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Marina Hegering

Marina Hegering (born 17 April 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg. She also played for the German national team.

Marina Hegering
Hegering with Germany in 2023
Personal information
Full name Marina Hegering[1]
Date of birth (1990-05-17) 17 May 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Bocholt, West Germany[2]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 31
Youth career
1995–2007 DJK SV Lowick
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 FCR 2001 Duisburg 43 (6)
2011–2017 Bayer Leverkusen 49 (5)
2017–2020 SGS Essen 54 (5)
2020–2022 Bayern Munich 24 (7)
2022– VfL Wolfsburg 29 (7)
International career
2005–2007 Germany U17 21 (14)
2007–2009 Germany U19 11 (2)
2008–2010 Germany U20 17 (2)
2019–2024 Germany 41 (5)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team
UEFA Women's Championship
Silver medal – second place 2022 England
UEFA Women's Nations League
Bronze medal – third place 2024 France–Netherlands–Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:25, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Club career

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Marina Hegering began her career at DJK SV Lowick 1930. She played with them for twelve years, most recently in the male B-Youth performance class. At the age of 16, she switched to FCR 2001 Duisburg, for whose Bundesliga team she played until 2011. On 19 August 2007 (Day 1) she made her competitive debut in a 1–0 away win against Hamburger SV. She scored twice on 6 April 2008 (Day 14) in a 7–1 home win against TSV Crailsheim for her first Bundesliga goals. In the 2010/11 season, a persistent heel injury forced her to stay away from the game. During her club affiliation, she won the DFB Cup twice and the UEFA Cup once.

For the 2011/12 season she signed a two-year contract with Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[3]  After recovering from the heel injury, she played her first game for them on 13 April 2013 (matchday 18) in a goalless draw at home against SGS Essen.[4] She joined SGS Essen at the start of the 2017/18 season.[5] With her team she reached the final of the DFB Cup against VfL Wolfsburg on 4 July 2020 and scored twice but was defeated 4–2 on penalties.

On 24 April 2020, she was signed by Bayern Munich for the 2020/21 season and received a contract that expired on 30 June 2022.[6][7]

She was signed by VfL Wolfsburg in 2022.[8] She received a contract for four years until 2026. She holds a B+ trainer license.[9]

International career

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After Marina Hegering had played in the U-13 Niederrhein selection and the FVN national cup U-15 team, she made her debut on 3 September 2004 as a national player for the national U-15 team, which played the test international match against the selection of Canada lost 1–5. On 2 September 2005, she completed her seventh and last appearance in this age group in a goalless draw against this country selection. She scored a U-15 international goal on 29 August 2005 in a 7–0 win over Scotland, making it 6–0 in the 33rd minute.

For the U-17 national team, she played 22 international matches between 12 October 2005 and 7 July 2007 and scored one goal. Between 21 October 2007 and 19 July 2009, she played eleven international matches for the U-19 national team. She took part with her at the European Championship held from 13 to 25 July 2009 in Belarus. After she played in three preliminary round games, her team went home.

She took part in two World Cups for the U-20 national team, for which she played 18 times. Her first took place in Chile from 20 November to 7 December 2008. She and her team finished third after beating France 5–3. Her second World Cup took place from 13 July to 1 August 2010 in her own country, from which she and her team emerged as World Champions.

She made her debut for the senior German team on 6 April 2019 in Solna in a 2–1 win in a friendly against Sweden national team. For the 2019 FIFA World Cup, she was called up to the squad by national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg.[10][11]  She reached the quarterfinals with the national team.

For the 2022 European Championship in England she was called up by Voss-Tecklenburg in the squad. The German team reached the final, but were beaten by England and finished as runners-up. Hegering played in all six games. After the tournament, Hegering was voted into the "Eleven of the Tournament" by the UEFA coaching staff.[12]

After the 2024 Summer Olympics, where the Germans won the bronze medal, she announced her retirement from international football.[13]

Career statistics

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International

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Germany[14]
Year Apps Goals
2019 9 0
2020 5 3
2021 5 0
2022 7 0
2023 8 1
2024 7 1
Total 41 5

International goals

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Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:[2]

Hegering – goals for Germany
# Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 March 2020 Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos, Portugal   Norway 4–0 4–0 2020 Algarve Cup
2. 19 September 2020 Stadion Essen, Essen, Germany   Republic of Ireland 1–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
3. 27 November 2020 Audi Sportpark, Ingolstadt, Germany   Greece 1–0 6–0
4. 1 December 2023 Ostseestadion, Rostock, Germany   Denmark 2–0 3–0 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
5. 25 July 2024 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France   Australia 1–0 3–0 2024 Summer Olympics

Honours

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FCR 2001 Duisburg
Bayern Munich
VfL Wolfsburg
Germany U20

Germany

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2019. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Marina Hegering". Worldfootball.net. 6 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fussball GmbH". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Framba.de - Framba.de". 22 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Marina Hegering wechselt zur SGS Essen - Der Frauenfussball-Bundesligist aus Essen". 15 August 2018. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Bayern gets the next national player: Hegering also comes from Essen". Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  7. ^ "FC Bayern women sign Marina Hegering".
  8. ^ "Hegering wechselt von Bayern zu Wolfsburg". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
  9. ^ "Zweigeteilter Vertrag bis 2026: Hegering wechselt nach Wolfsburg". kicker (in German). Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  10. ^ Rüttenauer, Andreas (29 June 2019). "WM-Nationalspielerin Marina Hegering: "Ich bin nicht total unerfahren"". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Hegering on her debut: "Just awesome"". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Im Nachgang der Women's EURO - Vier Titelheldinnen in der Turnier-Elf – Diacre bleibt". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2 August 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Marina Hegering beendet Karriere in der Nationalmannschaft". dfb.de (in German). 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Marina Hegering". dfb.de. 18 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Spain 0-1 Germany: Germany win women's football bronze at Paris 2024". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  16. ^ Sanders, Emma (31 July 2022). "England beat Germany to win first major women's trophy". BBC. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  17. ^ "Germany win Nations League play-off to reach Olympics". BBC Sport. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  18. ^ "UEFA Women's EURO 2022 Team of the Tournament announced". UEFA.com. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  19. ^ "menschBOCHOLT.de - Startseite". 22 October 2010. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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