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Melanie Behringer

{{Short description|German footballer (born 1985)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Melanie Behringer

| image = Melanie Behringer BL gg. SC Freiburg Muenchen-1.jpg

| caption = Behringer with Bayern Munich in 2016

| full_name = Melanie Behringer{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: Germany |publisher=FIFA |page=12 |date=6 July 2015 |access-date=18 February 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202104009/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=2 February 2020}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|11|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lörrach, West Germany

| height = 1.72 m

| currentclub =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = SpVgg Utzenfeld

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2003

| clubs1 = FC Hausen

| years2 = 2003–2008

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| clubs2 = SC Freiburg

| caps2 = 97

| goals2 = 30

| years3 = 2008–2010

| clubs3 = Bayern Munich

| caps3 = 35

| goals3 = 9

| years4 = 2010–2014

| clubs4 = 1. FFC Frankfurt

| caps4 = 97

| goals4 = 20

| years5 = 2014–2019

| clubs5 = Bayern Munich

| caps5 = 79

| goals5 = 21

| nationalyears1 = 2002–2004

| nationalteam1 = Germany U19

| nationalcaps1 = 30

| nationalgoals1 = 9

| nationalyears2 = 2005–2006

| nationalteam2 = Germany U21

| nationalcaps2 = 9

| nationalgoals2 = 3

| nationalyears3 = 2005–2016

| nationalteam3 = Germany

| nationalcaps3 = 123

| nationalgoals3 = 34

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's football }}

{{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }}

{{Medal|Competition|FIFA Women's World Cup}}

{{Medal|Gold|2007 China|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2008 Beijing|Team}}

{{Medal|Competition|UEFA Women's Championship}}

{{Medal|Gold|2009 Finland|Team}}

{{Medal|Gold|2013 Sweden|Team}}

}}

Melanie Behringer (born 18 November 1985) is a German footballer, who played as a midfielder for Bayern Munich.{{cite web | url = https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=1001555 | title = Nationalspielerin Melanie Behringer | publisher = DFB.de | access-date = 18 June 2011 | language = de}} She was a Best FIFA Women's Player finalist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/best-fifa-womens-player/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105051007/http://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/best-fifa-womens-player/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2016|title = Stars collide as Japan welcomes world's elite}}

Club career

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.{{cite web | url = http://www.focus.de/sport/fussball/dfbpokal/frauen-pokalfinale-frankfurt-revanchiert-sich-gegen-potsdam_aid_612541.html | title = Frankfurt revanchiert sich gegen Potsdam | publisher = Focus.de | date = 26 March 2011 | access-date = 18 June 2011 | language = de | archive-date = 9 August 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140809133931/http://www.focus.de/sport/fussball/dfbpokal/frauen-pokalfinale-frankfurt-revanchiert-sich-gegen-potsdam_aid_612541.html | url-status = dead }} On 31 March 2016, Behringer extended her contract until 2019.{{cite web|title=Melanie Behringer verlängert beim FC Bayern|url=http://www.fcbayern.de/de/teams/frauen/news/2016/fcb-frauen-verlaengern-mit-melanie-behringer-310316.php|access-date=1 April 2016|language=de}}

International career

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.

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.

She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/news/y=2016/m=8/news=gold-for-germany-as-neid-finishes-in-style-2822872.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820065521/http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/news/y=2016/m=8/news=gold-for-germany-as-neid-finishes-in-style-2822872.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2016|title=Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style|date=19 August 2016|publisher=FIFA}}

She retired from international football on 23 August 2016.{{cite web|title=Krahn und Behringer treten aus Nationalteam zurück|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/krahn-und-behringer-treten-aus-nationalteam-zurueck-152404/|publisher=dfb.de|access-date=23 August 2016|language=de|date=23 August 2016}}

Career statistics

:Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Behringer goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Melanie Behringer

