Laura Benkarth

Laura Anna Benkarth (born 14 October 1992) is a German footballer who plays for Bayern Munich.[2][3]

Laura Benkarth
Benkarth in 2013
Personal information
Full name Laura Anna Benkarth[1]
Date of birth (1992-10-14) 14 October 1992
Place of birth Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Bayern Munich
Number 1
Youth career
2008 FC Wolfenweiler-Schallstadt
2008–2009 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2018 SC Freiburg 142 (0)
2018– Bayern Munich 13 (0)
National team‡
2008 Germany U16 1 (0)
2009 Germany U17 1 (0)
2010–2011 Germany U19 9 (0)
2011–2012 Germany U20 10 (0)
2015– Germany 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 November 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 March 2020

Professional career

Benkarth began her career at SV Biengen and FC Wolfenweiler-Schallstadt. In 2008, she arrived in the youth department of the SC Freiburg where she played for the B-Jugend. In 2009, she moved to the senior squad as a second goalkeeper and made his debut on 20 September 2009 (1st Round) in the 0:1 defeat at home to the FF USV Jena. In her first season, she was used only three times at senior level. In her second season, Benkarth played 13 games and her participation increased in the third season with 22 appearances.[4] In 2014, with the departure of Caroline Abbé to FC Bayern Munich, she was nominated the new team captain.[5]

International career

In 2007, she was on the Germany U17 squad which was the champion in the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. With the Germany U19 team in 2010, Benkarth took part in the 2010 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Macedonia. The team reached the semi-finals, but lost, for the future champion, France in the penalties (5–3).[6] That same year she was part of the national team that won the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in their own country, remained as the third goalkeeper behind Almuth Schult and Desirée Schumann without playing any match. In the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan she played every minute in all six matches, Germany played in the tournament without conceding one single goal (clean sheet). Germany only lost in the final against the United States, for the minimum score, 1:0 (goal scored by Kealia Ohai ). Benkarth was named the best goalkeeper of the tournament with the "Golden Glove".[7] In October 2012 Benkarth was nominated for the senior national team for the first time.[8] In until 28 July 2013 she was called for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden, replacing Kathrin Längert in the squad.[9]

She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.[10]

Honours

Germany

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 10. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. "Kaderliste U-20-WM 2012 on fifa.com" (PDF). fifadata.com.
  3. "Laura Benkarth". weltfussball.de.
  4. "Laura Benkarth – Spielerin bei SC Freiburg – Allianz Frauen-Bundesliga 2013/2014 – Fussballdaten – Die Fußballdatenbank". fussballdaten.de.
  5. "FBL News". Twitter.
  6. "Clinical France time run perfectly". UEFA.com. 8 June 2010.
  7. "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Japan 2012". FIFA.com.
  8. "Framba.de – Framba.de". Framba.de. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  9. "Neid turns to youth for Germany". UEFA.com. 20 June 2013.
  10. "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016.
  11. "Golden Glove 2012". fifa.com.
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