Janina Minge
 Minge before the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Janina Madeleine Minge[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 June 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Lindau, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SC Freiburg | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| TSG Lindau Zech | |||
| VfB Friedrichshafen | |||
| 2013–2015 | FC Wangen 05 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | SC Freiburg II | 11 | (8) |
| 2015– | SC Freiburg | 129 | (18) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Germany U15 | 6 | (6) |
| 2014 | Germany U16 | 3 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | Germany U17 | 26 | (10) |
| 2017 | Germany U19 | 11 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Germany U20 | 9 | (2) |
| 2023– | Germany | 3 | (1) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:34, 9 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Janina Madeleine Minge (born 11 June 1999) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for SC Freiburg and the Germany national team.
Club career[edit]
Youth[edit]
Minge started playing football in 2002 as a three-year-old at TSG Lindau Zech. After seven years she moved to VfB Friedrichshafen. After another four years, she moved to FC Wangen 05, where she played in the male B youth team.
SC Freiburg[edit]
Minge joined Bundesliga team SC Freiburg for the 2015–16 season at 16 years old.[2] On September 13 she was part of the squad for the first time. On December 6th in the 6-1 home win against Bayer 04 Leverkusen, she debuted as a substitute for Sandra Starke.[3] She scored her first goal on November 20, 2016 in her team's 2-1 win against FF USV Jena, making it 1-0.[4]
In the 2021–22 season, Minge appeared for SC Freiburg a total of 22 times. She didn't miss a single minute of the 1,980 possible minutes of play.
With nine goals, she was the best German goalscorer during the winter break of the 2022–23 season and scored a remarkable goal in the 4-1 win against MSV Duisburg. This goal was voted SC Freiburg's Goal of the Year and was voted Goal of the Month for December by the Sportschau.[5][6]
VfL Wolfsburg[edit]
Minge will move to VfL Wolfsburg for the 24/25 season, where she signed a contract that runs until 2027.[7]
International career[edit]
Minge made her debut for the U-15 national team in April 2013,[8] in an 8–0 win over the Netherlands. She made three appearances for the under-16 national team in 2014.[9] In 2015, she was the second youngest player in the U-17 national team squad for the European Championship in Iceland where the team reached the semi-finals but were defeated 1–0 by the Swiss selection.[10] In May 2016, the team won the 2016 UEFA Under-17 Championship after a penalty shootout against Spain in Belarus.[11] The four Freiburg players in the squad contributed seven of Germany's ten goals at the tournament and two of them, including Minge, successfully converted their kicks in the shootout.[12]
Police Baden-Württemberg[edit]
Janina Minge joined the police force of the state of Baden-Württemberg in 2019. She was accepted into the BW police's elite sports program and successfully completed her training as a police officer in September 2022. She was then transferred to a police station and is currently working on patrol duty.[13]
Career statistics[edit]
- As of 9 April 2024[14]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 1 | |
International goals[edit]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 25 June 2023 | Offenbach, Germany |  Vietnam |
2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
Honours[edit]
Germany
References[edit]
- ^ a b "List of Players - Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 17 October 2016. p. 5. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "SC contracts Giulia Gwinn and Janina Minge" (in German). SC Freiburg. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Freiburg vs. Bayer Leverkusen - 6 December 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Freiburg vs. USV Jena - 20 November 2016 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ sportschau.de. "Fußball: News und alle Spiele". sportschau.de (in German). Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Janina Minge wechselt zu den VfL-Frauen". VfL Wolfsburg (in German). Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Janina Minge signs for VfL Women". VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Janine Minge und Giulia Gwinn erstellen Strafenkatalog" (in German). Schwäbische Zeitung. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ Dedeleit, Jochen (17 November 2014). "Gwinn und Minge machen auf sich aufmerksam". FuPa.net (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Swiss knock out Germany to make first final". Uefa.com. UEFA. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Germany's European title dream comes true". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2016.
- ^ Hennig, Sandra (2 June 2016). "Starke Talente des SC Freiburg: Quartett im Team des U17-Europameisters" (in German). Badische Zeitung. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Spitzensport – Karriere Polizei BW" (in German). Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Janina Minge". dfb.de. 21 February 2023.
External links[edit]
- Janina Minge at WorldFootball.net
- Janina Minge – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Janina Minge – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Janina Minge at DFB (also available in German)