don’t feel stagnation. The club’s ambitions are therefore right for me.”
Austria’s 2023 and 2024 Women’s Footballer of the Year
Linda Dallmann, Sarah Zadrazil and Barbara Dunst have faced off as opponents in the Bundesliga but will soon join forces in search of titles. | © Imago
Born on 25 September 1997 in Graz, Dunst started playing football as SV Anger. The midfielder then joined Austrian Bundesliga side LUV Graz in 2012, making her senior league debut at just 15 years of age. Two years later, she moved to domestic rivals St. Pölten, where she twice won the domestic double in three seasons before a 2017 move to Germany with Bayer Leverkusen. After further spells at Duisburg and Frankfurt, where the midfielder tore her cruciate ligament last December and has been working on a return, she will now join the reigning Bundesliga champions.
Dunst made her senior international debut for Austria in a Euro qualifier against Israel on 25 October 2015. She has since won 87 caps and scored 13 goals, also reaching the semi-finals of the 2017 Euros and winning the Cyprus Women’s Cup in 2016. The 27-year-old is a two-time Austrian Women’s Footballer of the Year, earning the award in 2023 and 2024.
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