Maren Meinert (born 5 August 1973) is a German football coach and former player who played as a midfielder and striker. She was most recently the head coach of Germany women's national under-20 football team.
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Maren Meinert[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 5 August 1973 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rheinhausen, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder, forward | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
–2000 | FCR 2001 Duisburg[a] | ||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | FFC Brauweiler Pulheim | ||||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Boston Breakers | 59 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1991–2003 | Germany | 92 | (33) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
2005–2019 | Germany U19 | ||||||||||||||||
2006–2018 | Germany U20 | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | Germany U16 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
As a player, Meinert played for German clubs FCR Duisburg and FFC Brauweiler Pulheim, as well as Boston Breakers in the United States. She also represented the Germany women's national football team.
Club career
editMeinert was the first player inducted into Boston Breakers' "Pillars of Excellence" during a ceremony held at half-time of the 17 May 2009 game between the Breakers and Washington Freedom.[2]
International career
editMeinert played for the German national team between 1991 and 2003, making appearances at three FIFA Women's World Cup finals and the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3]
Germany won the 2003 World Cup. She scored the first goal in the final against Sweden.
International goals
editNo. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 3 July 1993 | Stadio Alfiero Moretti, Cesenatico, Italy | Denmark | 1–1 | 1–3 | UEFA Women's Euro 1993 |
2. | 26 March 1995 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany | Sweden | 1–1 | 3–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 1995 |
3. | 30 June 1997 | Melløs Stadion, Moss, Norway | Italy | 1–0 | 1–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 1997 |
4. | 23 June 2001 | Steigerwaldstadion, Erfurt, Germany | Sweden | 3–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2001 |
5. | 27 June 2001 | Russia | 3–0 | 5–0 |
Management career
editMeinert coached various German youth national teams for the German Football Association (DFB) from 2005 to 2019.[4] In 2018, the DFB asked Meinert to become head coach of the Germany women's national football team after dismissing Steffi Jones, but she turned down the opportunity for personal reasons.[5] Less than a year later, the DFB surprisingly chose not to extend Meinert's contract.[6]
After her departure from the DFB, Meinert was linked to many high-profile positions, including the head coach position at the Irish national team and the assistant position at the United States national team.[7]
Honours
editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (November 2019) |
Playing honours
editFC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen
- Hallenmasters: 1995
FCR Duisburg
- Frauen-Bundesliga runners-up: 1997
- DFB-Pokal Frauen: 1998
Germany
- FIFA Women's World Cup
- Winners: 2003
- Runners-up: 1995
- Olympic Games bronze medal: 2000
- UEFA Women's Euro: 1995, 1997, 2001
Individual
Managerial honours
editGermany
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
- Winners: 2010, 2014
- Runners-up: 2012
- UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: 2006, 2007, 2011
Individual
- Felix Coach of the Year: 2010
General honours
edit- Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
Notes
edit- ^ Previously known as FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen before the 1997–98 season
References
edit- ^ a b Maren Meinert at Olympedia
- ^ Civin, Todd. "Maren Meinert Inducted into Breakers' Pillar of Excellence". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Maren Meinert Biography and Statistics". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ "DFB TO PART WAYS WITH MAREN MEINERT". DFB. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ Hellmann, Frank (29 July 2019). "Abschied ohne Schleifchen: Maren Meinert muss gehen". Frankfurter Rundschau. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ Hellmann, Frank (28 July 2019). "Maren Meinert: "Ich kann da nicht immer nur ein Schleifchen drum machen"". Women Soccer. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ Goff, Steven (24 October 2019). "U.S. Soccer expected to name USWNT coach soon". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
External links
edit- Maren Meinert – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Maren Meinert at DFB (also available in German)
- Maren Meinert at WorldFootball.net
- WUSA player profile