Maren Meinert
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Maren Meinert[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 5 August 1973 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rheinhausen, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder, forward | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
–2000 | FCR 2001 Duisburg[a] | ||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | FFC Brauweiler Pulheim | ||||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Boston Breakers | 59 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1991–2003 | Germany | 92 | (33) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
2005–2019 | Germany U19 | ||||||||||||||||
2006–2018 | Germany U20 | ||||||||||||||||
2018 |
Germany U16 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Maren Meinert ( was born 5 August 1973) is a German
As a player, Meinert played for German clubs
Club career
Meinert was the first player inducted into Boston Breakers' "Pillars of Excellence" during a ceremony held at half-time of the 17 May 2009 game between the Breakers and Washington Freedom.[2]
International career
Meinert played for the German national team between 1991 and 2003, making appearances at three FIFA Women's World Cup finals and the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3]
Germany won the 2003 World Cup. She scored the first goal in the final against Sweden.
International goals
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 3 July 1993 | Stadio Alfiero Moretti, Cesenatico, Italy | Denmark | 1–1 | 1–3 | UEFA Women's Euro 1993 |
2. | 26 March 1995 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany | Sweden | 1–1 | 3–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 1995 |
3. | 30 June 1997 | Melløs Stadion, Moss, Norway | Italy | 1–0 | 1–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 1997 |
4. | 23 June 2001 | Steigerwaldstadion, Erfurt, Germany | Sweden | 3–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2001 |
5. | 27 June 2001 | Russia | 3–0 | 5–0 |
Management career
Meinert coached various German youth national teams for the German Football Association (DFB) from 2005 to 2019.[4] In 2018, the DFB asked Meinert to become head coach of the Germany women's national football team after dismissing Steffi Jones, but she turned down the opportunity for personal reasons.[5] Less than a year later, the DFB surprisingly chose not to extend Meinert's contract.[6]
After her departure from the DFB, Meinert was linked to many high-profile positions, including the head coach position at the Irish national team and the assistant position at the United States national team.[7]
Honours
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Playing honours
FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen
- Hallenmasters: 1995
FCR Duisburg
- Frauen-Bundesliga runners-up: 1997
- DFB-Pokal Frauen: 1998
Germany
- FIFA Women's World Cup
- Winners: 2003
- Runners-up: 1995
- Olympic Games bronze medal: 2000
- UEFA Women's Euro: 1995, 1997, 2001
Individual
- Women's United Soccer Association Most Valuable Player: 2003
Managerial honours
Germany
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
- Winners: 2010, 2014
- Runners-up: 2012
- UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: 2006, 2007, 2011
Individual
- Felix Coach of the Year: 2010
General honours
- Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
Notes
- ^ Previously known as FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen before the 1997–98 season
References
- ^ Olympedia
- ^ Civin, Todd. "Maren Meinert Inducted into Breakers' Pillar of Excellence". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Maren Meinert Biography and Statistics". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ "DFB TO PART WAYS WITH MAREN MEINERT". DFB. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ Hellmann, Frank (29 July 2019). "Abschied ohne Schleifchen: Maren Meinert muss gehen". Frankfurter Rundschau. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ Hellmann, Frank (28 July 2019). "Maren Meinert: "Ich kann da nicht immer nur ein Schleifchen drum machen"". Women Soccer. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ Goff, Steven (24 October 2019). "U.S. Soccer expected to name USWNT coach soon". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
External links
- Maren Meinert – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Maren Meinert at DFB (also available in German)
- Maren Meinert at WorldFootball.net
- WUSA player profile