Cindy König

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Cindy König

| image = Cindy_König.jpg

| upright = 1.3

| caption = König with Werder Bremen

| full_name = Cindy Mayleen König{{Worldfootball.net|cindy-koenig}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|8|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bremerhaven, Germany

| height = 1.60 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1999–2006

| youthclubs1 = {{ill|Sparta Bremerhaven|de}}

| youthyears2 = 2006–2007

| youthclubs2 = {{ill|Geestemünder SC|de}}

| youthyears3 = 2007–?

| youthclubs3 = Werder Bremen

| years1 = 2009–2020

| clubs1 = Werder Bremen

| caps1 = 139

| goals1 = 75

| years2 = 2020–2021

| clubs2 = Braga

| caps2 = 24

| goals2 = 8

| years3 = 2021–2022

| clubs3 = Nojima Stella

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 2022–2024

| clubs4 = SC Sand

| caps4 = 37

| goals4 = 6

}}

Cindy Mayleen König (born 15 August 1993) is a German former footballer who played as a forward. She spent most of her career with Werder Bremen.

Career

König was born in Bremerhaven, Germany,{{cite news |last1=Büter |first1=Frank |title=Fußball: Rekordtorschützin Cindy König verlässt den SV Werder Bremen |trans-title=Football: Record goalscorer Cindy König leaves SV Werder Bremen |url=https://www.weser-kurier.de/werder/frauen/fussball-rekordtorschuetzin-cindy-koenig-verlaesst-den-sv-werder-bremen-doc7e4j78w4iwluepob1sc |access-date=5 August 2024 |work=Weser Kurier |date=28 May 2020 |language=German}} and grew up in the city.{{cite news |last1=Freye |first1=Stefan |title=Werder Bremen als Lebensinhalt |trans-title=Werder Bremen as purpose in life |url=https://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/sport/werder-bremen-als-lebensinhalt-doc7e39mewiyn91fiepoo4w?reloc_action=artikel&reloc_label=/sport/bremen-sport_artikel,-Werder-Bremen-als-Lebensinhalt-_arid,868223.html |access-date=5 August 2024 |work=Weser Kurier |date=6 June 2014 |language=German}} At the age of 6, she joined {{ill|Sparta Bremerhaven|de}}, where played in the boys' teams for seven years together with another girl. In 2006 she moved to {{ill|Geestemünder SC|de}} and to Werder Bremen in 2007.

König was second top scorer of the 2012–13 2. Frauen-Bundesliga with 15 goals. In the following season she was top scorer with 17 goals and was voted player of the season by her club's fans while Werder Bremen finished in third place, their best placement in the league. She became top scorer for a second time in the 2014–15 season, with 19 goals. When König left Werder Bremen in summer 2020, she was the club's record goalscorer, with 99 goals in 208 competitive appearances, and the last active member of the founding year of the women's and girls' football team.

König made her WE League for Nojima Stella debut on 12 September 2021.{{cite web|url=https://weleague.jp/files/2021/match_pdf/2021091209.pdf|access-date=27 April 2023|website=weleague.jp|title=Scoresheet|date=September 2021}}

She retired from playing in August 2024.{{Cite tweet |author=Werder Bremen Frauenfußball |user= werderfrauen |number= 1820083546427719893 |date=4 August 2024 |title=DANKE, Cindy! 💚🤍Unsere ehemalige Spielerin Cindy #König hat ihr Karriereende bekanntgegeben, diesen Anlass wollen auch wir nutzen, um uns noch einmal für 13 tolle Jahre und mehr als 200 Pflichtspiele im Werder-Trikot zu bedanken! #werderfrauen {{!}} #werder |trans-title=THANK YOU, Cindy! 💚🤍Our former player Cindy #König has announced the end of her career, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank her once again for 13 great years and more than 200 competitive matches in a Werder jersey! #werderfrauen {{!}} #werder |language=German |access-date=5 August 2024}}