Martina Voss-Tecklenburg

Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (born Martina Voss; 22 December 1967) is a German football manager and former player who last coached the German national team. She previously coached FCR 2001 Duisburg and FF USV Jena. As a player, she played as a midfielder or forward, featuring for KBC Duisburg, TSV Siegen and FCR 2001 Duisburg. She made 125 appearances for the Germany national team.

Martina Voss-Tecklenburg
Voss-Tecklenburg in 2021
Personal information
Full name Martina Voss-Tecklenburg[1]
Birth name Martina Voss
Date of birth (1967-12-22) 22 December 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Duisburg, West Germany
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1989 KBC Duisburg
1989–1994 TSV Siegen
1994–2003 FCR 2001 Duisburg
International career
1984–2000 Germany 125 (27)
Managerial career
2008–2011 FCR 2001 Duisburg
2011–2012 FF USV Jena
2012–2018 Switzerland
2019–2023 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

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Martina played three FIFA Women's World Cup (1991, 1995, 1999), one Olympiad (1996) and five UEFA Women's Championship (1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997).

Coaching career

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Early career

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After the end of her active career as a player, Voss-Tecklenburg worked as a team manager for the Oberliga club SV Straelen. Full-time as a PE teacher association, she takes care of female selection teams in the Lower Rhine.[2] She is also chief editor of the women's football magazine "FF".

From 12 February 2008 to 17 February 2011 she was the head coach of FCR 2001 Duisburg.[3][4][5] With Duisburg, Voss-Tecklenburg won the UEFA Women's Cup in 2009 and two national cups in 2009 and 2010. Her contract was ended on 17 February 2011.[6] In June 2011, she signed a one-year contract at Bundesliga side FF USV Jena,[7] but she left the team next January as she was appointed the Swiss national team's new coach.[8]

Switzerland

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Voss-Tecklenburg led Switzerland to reach the 2015 Women's World Cup for the first time in their history.[9] In addition, she managed her team to their first ever European competition in 2017. However, Switzerland failed to qualify to the 2019 Women's World Cup after losing 4–1 to the Netherlands in the play-off final.

Germany

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On 30 November 2018, Voss-Tecklenburg was presented as new coach of Germany.[10] At the 2019 World Cup, Germany were eliminated in the quarterfinals after a 2–1 defeat against Sweden; hence, they lost the opportunity to play at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[11] In the Euro 2022, she led her country to the final, where they lost to the host, England, 2–1 after extra time.[12] In April 2023, she extended her contract along with her assistant Britta Carlson until 2025.[13]

In the 2023 Women's World Cup, Germany won 6–0 over Morocco in the first match, followed by a 2–1 loss to Colombia and a 1–1 draw against South Korea, in which the national team finished third in their group, and were eliminated from the group stage for the first time in their history.[14] After the World Cup she was out with an illness and in October 2023, Horst Hrubesch took over the German team as an interim manager.[15] The contract was voided a month later.[16]

Personal life

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She was in a relationship with German football player Inka Grings until 2000. She has been married to German entrepreneur Hermann Tecklenburg since 2009 and has one daughter from a previous marriage, and a grandchild.[17]

International goals

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 17 September 1988 Binnigen, Switzerland   Switzerland 9–0 10–0 1989 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying
2. 14 October 1990 Sopron, Hungary   Hungary 2–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 1991 qualifying
3. 31 March 1994 Bielefeld, Germany   Wales 7–0 12–0 UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying
4. 8–0
5. 5 May 1994 Swansea, Wales   Wales 12–0 12–0
6. 21 September 1994 Sindelfingen, Germany   Croatia 2–0 8–0
7. 25 September 1994 Weingarten, Germany   Switzerland 5–0 11–0
8. 13 June 1995 Västerås, Sweden   England 1–0 3–0 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
9. 2 April 1998 Herford, Germany   Netherlands 1–1 2–1 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
10. 14 October 1999 Oldenburg, Germany   Iceland 3–0 6–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying

Honours

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Player

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KBC Duisburg

TSV Siegen

FCR 2001 Duisburg

Germany

Individual

Manager

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FCR 2001 Duisburg

Germany

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Germany (GER)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 11. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Martina Voss" (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  3. ^ "FCR Duisburg landet mit Martina Voss Trainer-Coup" (in German). fussball24.de. 20 February 2010. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Martina Voss-Tecklenburg" (in German). fcr-01.de. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Martina Voss". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  6. ^ uefa.com; Duisburg dispense with coach Voss-Tecklenburg]
  7. ^ "Voss-Tecklenburg unterschreibt in Jena für ein Jahr" [Voss-Tecklenburg signs at Jena for one year] (in German). Ostthüringer Zeitung. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Martina Voss-Tecklenburg appointed new coach of the national team". wsoccernews.com. 29 January 2012. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  9. ^ "Schweiz erstmals für Frauenfußball-WM qualifiziert" (in German). Die Welt. 15 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Voss-Tecklenburg träumt von WM-Titel" (in German). Die Welt. 30 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Germany out of World Cup after 2-1 defeat to Sweden". DFB. 29 June 2019.
  12. ^ "England 2-1 Germany (aet): Women's Euro 2022 final". The Guardian. 31 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Erfolgstrainerin Voss-Tecklenburg bleibt beim DFB" (in German). n-tv.de. 3 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Germany's earliest exit ever at a Women's World Cup has two-time champions searching for answers". AP News. 3 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Frauen-Nationalmannschaft: Hrubesch wird interimsweise Bundestrainer". dfb.de. 7 October 2023.
  16. ^ "Martina Voss-Tecklenburg und DFB lösen Vertrag auf". dfb.de. 5 November 2023.
  17. ^ Katharina Hahn: Hermann Tecklenburg Martina Voss-Tecklenburg: Die Liebes-Vita unserer Bundestrainerin, bunte.de, August 3, 2022 (German)
  18. ^ Sanders, Emma (31 July 2022). "England beat Germany to win first major women's trophy". BBC. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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