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Full name | Renate Lingor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1975-10-11) 11 October 1975 (age 49) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Karlsruhe, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder/Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1981–1983 | SV Blankenloch | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1983–1990 | Karlsruher SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1991 | SC Klinge Seckach | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1997 | SC Klinge Seckach | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2008 | 1.FFC Frankfurt | ||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–2008 | Germany | 149 | (35) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Renate Lingor (born 11 October 1975) is a retired female German international footballer, who played as a midfielder or forward.
Club career
Lingor began her career in 1981 with SV Blankenloch at the age of six, in 1983 she joined the youth team of Karlsruher SC. Aged 14 she signed with SC Klinge Seckach where she started her professional career in German Bundesliga. Despite several offers from top German teams she remained there until 1997 when she joined 1. FFC Frankfurt. Lingor's position is in the central midfield. She is well known for her good technique, her ability to read a game and her free kicks. She has retired after the 2007–08 season.
International career
Before her first appearance in the German national team in 1995 Lingor made 19 games for the Under 20 Team. Since then she has been constantly part of the team that won several international titles. Her goal against Sweden at the 2004 Olympics secured the bronze medal for her team. In 2006 Renate Lingor was nominated as FIFA Women's World Player of the Year together with Marta (Brazil) and Kristine Lilly (USA). Lingor announced, that she would retire after the 2008 Olympic Games.
Style of play
Lingor usually played in the number 10 role in midfield behind the forwards, although she was also used in a more attacking role on occasion, or even in a deeper role in front of the defence. In 2007, a FIFA.com profile described her with the following words: "She moves around the pitch with lithe elegance, is technically brilliant and has excellent vision. She can dummy and feint past almost anyone and is lethal from set pieces – so much so that she is often compared in her homeland with top playmakers from the men's game like Mehmet Scholl and Thomas Hassler. And with good reason. Lingor, who stands 1.66m (5'5") tall, is as consistently exceptional as her now retired male counterparts." The profile also praised her for creativity and playmaking skills, lauding her as a "master of the defence-splitting pass," while also noting her work-rate, stating: "Lingor is not only a creative outlet just behind the front two but also capable of working in front of the defence to break up opposition play and then launch lightning-quick counter-attacks."
Career statistics
Clubs
- FFC Frankfurt
- SC Klinge-Seckach
- DFC Eggenstein
- Karlsruher SC
- SV Blankenloch.
International goals
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 24 June 1999 | Portland, United States | Mexico | 5–0 | 6–0 | 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup |
2. | 13 September 2000 | Canberra, Australia | Australia | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2000 Summer Olympics |
3. | 28 September 2000 | Sydney, Australia | Brazil | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
4. | 30 June 2001 | Jena, Germany | England | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2001 |
5. | 3 March 2002 | Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal | China | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2002 Algarve Cup |
6. | 7 May 2002 | Barcelos, Portugal | Portugal | 2–0 | 8–0 | 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
7. | 5–0 | |||||
8. | 15 November 2003 | Reutlingen, Germany | Portugal | 11–0 | 13–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying |
9. | 7 February 2004 | Albufeira, Portugal | Portugal | 5–0 | 11–0 | |
16. | 11 August 2004 | Patras, Greece | China | 6–0 | 8–0 | 2004 Summer Olympics |
17. | 26 August 2004 | Piraeus, Greece | Sweden | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
18. | 30 January 2005 | Guangzhou, China | Russia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2005 Four Nations Tournament |
19. | 1 February 2005 | China | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
20. | 12 June 2005 | Warrington, England | France | 2–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2005 |
21. | 19 June 2005 | Blackburn, England | Norway | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
22. | 25 September 2005 | Siegen, Germany | Russia | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
23. | 30 August 2006 | Schaffhausen, Switzerland | Switzerland | 4–0 | 6–0 | |
24. | 23 September 2006 | Perth, Scotland | Scotland | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
30. | 7 March 2007 | Faro, Portugal | Norway | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2007 Algarve Cup |
31. | 10 September 2007 | Shanghai, China | Argentina | 6–0 | 11–0 | 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup |
32. | 11–0 | |||||
33. | 17 September 2007 | Hangzhou, China | Japan | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
34. | 22 September 2007 | Wuhan, China | North Korea | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
35. | 7 March 2008 | Faro, Portugal | Finland | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2008 Algarve Cup |
Honours
1. FFC Frankfurt
- UEFA Women's Champions League: Winner 2002, 2006, 2008
- Bundesliga: Winner 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
- DFB-Pokal: Winner 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008
- DFB-Hallenpokal for women: Winner 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007
Germany
- FIFA Women's World Cup: Winner 2003, 2007
- UEFA Women's Championship: Winner 1997, 2001, 2005
- Football at the Summer Olympics: Bronze medal 2000, 2004, 2008
Individual
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup All star team
References
- "FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 15 September 2007. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- "Players Info Lingor". Deutscher Fußball Bund. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
- "Lingor will nach den olympischen Spielen aufhören" (in German). FFNews.de. 22 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2008.
- "Player to Watch: Renate Lingor". FIFA.com. 21 August 2007. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- 1975 births
- Living people
- German women's footballers
- Frauen-Bundesliga players
- Germany women's international footballers
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Olympic footballers for Germany
- 1. FFC Frankfurt players
- FIFA Women's Century Club
- Footballers from Karlsruhe
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- FIFA Women's World Cup–winning players
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- UEFA Women's Championship–winning players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Women's association football forwards
- UEFA Women's Champions League–winning players