Lena Goeßling
DFB-Pokal in 2013 with Wolfsburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Lena Goeßling[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 8 March 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bielefeld, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
SV Löhne-Obernbeck | |||||||||||||||||||||||
SV Sundern | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FC Gütersloh 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2006 | FC Gütersloh 2000 | 35 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2011 | SC 07 Bad Neuenahr | 98 | (19) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2021 | VfL Wolfsburg | 178 | (29) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2003 |
Germany U17 | 12 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 |
Germany U19 | 29 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | Germany U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2007 |
Germany U23 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2019 | Germany | 106 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Lena Goeßling (born 8 March 1986) is a German former footballer. She played as a midfielder.
Career
Club
Goeßling began her career at her local football club SV Löhne-Obernbeck. She later joined
After the 2020–21 season, she announced her retirement.[2]
International
Goeßling won the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship with Germany. She had three appearances for the team and scored twice in the first group game against Thailand. Two years later, she again competed at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship. Now a regular starter, she was eliminated with her team in the quarter-finals against the United States.
In February 2008, Goeßling made her debut for the
She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.[3]
She announced her retirement after the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[4]
International goals
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:
Goeßling – goals for Germany | ||||||
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# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
1. | 22 October 2011 | Bucharest, Romania | Romania | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
2. | 24 November 2011 | Motril, Spain | Spain | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
3. | 15 September 2012 | Karaganda, Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | 7–0 | 7–0 | |
4. | 15 June 2013 | Essen, Germany | Scotland | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
5. | 21 September 2013 | Cottbus, Germany | Russia | 7–0 | 9–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
6. | 26 October 2013 | Koper, Slovenia | Slovenia | 11–0 | 13–0 | |
7. | 12–0 | |||||
8. | 5 March 2014 | Albufeira, Portugal | Iceland | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2013 Algarve Cup |
9. | 18 September 2015 | Halle, Germany | Hungary | 6–0 | 12–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
10. | 7–0 |
Source:[5]
Honours
International
- Summer Olympic Games: Gold medal, 2016
- UEFA Women's Championship: Winner 2013
- Algarve Cup: Winner 2012, 2014
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: Winner 2004
- UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: Runner-up 2004
Club
- VfL Wolfsburg
- UEFA Women's Champions League : Winner 2012–13, 2013–14
- 2017–18, 2018–19
- 2018–19
Individual
- IFFHS World's Best Woman Playmaker: 2013[6]
- UEFA Women's Championship All-Star Team: 2013
- Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: Winner 2016
- IFFHS Women's World Team: 2020[7]
- IFFHS World's Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020[8]
- IFFHS UEFA Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020[9]
See also
- List of women's footballers with 100 or more caps
References
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2019. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Lena Goeßling beendet Karriere als Spielerin". dfb.de. 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
- ^ "DFB-Frauen: Lena Goeßling tritt zurück". dfb.de. 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Players Info Goeßling Goals". DFB. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ "Awards 2013". IFFHS. 18 July 2022.
- ^ "IFFHS WORLD AWARDS 2020 - THE WINNERS". IFFHS. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S WOMAN TEAM OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 25 January 2021.
- ^ "IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - UEFA - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 31 January 2021.
External links
- Lena Goeßling – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Player German domestic football stats at DFB (in German)
- Lena Goeßling at WorldFootball.net
- Lena Goeßling at Olympics.com
- Lena Goeßling at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
- Lena Goeßling at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)