Renate Lingor

Renate Lingor
Fullname	Renate Lingor^[1]
Birth date	11 October 1975 (age 50)
Birth place	Karlsruhe, West Germany
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position	Midfielder/Striker
Youthyears 1	1981–1983
Youthclubs 1	SV Blankenloch
Youthyears 2	1983–1990
Youthclubs 2	Karlsruher SC
Youthyears 3	1990–1991
Youthclubs 3	SC Klinge Seckach
Years 1	1991–1997
Clubs 1	SC Klinge Seckach
Years 2	1997–2008
Clubs 2	1.FFC Frankfurt
Nationalyears 1	1995–2008^[2]
Nationalteam 1	Germany
Nationalcaps 1	149
Nationalgoals 1	35
Medaltemplates-expand	yes

Renate Lingor (born 11 October 1975) is a German former international footballer, who played as a midfielder or forward.

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.

International career

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.^[3]

Style of play

Lingor usually played in the number 10 role in midfield behind the forwards, although she was also used in a more attacking role on occasion, or even in a deeper role in front of the defence. In 2007, a FIFA.com profile described her with the following words: "She moves around the pitch with lithe elegance, is technically brilliant and has excellent vision. She can dummy and feint past almost anyone and is lethal from set pieces – so much so that she is often compared in her homeland with top playmakers from the men's game like Mehmet Scholl and Thomas Hassler. And with good reason. Lingor, who stands 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) tall, is as consistently exceptional as her now retired male counterparts." The profile also praised her for creativity and playmaking skills, lauding her as a "master of the defence-splitting pass," while also noting her work-rate, stating: "Lingor is not only a creative outlet just behind the front two but also capable of working in front of the defence to break up opposition play and then launch lightning-quick counter-attacks."^[4]

Career statistics

Clubs

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

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	24 June 1999	Portland, United States	Mexico	5–0	6–0	1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
2.	13 September 2000	Canberra, Australia	Australia	3–0	3–0	2000 Summer Olympics
3.	28 September 2000	Sydney, Australia	Brazil	1–0	2–0	2000 Summer Olympics
4.	30 June 2001	Jena, Germany	England	3–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2001
5.	3 March 2002	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	China	2–2	2–4	2002 Algarve Cup
6.	7 May 2002	Barcelos, Portugal	Portugal	2–0	8–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
7.	7 May 2002	Barcelos, Portugal	Portugal	5–0	8–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
8.	15 November 2003	Reutlingen, Germany	Portugal	11–0	13–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
9.	7 February 2004	Albufeira, Portugal	Portugal	5–0	11–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
16.	11 August 2004	Patras, Greece	China	6–0	8–0	2004 Summer Olympics
17.	26 August 2004	Piraeus, Greece	Sweden	1–0	1–0	2004 Summer Olympics
18.	30 January 2005	Guangzhou, China	Russia	1–0	1–0	2005 Four Nations Tournament
19.	1 February 2005	Guangzhou, China	China	2–0	2–0	2005 Four Nations Tournament
20.	12 June 2005	Warrington, England	France	2–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005
21.	19 June 2005	Blackburn, England	Norway	2–0	3–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2005
22.	25 September 2005	Siegen, Germany	Russia	1–0	5–1	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
23.	30 August 2006	Schaffhausen, Switzerland	Switzerland	4–0	6–0
24.	23 September 2006	Perth, Scotland	Scotland	2–0	5–0
30.	7 March 2007	Faro, Portugal	Norway	1–1	1–2	2007 Algarve Cup
31.	10 September 2007	Shanghai, China	Argentina	6–0	11–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
32.	10 September 2007	Shanghai, China	Argentina	11–0	11–0
33.	17 September 2007	Hangzhou, China	Japan	2–0	2–0
34.	22 September 2007	Wuhan, China	North Korea	2–0	3–0
35.	7 March 2008	Faro, Portugal	Finland	3–0	3–0	2008 Algarve Cup

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

Germany

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

^ "FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 – List of Players: Germany". FIFA. 15 September 2007. p. 8. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ "Players Info Lingor". Deutscher Fußball Bund. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
^ "Lingor will nach den olympischen Spielen aufhören" (in German). FFNews.de. 22 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2008.
^ "Player to Watch: Renate Lingor". FIFA.com. 21 August 2007. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.