Renate Lingor

Renate Lingor

Personal information
Date of birth	October 11, 1975 (1975-10-11) (age 36)
Place of birth	Karlsruhe, West Germany
Playing position	Midfielder/striker
Youth career
1981-1983	SV Blankenloch
1983-1990	Karlsruher SC
1990-	SC Klinge Seckach
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
-1997	SC Klinge Seckach
1997-2008	1.FFC Frankfurt
National team
1995-2008[1]	Germany	147	(35)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Germany
Women's Football
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Team Competition
Bronze	2004 Athens	Team Competition
Bronze	2008 Beijing	Team Competition

Renate Lingor (born October 11, 1975 in Karlsruhe, Germany) is a retired female German international football player.

Club career

Lingor began her career in 1981 with SV Blankenloch at the age of six, in 1983 she joined the youth team of Karlsruher SC. Aged 14 she signed with SC Klinge Seckach where she started her professional career in German Bundesliga. Despite several offers from top German teams she remained there until 1997 when she joined 1. FFC Frankfurt. Lingor's position is in the central midfield. She is well known for her good technique, her ability to read a game and her free kicks. She has retired after the 2007-08 season.

National team

Before her first appearance in the German national team in 1995 Lingor made 19 games for the Under 20 Team. Since then she has been constantly part of the team that won several international titles. Her goal against Sweden at the 2004 Olympics secured the bronze medal for her team. In 2006 Renate Lingor was nominated as FIFA Women's World Player of the Year together with Marta (Brazil) and Kristine Lilly (USA). Lingor announced, that she would retire after the 2008 Olympic Games.^[2]

Honours

1. FFC Frankfurt

• UEFA-Cup: 2002, 2006
• German Champion: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
• German Cup: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

National team

• World Champion: 2003, 2007
• European Champion: 2001, 2005
• Olympic Bronze medalist: 2000, 2004

References

Germany squads v d e Germany squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Rottenberg 2 Stegemann 3 Hingst 4 Jones 5 Fitschen 6 Hoffmann 7 Voss 8 Smisek 9 Prinz 10 Wiegmann 11 Meinert 12 Müller 13 Minnert 14 T. Wunderlich 15 Angerer 16 Lingor 17 P. Wunderlich 18 Grings 19 Brandebusemeyer 20 Meyer Coach: Theune-Meyer v d e Germany squad – 2001 UEFA Women's European Championship 1 Rottenberg 2 Stegemann 3 Bresonik 4 Jones 5 Fitschen 6 Meinert 7 P. Wunderlich 8 Smisek 9 Prinz 10 Wiegmann 11 M. Müller 12 C. Müller 13 Minnert 14 Wilder 15 Omilade 16 Lingor 17 Hingst 18 Wimbersky 19 T. Wunderlich 20 Angerer Coach: Theune-Meyer v d e Germany squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Winners (1st Title) 1 Rottenberg 2 Stegemann 3 Bresonik 4 Künzer 5 Jones 6 Lingor 7 Wunderlich 8 Smisek 9 Prinz 10 Wiegmann 11 Müller 12 Fuss 13 Minnert 14 Meinert 15 Angerer 16 Odebrecht 17 Hingst 18 Garefrekes 19 Gottschlich 20 Pohlers Coach: Theune-Meyer v d e Germany squad – 2005 UEFA Women's European Championship 1 Rottenberg 2 Stegemann 3 Fuss 4 Jones 5 Günther 6 Grings 7 Wunderlich 8 Smisek 9 Prinz 10 Lingor 11 Mittag 12 Holl 13 Minnert 14 Carlson 15 Angerer 16 Pohlers 17 Hingst 18 Garefrekes 19 Omilade 20 Wimbersky Coach: Theune-Meyer v d e Germany squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Champions (2nd Title) 1 Angerer 2 Stegemann 3 Bartusiak 4 Peter 5 Krahn 6 Bresonik 7 Behringer 8 Smisek 9 Prinz 10 Lingor 11 Mittag 12 Holl 13 Minnert 14 Laudehr 15 Fuss 16 Müller 17 Hingst 18 Garefrekes 19 Bajramaj 20 Wimbersky 21 Rottenberg Coach: Neid v d e Germany squad – 2008 Olympic Beijing (3rd place) 1 Angerer 2 Stegemann 3 Bartusiak 4 Peter 5 Krahn 6 Bresonik 7 Behringer 8 Smisek 9 Prinz 10 Lingor 11 Mittag 12 Holl 13 Okoyino da Mbabi 14 Laudehr 15 Bajramaj 16 Pohlers 17 Hingst 18 Garefrekes Coach: Neid

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