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Birgit Prinz (born October 25, 1977) is a German women's soccer player.
Prinz was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and underwent training to become a physiotherapist; she has been playing soccer since she was a child and has been with 1. FFC Frankfurt (1st Frankfurt Women's Soccer Club) since July, 1994. She was elected "Women's Soccer Player of the Year" in 2002 and 2004, "World Women's Soccer Player of the Year" in 2003 while scoring 7 goals for Germany in the 2003 World Cup as a center-forward, and has also been a member of the German women's soccer team for the 2004 Summer Olympics.