Melanie Behringer


Melanie Behringer is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder. She was a Best FIFA Women's Player finalist.

Club career

Behringer started her career at SpVgg Utzenfeld and FC Hausen. In 2003, she joined SC Freiburg. She made her Bundesliga debut for Freiburg and played at the club for five seasons. For the 2008–09 season, Behringer transferred to FC [Bayern Munich (women)|FC Bayern Munich] and finished second in the Bundesliga table in her first year in Munich. After two seasons, Behringer joined league rivals 1. FFC Frankfurt in 2010. She won the 2011 German Cup with Frankfurt, defeating 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam in the final. On 31 March 2016, Behringer extended her contract until 2019.

International career

In 2004, Behringer was runner-up with Germany at the 2004 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship and later that year won the 2004 [FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship]. She scored in all three knockout round games of that tournament, including the final. She made her debut for the German senior national team in January 2005 against China.
She was part of Germany's World Cup winning squad at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, starting in all six games. One year later, she won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and claimed the title at the 2009 European Championship. She scored a long-range goal in the final, for which she won Germany's Goal of the Month award. Behringer has been called up for Germany's 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.
She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2016 Summer Olympics], where Germany won the gold medal.
She retired from international football on 23 August 2016.

Career statistics

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
19 March 2006Loulé, Portugal4–05–02006 Algarve Cup
211 March 2006Loulé, Portugal1–03–02006 Algarve Cup
312 March 2007Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal3–03–02007 Algarve Cup
429 July 2007Magdeburg, Germany1–04–0Friendly
522 August 2007Koblenz, Germany2–07–0UEFA [Women's Euro 2009 qualifying]
622 August 2007Koblenz, Germany5–07–02009 qualifying">UEFA Women's Euro 2009">2009 qualifying
730 August 2007Mainz, Germany1–12–2Friendly
810 September 2007Shanghai, China1–011–02007 FIFA Women's World Cup
910 September 2007Shanghai, China3–011–02007 FIFA Women's World Cup
1029 May 2008Kassel, Germany4–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
1117 July 2008Unterhaching, Germany3–03–0Friendly
121 October 2008Basel, Switzerland2–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
134 March 2009Albufeira, Portugal1–02–02009 Algarve Cup
1425 July 2009Sinsheim, Germany3–06–0Friendly
1527 August 2009Tampere, Finland3–05–1UEFA Women's Euro 2009
1610 September 2009Helsinki, Finland2–06–2UEFA Women's Euro 2009
1724 February 2010Parchal, Portugal1–04–02010 Algarve Cup
1815 September 2010Dresden, Germany4–05–0Friendly
1922 October 2011Bucharest, Romania3–03–0UEFA [Women's Euro 2013 qualifying]
2019 November 2011Wiesbaden, Germany9–017–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
2115 February 2012İzmir, Turkey4–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
2215 February 2012İzmir, Turkey5–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
232 March 2012Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal1–01–02012 Algarve Cup
2419 September 2012Duisburg, Germany4–010–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
2519 September 2012Duisburg, Germany5–010–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
2617 September 2014Heidenheim, Germany1–02–02015 [FIFA Women's World Cup qualification]
277 June 2015Ottawa, Canada9–010–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2818 September 2015Halle, Germany4–012–0UEFA [Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5|UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying]
2925 October 2015Sandhausen, Germany3–07–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
303 August 2016São Paulo, Brazil3–16–1Football at the 2016 [Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2016 Summer Olympics]
313 August 2016São Paulo, Brazil4–16–12016 Summer Olympics
329 August 2016Brasília, Brazil1–01–22016 Summer Olympics
3312 August 2016Salvador, Brazil1–01–02016 Summer Olympics
3416 August 2016Belo Horizonte, Brazil1–02–02016 Summer Olympics

Honours

1. FFC Frankfurt
Bayern München
Germany
Germany U20
Germany U19
Individual