Lena Goeßling

Personal information
Full name	Lena Goeßling
Date of birth	(1986-03-08) 8 March 1986 (age 26)
Place of birth	Bielefeld, West Germany
Playing position	Midfielder, Defender
Youth career
	SV Löhne-Obernbeck
	SV Sundern
	FC Gütersloh 2000
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003–2006	FC Gütersloh 2000	35	(7)
2006–2011	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr	97	(19)
2011-	VfL Wolfsburg
National team‡
2002–2003	Germany U-17	12	(7)
2003–2005	Germany U-19	29	(9)
2006	Germany U-20	4	(0)
2007	Germany U-23	4	(1)
2008–	Germany	38	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:05, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[2]. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:50, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[1]

Left to right: Lena Goeßling, Almuth Schult, Melanie Behringer & Inka Grings

Lena Goeßling (born 8 March 1986) is a German footballer. She plays as a defender or midfielder for SC 07 Bad Neuenahr and the German national team.

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Club[link]

Goeßling began her career at her local football club SV Löhne-Obernbeck. She later joined FC Gütersloh 2000, where she won the German Under-17 championship. Goeßling played two season in the second Bundesliga with Gütersloh, before joining the top division side SC 07 Bad Neuenahr in 2006. After five years and 97 games for the club, she announced her transfer to VfL Wolfsburg for the 2011–12 season.

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Goeßling won the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship with Germany. She had three appearances for the team and scored twice in the first group game against Thailand. Two years later, she again competed at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship. Now a regular starter, she was eliminated with her team in the quarter-finals against the United States.

In February 2008, Goeßling made her debut for the German national team against China. Twice she has been denied a place in a German squad at international tournaments. She was named for the 26 player preliminary squads at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2009 European Championship, but failed to make the final 21 player squad at both tournaments. Goeßling has been called-up for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, which will be her first major tournament.

Honours[link]

International[link]

• FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship: Winner (1) 2004
• UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: Runner-up (1) 2004

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lena Goeßling

• Profile at the German Football Federation (German)
• Lena Goeßling – FIFA competition record
• Profile at Weltfussball.de (German)

v t e Germany squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Angerer 2 Schmidt 3 Bartusiak 4 Peter 5 Krahn 6 Laudehr 7 Behringer 8 Grings 9 Prinz 10 Bresonik 11 Popp 12 Holl 13 da Mbabi 14 Kulig 15 Faißt 16 Müller 17 Hingst 18 Garefrekes 19 Bajramaj 20 Goeßling 21 Schult Coach: Neid