Asked to give her thoughts on 2016, Sara Dabritz’s answer was concise and to the point. “It was a year full of highlights,” she said in an exclusive interview with FIFA.com. It is a fitting description given her achievements over the past 12 months: she won the German championship, reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Women’s Champions League for the first time and won gold at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in Rio.
The 21-year-old enjoyed those successes alongside team-mate Melanie Behringer. Both were key figures in those triumphs, so it came as no surprise to find the duo among the ten nominees for The Best FIFA Women’s Player Award. Nevertheless, Dab…