Renate Lingor

Renate Lingor
Personal information
Date of birth	October 11, 1975
Place of birth	Karlsruhe, West Germany
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder/Striker
Youth career
1981–1983	SV Blankenloch
1983–1990	Karlsruher SC
1990–1991	SC Klinge Seckach
Senior career*
National team
Women's football
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.

Clubs

FFC Frankfurt
SC Klinge-Seckach
DFC Eggenstein
Karlsruher SC
SV Blankenloch.

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 Women's Champions League: Winner 2002, 2006, 2008
Bundesliga: Winner 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
DFB-Pokal: Winner 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008
DFB-Hallenpokal for women: Winner 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007

National team

FIFA Women's World Cup: Winner 2003, 2007
UEFA Women's Championship: Winner 1997, 2001, 2005
Football at the Summer Olympics: Bronze medal 2000, 2004, 2008

Individual

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup All star team

References

↑ "Players Info Lingor". Deutscher Fußball Bund. August 14, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
↑ "Lingor will nach den olympischen Spielen aufhören" (in German). FFNews.de. April 22, 2008. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved 2008-08-16.

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[1] "Players Info Lingor". Deutscher Fußball Bund. August 14, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-16.

[2] "Lingor will nach den olympischen Spielen aufhören" (in German). FFNews.de. April 22, 2008. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved 2008-08-16.