Melanie Behringer

Melanie Behringer
Behringer with Bayern Munich in 2016
Personal information
Full name Melanie Behringer[1]
Date of birth (1985-11-18) 18 November 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Lörrach, West Germany
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
SpVgg Utzenfeld
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2003 FC Hausen
2003–2008 SC Freiburg 97 (30)
2008–2010 Bayern Munich 35 (9)
2010–2014 1. FFC Frankfurt 97 (20)
2014–2019 Bayern Munich 79 (21)
International career
2002–2004 Germany U19 30 (9)
2005–2006 Germany U21 9 (3)
2005–2016 Germany 123 (34)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Germany
FIFA Women's World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2007 China Team
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2009 Finland Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sweden Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Melanie Behringer (born 18 November 1985) is a German footballer who played as a midfielder for Bayern Munich.[2] She was a Best FIFA Women's Player finalist.[3]

Club career

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Behringer started her career at SpVgg Utzenfeld and FC Hausen. In 2003, she joined SC Freiburg. She made her Bundesliga debut for Freiburg and played at the club for five seasons. For the 2008–09 season, Behringer transferred to FC Bayern Munich and finished second in the Bundesliga table in her first year in Munich. After two seasons, Behringer joined league rivals 1. FFC Frankfurt in 2010. She won the 2011 German Cup with Frankfurt, defeating 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam in the final.[4] On 31 March 2016, Behringer extended her contract until 2019.[5]

International career

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In 2004, Behringer was runner-up with Germany at the 2004 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship and later that year won the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship. She scored in all three knockout round games of that tournament, including the final. She made her debut for the German senior national team in January 2005 against China.[2]

She was part of Germany's World Cup winning squad at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, starting in all six games. One year later, she won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and claimed the title at the 2009 European Championship. She scored a long-range goal in the final, for which she won Germany's Goal of the Month award. Behringer has been called up for Germany's 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.[2]

She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.[6]

She retired from international football on 23 August 2016.[7]

Career statistics

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Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Behringer goal.
List of international goals scored by Melanie Behringer[2]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 March 2006 Loulé, Portugal  Finland 4–0 5–0 2006 Algarve Cup
2 11 March 2006 Loulé, Portugal  Sweden 1–0 3–0 2006 Algarve Cup
3 12 March 2007 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal  Denmark 3–0 3–0 2007 Algarve Cup
4 29 July 2007 Magdeburg, Germany  Denmark 1–0 4–0 Friendly
5 22 August 2007 Koblenz, Germany  Switzerland 2–0 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
6 5–0
7 30 August 2007 Mainz, Germany  Norway 1–1 2–2 Friendly
8 10 September 2007 Shanghai, China  Argentina 1–0 11–0 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
9 3–0
10 29 May 2008 Kassel, Germany  Wales 4–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
11 17 July 2008 Unterhaching, Germany  England 3–0 3–0 Friendly
12 1 October 2008 Basel, Switzerland  Switzerland 2–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
13 4 March 2009 Albufeira, Portugal  Finland 1–0 2–0 2009 Algarve Cup
14 25 July 2009 Sinsheim, Germany  Netherlands 3–0 6–0 Friendly
15 27 August 2009 Tampere, Finland  France 3–0 5–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2009
16 10 September 2009 Helsinki, Finland  England 2–0 6–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2009
17 24 February 2010 Parchal, Portugal  Denmark 1–0 4–0 2010 Algarve Cup
18 15 September 2010 Dresden, Germany  Canada 4–0 5–0 Friendly
19 22 October 2011 Bucharest, Romania  Romania 3–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
20 19 November 2011 Wiesbaden, Germany  Kazakhstan 9–0 17–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
21 15 February 2012 İzmir, Turkey  Turkey 4–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
22 5–0
23 2 March 2012 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal  China 1–0 1–0 2012 Algarve Cup
24 19 September 2012 Duisburg, Germany  Turkey 4–0 10–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
25 5–0
26 17 September 2014 Heidenheim, Germany  Republic of Ireland 1–0 2–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
27 7 June 2015 Ottawa, Canada  Ivory Coast 9–0 10–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
28 18 September 2015 Halle, Germany  Hungary 4–0 12–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
29 25 October 2015 Sandhausen, Germany  Turkey 3–0 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
30 3 August 2016 São Paulo, Brazil  Zimbabwe 3–1 6–1 2016 Summer Olympics
31 4–1
32 9 August 2016 Brasília, Brazil  Canada 1–0 1–2 2016 Summer Olympics
33 12 August 2016 Salvador, Brazil  China 1–0 1–0 2016 Summer Olympics
34 16 August 2016 Belo Horizonte, Brazil  Canada 1–0 2–0 2016 Summer Olympics

Honours

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1. FFC Frankfurt

Bayern München

Germany

Germany U20

Germany U19

Individual

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melanie Behringer.
  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 6 July 2015. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Nationalspielerin Melanie Behringer" (in German). DFB.de. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Stars collide as Japan welcomes world's elite". Archived from the original on 5 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Frankfurt revanchiert sich gegen Potsdam" (in German). Focus.de. 26 March 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Melanie Behringer verlängert beim FC Bayern" (in German). Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". FIFA. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Krahn und Behringer treten aus Nationalteam zurück" (in German). dfb.de. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Olympic women's football had 65 goals and crowned Melanie Behringer". meridiano.com.ve.
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