Lena Goeßling (born 8 March 1986) is a German former

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. She played as a

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Career

Club

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 seasons 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 Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg (), is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg. I ...

for the 2011–12 season. After the 2020–21 season, she announced her retirement.

International

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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 The 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship was held in Russia from 17 August to 3 September 2006. It was the officially recognized world championship for women's under-20 national association football teams. Matches were held in four Moscow st ...

. 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 China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. Twice she has been denied a place in a German squad at international tournaments. She was named to the 26 player preliminary squads at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

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 The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was the sixth FIFA Women's World Cup competition, the world championship for List of women's national association football teams, women's national association football, football teams. It was held from 26 June to ...

, which was her first major tournament. She was part of the squad for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, where Germany won the gold medal. She announced her retirement after the

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football, football championship contested by 24 List of women's national association football teams, women's ...

International goals

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

Honours

International

Summer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The 1896 Summer Olympics, inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, ...

: Gold medal,

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

* UEFA Women's Championship: Winner

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

* Algarve Cup: Winner

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held biennially. ...

: Winner

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

* UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: Runner-up

Club

;VfL Wolfsburg *

UEFA Women's Champions League The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA. ...

: Winner 2012–13, 2013–14 *

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

: Winner 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 * DFB Pokal : Winner 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19

Individual

* IFFHS World's Best Woman Playmaker: 2013 * UEFA Women's Championship All-Star Team:

* Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: Winner 2016 * IFFHS Women's World Team: 2020 * IFFHS World's Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020 * IFFHS UEFA Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020

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Player German domestic football stats
at DFB * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goessling, Lena 1986 births Living people Footballers from Bielefeld German women's footballers SC 07 Bad Neuenahr players VfL Wolfsburg (women) players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football midfielders Germany women's international footballers Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Frauen-Bundesliga players Olympic footballers for Germany UEFA Women's Championship–winning players FIFA Women's Century Club 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players UEFA Women's Champions League–winning players 21st-century German sportswomen

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International goals

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International

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