Ariane Hingst (born 25 July 1979) is a German former

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who works as an analyst for

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. She was primarily utilized as a defender or a

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Club career

Hingst had played at several local clubs at junior level. At age 15, she played for the first team of

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in the

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, then the second-highest division in Germany. In 1996 and 1997, Hingst won the league with Zehlendorf, but they failed to win their promotion play-offs both years. At that time, Germany's head coach

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had urged her to play at

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level, if she wanted to continue her international career. Hingst joined newly promoted Bundesliga side

Turbine Potsdam 1. Frauenfußballclub Turbine Potsdam 71 e. V., commonly known as 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (or Turbine Potsdam outside of Germany), is a German women's football club located in Potsdam, Brandenburg. They are one of the most successful women's footb ...

for the 1997–98 season. From 2001 to 2003, Potsdam was runner-up in the Bundesliga for three years in a row. Hingst won the Bundesliga title with Potsdam in 2004 and 2006, and claimed the German Cup competition from 2004 to 2006 three consecutive times. In the 2004–05 season, Potsdam also won the

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. In 2007, Hingst moved to the Swedish first division side Djurgårdens IF Dam, where she played for two years, finishing runner-up in the league both seasons. She returned to Germany in 2009, joining

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. In her third season at the club, she won the 2011 German Cup. It was announced after Germany's poor

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campaign, that she would leave

. In October 2011 she signed to Australian club

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. On 29 September 2012, she signed for W-League side

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International career

Hingst made her debut for the Germany national team in August 1996 against the

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. One year later, she won her first international title at the 1997 European Championship. The final against

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was her only game in the starting line-up. At the

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, Hingst was Germany's youngest player in the squad, yet she started in all matches and scored one goal in a group match. The team was eliminated in the quarter-finals. At the

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, Hingst won bronze with the German team. She scored after 88 minutes in the final first round match against

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, which secured Germany's first place in the group. Hingst again won the European Championship in 2001, which was played on home soil in Germany. However, she was only used sparely and did not appear in the final of the tournament. Hingst was part of Germany's winning squad at the

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, starting in all matches for Germany. One year later, she went on to win the bronze medal at the

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, and in 2005, she claimed her third European Championship. Hingst was one of the team's key players at Germany's successful title defence at the

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. Alongside

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and

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, she was part of Germany's defence which did not concede a single goal in the entire tournament. One year later, she won her third bronze medal at the

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and she was part of the team to win Germany's seventh title at the European Championship. Hingst was also called up for Germany's

squad. She announced her retirement from international football following the tournament as Germany's third most capped player with 173 appearances.Deutscher Fußball-Bund
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Honours

Turbine Potsdam *

: 2004–05 *

: 2003–04, 2005–06 *

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: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 1. FFC Frankfurt * DFB Pokal: 2010–11 Germany *

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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

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* Olympic bronze medal:

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Individual *

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: 2007 * FIFA Women's World Cup All Star Team:

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hingst, Ariane 1979 births Living people German women's footballers Germany women's international footballers 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Footballers from Berlin 1. FFC Frankfurt players Expatriate footballers in Sweden FIFA Century Club Olympic medalists in football 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) players Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia German expatriate sportspeople in Australia Olympic footballers of Germany UEFA Women's Championship-winning players Women's association football defenders Women's association football midfielders Damallsvenskan players