Lena Petermann (born 5 February 1994) is a German football striker, currently playing for Montpellier in the Division 1 Feminine.

Club career

Petermann started her club career at

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. In 2013, she moved to the

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to play college football (soccer) for the

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, where in her first year she was named the Conference rookie of the year. After a successful campaign with

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at the 2014 U-20 Women's World Cup she had an opportunity and decided to move back to Germany to pursue a professional career, by joining

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International career

As an under-17 international she played the

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in 2010 and 2011. As well as the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where she scored five goals. She also played for

and was part of the winning team of the

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where she scored three goals. The first was in a 2–0 victory against the

at the group stage, she scored the first goal of that match. Her second goal came during the semifinal against

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, with the scores at 1–1 and France dominating the match, she scored the winning goal (2–1) at the 81st minute. Her third goal was the title winning goal during the 1–0 triumph over

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, scored at the 98th minute during the match

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. Petermann made her debut for the senior German team on 6 March 2015 at the

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against China. She was part of the German squad of the

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, where she scored her first two goals for Germany, both came at the group stage 4–0 win match against

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Career statistics

International

International goals

''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:''

Honours

International

;Germany U20 * FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: Winner

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Petermann, Lena 1994 births Living people People from Cuxhaven German women's footballers German expatriate women's footballers Women's association football forwards Hamburger SV (women) players Germany women's international footballers 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players SC Freiburg (women) players UCF Knights women's soccer players Frauen-Bundesliga players Footballers from Lower Saxony Division 1 Féminine players Montpellier HSC (women) players 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players Expatriate women's footballers in France Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States German expatriate sportspeople in France German expatriate sportspeople in the United States UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players