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|19 March 2006Loulé, Portugal{{fbw|FIN}}align="center"|4–0align="center"|5–02006 Algarve Cup
align="center"|211 March 2006Loulé, Portugal{{fbw|SWE}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|3–02006 Algarve Cup
align="center"|312 March 2007Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal{{fbw|DEN}}align="center"|3–0align="center"|3–02007 Algarve Cup
align="center"|429 July 2007Magdeburg, Germany{{fbw|DEN}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|4–0Friendly
align="center"|5rowspan="2"|22 August 2007rowspan="2"|Koblenz, Germanyrowspan="2"|{{fbw|SUI}}align="center"|2–0align=center rowspan="2"|7–0rowspan="2"|UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
align="center"|6align="center"|5–0
align="center"|730 August 2007Mainz, Germany{{fbw|NOR}}align="center"|1–1align="center"|2–2Friendly
align="center"|8rowspan="2"|10 September 2007rowspan="2"|Shanghai, Chinarowspan="2"|{{fbw|ARG}}align="center"|1–0align=center rowspan="2"|11–0rowspan="2"|2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
align="center"|9align="center"|3–0
align="center"|1029 May 2008Kassel, Germany{{fbw|WAL}}align="center"|4–0align="center"|4–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
align="center"|1117 July 2008Unterhaching, Germany{{fbw|ENG}}align="center"|3–0align="center"|3–0Friendly
align="center"|121 October 2008Basel, Switzerland{{fbw|SUI}}align="center"|2–0align="center"|3–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
align="center"|134 March 2009Albufeira, Portugal{{fbw|FIN}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|2–02009 Algarve Cup
align="center"|1425 July 2009Sinsheim, Germany{{fbw|NED}}align="center"|3–0align="center"|6–0Friendly
align="center"|1527 August 2009Tampere, Finland{{fbw|FRA}}align="center"|3–0align="center"|5–1UEFA Women's Euro 2009
align="center"|1610 September 2009Helsinki, Finland{{fbw|ENG}}align="center"|2–0align="center"|6–2UEFA Women's Euro 2009
align="center"|1724 February 2010Parchal, Portugal{{fbw|DEN}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|4–02010 Algarve Cup
align="center"|1815 September 2010Dresden, Germany{{fbw|CAN}}align="center"|4–0align="center"|5–0Friendly
align="center"|1922 October 2011Bucharest, Romania{{fbw|ROU}}align="center"|3–0align="center"|3–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
align="center"|2019 November 2011Wiesbaden, Germany{{fbw|KAZ}}align="center"|9–0align="center"|17–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
align="center"|21rowspan="2"|15 February 2012rowspan="2"|İzmir, Turkeyrowspan="2"|{{fbw|TUR}}align="center"|4–0align=center rowspan="2"|5–0rowspan="2"|UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
align="center"|22align="center"|5–0
align="center"|232 March 2012Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal{{fbw|CHN}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|1–02012 Algarve Cup
align="center"|24rowspan="2"|19 September 2012rowspan="2"|Duisburg, Germanyrowspan="2"|{{fbw|TUR}}align="center"|4–0align=center rowspan="2"|10–0rowspan="2"|UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
align="center"|25align="center"|5–0
align="center"|2617 September 2014Heidenheim, Germany{{fbw|IRL}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|2–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
align="center"|277 June 2015Ottawa, Canada{{fbw|CIV}}align="center"|9–0align="center"|10–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup
align="center"|2818 September 2015Halle, Germany{{fbw|HUN}}align="center"|4–0align="center"|12–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
align="center"|2925 October 2015Sandhausen, Germany{{fbw|TUR}}align="center"|3–0align="center"|7–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
align="center"|30rowspan="2"|3 August 2016rowspan="2"|São Paulo, Brazilrowspan="2"|{{fbw|ZIM}}align="center"|3–1align=center rowspan="2"|6–1rowspan="2"|2016 Summer Olympics
align="center"|31align="center"|4–1
align="center"|329 August 2016Brasília, Brazil{{fbw|CAN}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|1–22016 Summer Olympics
align="center"|3312 August 2016Salvador, Brazil{{fbw|CHN}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|1–02016 Summer Olympics
align="center"|3416 August 2016Belo Horizonte, Brazil{{fbw|CAN}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|2–02016 Summer Olympics

Honours

1. FFC Frankfurt

Bayern München

Germany

Germany U20

Germany U19

Individual

  • Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics: top scorer with five goals{{cite web |url=http://www.meridiano.com.ve/rio-2016/rio-2016/134711/el-futbol-femenino-tuvo-65-goles-y-corono-a-melanie-behringer.html |title=Olympic women's football had 65 goals and crowned Melanie Behringer |website=meridiano.com.ve}}
  • Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2007, 2016

References

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External links

  • {{FIFA player|213589}}
  • [https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=1001555 Profile] at DFB {{in lang|de}}
  • [https://www.dfb.de/allianz-frauen-bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fleague_player%2F3225 Player German domestic football stats] at DFB {{in lang|de}}
  • {{WorldFootball.net|melanie-behringer}}
  • {{Olympics.com profile|melanie-behringer}}
  • {{DOSB profile|melanie-behringer}}
  • {{SR/Olympics profile|be/melanie-behringer-1}}

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Category:1985 births

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