Lynn Mester
{{short description|German footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Lynn Mester
| image =
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| full_name = Lynn Julia Mester[http://www.sportal.de/sportal/generated/dreierkette/index_nosports1323.html The footballers couples] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023001304/http://www.sportal.de/sportal/generated/dreierkette/index_nosports1323.html |date=23 October 2010 }}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|03|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Coesfeld, Germany
| height = 1.63 m
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 = –2009 |youthclubs1 = Westfalia Osterwick
| years1 = 2009–2011 |clubs1 = Bayer Leverkusen |caps1 = 22 |goals1 = 18
| nationalyears1 = 2007 |nationalteam1 = Germany U15 |nationalcaps1 = 5 |nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2007–2008 |nationalteam2 = Germany U16 |nationalcaps2 = 6 |nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2007–2009 |nationalteam3 = Germany U17 |nationalcaps3 = 25 |nationalgoals3 = 13
| nationalyears4 = 2010–2011 |nationalteam4 = Germany U19 |nationalcaps4 = 3 |nationalgoals4 = 0
}}
Lynn Julia Mester (born 27 March 1992) is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.
Club career
Lynn Mester joined Bayer Leverkusen for the 2009–10 season, from the youth of Westfalia Osterwick.[http://www.leverkusen.com/presse/db/presse.php?view=00015856 Bayer 04-Women contracts U17 talent Lynn Mester] Leverkusen.com, 20. Mai 2009 After competing in second division 2. Bundesliga South for the initial season, the team was promoted to the Frauen-Bundesliga for the 2010–11 Bundesliga season. Although primarily played in midfield, Mester was top scorer of her team with 18 goals. The club and Mester agreed to immediate separation in January 2011.
International career
Mester played a total of 39 games for the youth teams of the Germany national team. She won the European championship with the German U-17 national team in both 2008 and 2009[http://www.muensterland.de/magazin/artikel.php?artikel=54529&type=&menuid=1081&topmenu=864&objectid=0&objecttype= Lynn Mester would be after the European title over several Awards]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and finished third at the U-17 World Cup 2008 in New Zealand.
Personal life
Mester is the younger sister of football player Ina Lehmann [https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ina_Lehmann], who plays for SGS Essen. She is the cousin of Mathias Mester, a javelin and discus thrower, who is multiple world champion and competes for the athletic division of German sports club Bayer Leverkusen. She was previously in a relationship with footballer Christian Clemens from 1. FC Köln and Schalke 04.[http://www.express.de/sport/fussball/fc-koeln/seine-freundin-lynn-stuermt-fuer-bayer-leverkusen/-/3192/4754870/-/index.html His girlfriend Lynn striker for Bayer Leverkusen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123142432/http://www.express.de/sport/fussball/fc-koeln/seine-freundin-lynn-stuermt-fuer-bayer-leverkusen/-/3192/4754870/-/index.html |date=23 January 2011 }} express.de
Mester qualified as an office clerk through an apprenticeship at Bayer AG and currently works for a recruiting company.
Honours
Bayer Leverkusen
- 2. Bundesliga South: 2010
Germany U17
- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup third place: 2008
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship: 2008, 2009
References
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Category:German women's footballers
Category:Footballers from Münster (region)
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:Frauen-Bundesliga players
Category:2. Frauen-Bundesliga players
Category:Bayer 04 Leverkusen (women) players
Category:21st-century German sportswomen
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