Lena Goeßling

Lena Goessling after winning the DFB - Cup 2013

Lena Goessling ( born March 8, 1986 in Bielefeld ) is a German football player. She stands at VfL Wolfsburg signed in 2008 and has German national team.

• 2.1 as a club player
• 2.2 as a national player

Career

Clubs

Goessling grew up in East Westphalia wages, where she began playing the SV - wages Oberbeck with football. About the SV Sundern they moved to FC Gütersloh 2000. 2002 she was German champion of the B- juniors. The following year, she missed the B- junior title defense in the domestic Heidewaldstadion where they lost Turbine Potsdam. In 2003 she was awarded the FCG champion the West Regional. The following promotion round the climb to the Bundesliga but was missed. A year later, she was with the U-19 National Team World Champion. After two years with FC Gütersloh in the 2nd Bundesliga, they moved to SC 07 Bad Neuenahr. In 2006, she once again took part in the U- 20 World Cup. This time it was already after the quarter -final stage. In June 2011, she announced her move to league rivals VfL Wolfsburg. The Wolfsburg-based squad, it became the master player and played the games, especially in the defensive midfield. In the 2012/13 season they won the treble with the VfL ​​.

National

It belonged to the squad of the U-23 national team, with whom she came in second place at the Nordic Cup in 2007. On 28 February 2008 she played her first match for the German national football team, as they came off the bench in the match against China. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, she was not considered for the national team. Beginning of 2011 brought Silvia Neid them back and they stood thus in the team squad for the World Cup 2011., Where they came in two encounters are used. In the 4-2 group stage victory over France Goessling played the full 90 minutes while they got substituted in the 0-1 lost quarter-final against eventual champions Japan in the 65th minute for Linda Bresonik. After the World Cup, they became a regular player and used in all international matches, including at the Algarve Cup in 2012. 3-0 victory in the European Championship qualifier against Romania in Bucharest, it achieved with the opening goal after 21 minutes played their first international goal for the senior team. A month later she shot in the game against Spain again the opening goal. On June 29, 2013, it denied her 50th cap against Japan. On 28 July 2013, it was a 1-0 victory against Norway European Champion 2013.

Achievements

As a club player

• Champions League winner 2013
• German Champion 2013
• DFB Cup winner 2013
• German master of the B- Junior Women 2002

As a national player

• European Champion 2013
• Algarve Cup winner 2012 and 2014
• U-19 World Champion 2004

Awards

• Choice in the All- Star team EURO 2013
• Nominated for election to the FIFA World Player of 2013
• IFFHS World playmaker: 2013

Others

Goessling trained as a retail clerk in a department store and Bad Neuenahr has this ended successfully in 2008. After that, she was a soldier in the promotion of sports in the Bundeswehr. She is currently stationed in the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr Sports School in Warendorf. She has a twin brother who also plays football. Since October 2012 she is with the professional football player Kevin Schulze ( born January 25, 1992) romantically involved.

Social Commitment

Lena Goessling committed to the nationwide school contest " math is the goal " is to promote the mathematics skills of students. Initiator is the foundation numeracy, online math coach bettermarks implements the competition.

In June 2013, it was Ambassador of the German Children's addiction help, which greatly makes up for children of addicted parents. It represents the foundation together with the German international Cacau.

Weblink

• Official Website of Lena Goessling
• Goessling on DFB page
• Goeßlings current Bundesliga Statistics