Renate Lingor is a retired female German international

Germany women's national football team

The German women's national football team represents Germany in international women's football and is directed by the German Football Association . The team – informally called West Germany in English – played its first international match in 1982...

 football

Football (soccer)

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 player.

Club career

Lingor began her career in 1981 with SV Blankenloch at the age of six, in 1983 she joined the youth team of Karlsruher SC

Karlsruher SC

Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. KSC rose out of the consolidation of a number of predecessor clubs. They currently play in the 2...

. Aged 14 she signed with SC Klinge Seckach

SC Klinge Seckach

SC Klinge Seckach is a German women's football club based in Seckach, Baden-Württemberg. The club has played eight seasons in the Bundesliga, but at the end of the 1990s their performance fell off and today Klinge Seckach's first team plays in the fifth-tier Verbandsliga.- History :The origins of...

 where she started her professional career in German Bundesliga. Despite several offers from top German teams she remained there until 1997 when she joined 1. FFC Frankfurt

1. FFC Frankfurt

1. FFC Frankfurt is a German women's association football club based in Frankfurt, Hesse and has a membership of about 430. The team currently plays in the German first division women's Bundesliga.- History :...

. Lingor's position is in the central midfield. She is well known for her good technique, her ability to read a game and her free kicks. She has retired after the 2007-08

Fußball-Bundesliga (women) 2007-08

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 season.

National team

Before her first appearance in the German national team

Germany women's national football team

The German women's national football team represents Germany in international women's football and is directed by the German Football Association . The team – informally called West Germany in English – played its first international match in 1982...

 in 1995 Lingor made 19 games for the Under 20 Team. Since then she has been constantly part of the team that won several international titles. Her goal against Sweden at the 2004 Olympics secured the bronze medal for her team. In 2006 Renate Lingor was nominated as FIFA Women's World Player of the Year

FIFA World Player of the Year

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 together with Marta  and Kristine Lilly

Kristine Lilly

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 (USA

United States women's national soccer team

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). Lingor announced, that she would retire after the 2008 Olympic Games.

Honours

1. FFC Frankfurt

• UEFA-Cup: 2002, 2006
• German Champion: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
• German Cup: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

National team

• World Champion: 2003, 2007
• European Champion: 2001, 2005
• Olympic Bronze medalist: 2000, 2004