Defender Corina 'Coco' Schroder has left Liverpool Ladies by mutual consent.
The 29-year-old left back started her professional career in the Frauen-Bundesliga at FCR 2001 Duisburg where she spent seven years, finishing runner-up for four seasons in a row from 2005 to 2008. She did, however, win the 2009 German Cup with Duisburg after claiming the 2008-09 UEFA Women's Cup earlier that year.
She moved to Turbine Potsdam ahead of the 2009-2010 season, with whom she won league titles in 2010 and 2011, along with the inaugural UEFA Women's Champions League. After two years in Potsdam, she moved to SC 07 Bad Neuenahr in 2011. Schroder signed for Matt Beard's Liverpool in 2013, winning back to back FA Women's Super League titles with the Reds.
She signed a contract extension in 2014 along with fellow countrywoman Nicole Rolser, but missed three months of the 2015 FA WSL campaign due to a back injury. She made 52 appearances for the Reds, scoring two goals.
On the international front, Schroder represented Germany at the 2006 U-20 Women's World Cup in Russia. She also made eight appearances for the U-23s.
Boss thankful
Liverpool Ladies manager Scott Rogers was full of praise, saying, “I would like to thank Corina for her fantastic contribution over the past three seasons.
Rogers called Schroder a "quality defender", who played a "key role in the back to back WSL title victories in 2013 and 2014".
But he emphasized that both had come to the collective decision over her future, "But we both agreed that it was time for Corina to have a new challenge.”
Busy Liverpool
Liverpool let several big names like Fara Williams, Natasha Dowie and Libby Stout leave in the early stages of the transfer window, but have recently been on a signing spree, securing the likes of Emma Lundh, Natasha Harding, Alex Greenwood, Shanice Van De Sanden and Dutch captain Mandy Van Den Berg.