Fritzy Kromp: Children, partner, age, salary – everything you need to know about the football expert
Friederike “Fritzy” Kromp is currently active as head coach at Werder Bremen in the women’s Bundesliga and as a soccer expert on ZDF. Find out everything you need to know in our portrait.
In addition to the almost long-established experts Christoph Kramer and Per Mertesacker, she is new to the ZDF European Championship team: Friederike Kromp, known as Fritzy. You wouldn’t have thought that, at just 41 years old, she already has 20 years of experience as a coach and has already won four European Championship titles, would you?
Fritzy Kromp’s CV
Fritzy Kromp was born on January 2, 1985 in Würzburg and, according to his own statements, was crazy about football even as a small child. After a serious foot injury, she had to end her playing career at the age of 18. Nevertheless, she remained loyal to football: and so after graduating from high school, she completed a voluntary social year with the Bavarian Football Association, obtained her first coaching licenses and studied sports science. In 2011, Fritzy Kromp acquired the highest coaching license in football, the UEFA Pro license.
This is how Fritzy Kromp became famous
Fritzy Kromp initially trained the Bavarian female national teams from U15 to U18 from 2013, then she was co-coach and head coach of the U17 national team. Fritzy Kromp later moved to Eintracht Frankfurt, where she became youth coordinator and coach of the U20. Fritzy Kromp has already won four European Championship titles with her teams – the last in 2022. Kromp has been the head coach of the women’s team at SV Werder Bremen since July 1, 2025.
And Fritzy Kromp has long been a well-known face on television: as early as 2022, she was responsible as an expert for the “Morgenmagazin” and the “Mittagsmagazin” on ARD and ZDF and analyzed the men’s World Cup. At the EM 2024, she is analyzing the games on ZDF alongside Per Mertesacker and Christoph Kramer. She will also be there as an expert for ZDF at the 2026 World Cup.
How old is Fritzy Kromp?
We have already revealed it: Fritzy Kromp was born on January 2nd, 1985 and is therefore 41 years old.
Does Fritzy Kromp have children?
Football expert Fritzy Kromp has no children of his own. She is focusing on her career as a trainer and presenter. She is particularly interested in supporting young players in girls’ and women’s football.
Does Fritzy Kromp have a partner?
Nothing is known about whether Fritzy Kromp has a partner at her side or is even married. The 41-year-old keeps her private life out of the public eye.
Sources: datencenter.dfb.de, werder.de, ardmediathek.de, sportschau.de
