Lena Petermann

Lena Petermann (born 5 February 1994) is a German football striker, who plays as a forward for Leicester City in the FA Women's Super League.

Lena Petermann
Petermann with Germany in 2021
Personal information
Full name Lena Petermann[1]
Date of birth (1994-02-05) 5 February 1994
Place of birth Cuxhaven, Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 9
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 UCF Knights 21 (8)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Hamburger SV 31 (5)
2010 Hamburger SV II 1 (0)
2014–2018 SC Freiburg 74 (22)
2018–2019 Turbine Potsdam 10 (7)
2019–2023 Montpellier 48 (25)
2023– Leicester City 3 (2)
International career‡
2008–2009 Germany U-15 8 (8)
2010–2011 Germany U-17 8 (7)
2014 Germany U-20 10 (5)
2015– Germany 21 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:56, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 March 2020

Club career

Petermann started her club career at Hamburger SV. In 2013, she moved to the United States to play college football (soccer) for the UCF Knights in Florida, where in her first year she was named the Conference rookie of the year.[2]

After a successful campaign with Germany women's national under-20 football team[3] at the 2014 U-20 Women's World Cup she had an opportunity and decided to move back to Germany to pursue a professional career, by joining SC Freiburg.[4][5]

In 2023 Petermann signed for WSL side Leicester City on a two year contract.[6]

International career

As an under-17 international she played the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in 2010 and 2011.[7] As well as the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where she scored five goals.[8]

She also played for Germany women's national under-20 football team and was part of the winning team of the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup where she scored three goals. The first was in a 2–0 victory against the United States at the group stage, she scored the first goal of that match.[9][10] Her second goal came during the semifinal against France, with the scores at 1–1 and France dominating the match, she scored the winning goal (2–1) at the 81st minute.[11] Her third goal was the title winning goal during the 1–0 triumph over Nigeria, scored at the 98th minute during the match extra-time.[12][13]

Petermann made her debut for the senior German team on 6 March 2015 at the Algarve Cup against China.[14] She was part of the German squad of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada,[15] where she scored her first two goals for Germany, both came at the group stage 4–0 win match against Thailand.[14]

Career statistics

International
As of 18 September 2021[16]
Germany
YearAppsGoals
201552
201642
201750
201851
202020
Total215

International goals

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:[16]

Petermann – goals for Germany
#DateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 June 2015Winnipeg, Canada Thailand2–04–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2.3–0
3.16 September 2016Khimki, Russia Russia4–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
4.22 October 2016Regensburg, Germany Austria4–24–2Friendly
5.10 November 2018Osnabrück, Germany Italy4–25–2

Honours

International
Germany U20

References
  1. "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 6 July 2015. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. "Germany U20 star Lena Petermann playing at Florida college". edmontonsun.com. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. Diamond, Drew (2023-10-14). "Lena Petermann: Who is Leicester City's star signing making waves in the WSL?". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  4. "Petermann Leaves UCF Women's Soccer". UCF Knights. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  5. "SC Freiburg brings Lena Petermann" (in German). womensoccer.de. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  6. Diamond, Drew (2023-10-14). "Lena Petermann: Who is Leicester City's star signing making waves in the WSL?". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  7. "Torment for Leupolz as France edge out Germany". UEFA. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  8. "Lena Petermann profile". FIFA. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  9. "Sweet revenge as Germany down USA". FIFA. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  10. "Petermann: The goal was simply indescribable". FIFA. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on August 6, 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  11. "Germany break French hearts". FIFA. 21 August 2014. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  12. "Germany edge Nigeria to take the trophy". FIFA. 25 August 2014. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  13. "Petermann: I can't grasp what's happened". FIFA. 25 August 2014. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  14. "Lena Petermann profile" (in German). DFB. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  15. "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  16. "Lena Petermann". dfb.de. 18 September 2021.
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