Janina Madeleine Minge (born 11 June 1999) is a German

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who plays as a

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for

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bund ...

and the Germany national team.

Club career

In 2015, Minge joined

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team

for the 2015–16 season at the age of 16 years.

International career

Minge made her debut for the U-15 national team in April 2013, in an 8–0 win over the Netherlands. She made three appearances for the under-16 national team in 2014. In 2015, she was the second youngest player in the U-17 national team squad for the European Championship in Iceland where the team reached the semi-finals but were defeated 1–0 by the Swiss selection. In May 2016, the team won the

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after a

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against

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in Belarus. The four Freiburg players in the squad contributed seven of Germany's ten goals at the tournament and two of them, including Minge, successfully converted their kicks in the shootout.

Career statistics

Honours

Germany *

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Minge, Janina 1999 births Living people People from Lindau Sportspeople from Swabia (Bavaria) Footballers from Bavaria German women's footballers Women's association football midfielders SC Freiburg (women) players Frauen-Bundesliga players Germany women's youth international footballers Germany women's international footballers