Melanie Behringer

Melanie Behringer (born 18 November 1985) is a German footballer who played as a midfielder for Bayern Munich.[2] She was a Best FIFA Women's Player finalist.[3]

Melanie Behringer
Behringer with Bayern Munich in 2016
Personal information
Full name Melanie Behringer[1]
Date of birth (1985-11-18) 18 November 1985
Place of birth Lörrach, West Germany
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
SpVgg Utzenfeld
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2003 FC Hausen
2003–2008 SC Freiburg 97 (30)
2008–2010 Bayern Munich 35 (9)
2010–2014 1. FFC Frankfurt 97 (20)
2014–2019 Bayern Munich 79 (21)
International career
2002–2004 Germany U19 30 (9)
2005–2006 Germany U21 9 (3)
2005–2016 Germany 123 (34)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Germany
FIFA Women's World Cup
Gold medal – first place2007 ChinaTeam
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Bronze medal – third place2008 BeijingTeam
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place2009 FinlandTeam
Gold medal – first place2013 SwedenTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.[4] On 31 March 2016, Behringer extended her contract until 2019.[5]

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.[2]

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.[2]

She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.[6]

She retired from international football on 23 August 2016.[7]

Career statistics
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Behringer goal.
List of international goals scored by Melanie Behringer[2]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
19 March 2006Loulé, Portugal Finland4–05–02006 Algarve Cup
211 March 2006Loulé, Portugal Sweden1–03–02006 Algarve Cup
312 March 2007Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal Denmark3–03–02007 Algarve Cup
429 July 2007Magdeburg, Germany Denmark1–04–0Friendly
522 August 2007Koblenz, Germany  Switzerland2–07–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
65–0
730 August 2007Mainz, Germany Norway1–12–2Friendly
810 September 2007Shanghai, China Argentina1–011–02007 FIFA Women's World Cup
93–0
1029 May 2008Kassel, Germany Wales4–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
1117 July 2008Unterhaching, Germany England3–03–0Friendly
121 October 2008Basel, Switzerland  Switzerland2–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
134 March 2009Albufeira, Portugal Finland1–02–02009 Algarve Cup
1425 July 2009Sinsheim, Germany Netherlands3–06–0Friendly
1527 August 2009Tampere, Finland France3–05–1UEFA Women's Euro 2009
1610 September 2009Helsinki, Finland England2–06–2UEFA Women's Euro 2009
1724 February 2010Parchal, Portugal Denmark1–04–02010 Algarve Cup
1815 September 2010Dresden, Germany Canada4–05–0Friendly
1922 October 2011Bucharest, Romania Romania3–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
2019 November 2011Wiesbaden, Germany Kazakhstan9–017–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
2115 February 2012İzmir, Turkey Turkey4–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
225–0
232 March 2012Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal China1–01–02012 Algarve Cup
2419 September 2012Duisburg, Germany Turkey4–010–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
255–0
2617 September 2014Heidenheim, Germany Republic of Ireland1–02–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
277 June 2015Ottawa, Canada Ivory Coast9–010–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2818 September 2015Halle, Germany Hungary4–012–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
2925 October 2015Sandhausen, Germany Turkey3–07–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
303 August 2016São Paulo, Brazil Zimbabwe3–16–12016 Summer Olympics
314–1
329 August 2016Brasília, Brazil Canada1–01–22016 Summer Olympics
3312 August 2016Salvador, Brazil China1–01–02016 Summer Olympics
3416 August 2016Belo Horizonte, Brazil Canada1–02–02016 Summer Olympics

Honours

1. FFC Frankfurt

Bayern München

Germany

Germany U20

Germany U19

Individual

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melanie Behringer.
  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. "Nationalspielerin Melanie Behringer" (in German). DFB.de. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  3. "Stars collide as Japan welcomes world's elite". Archived from the original on 5 November 2016.
  4. "Frankfurt revanchiert sich gegen Potsdam" (in German). Focus.de. 26 March 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  5. "Melanie Behringer verlängert beim FC Bayern" (in German). Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  6. "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". FIFA. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
  7. "Krahn und Behringer treten aus Nationalteam zurück" (in German). dfb.de. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  8. "Olympic women's football had 65 goals and crowned Melanie Behringer". meridiano.com.ve.
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