 Hendrich withGermany in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kathrin Julia Hendrich[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-04-06)6 April 1992 (age 33) | ||
| Place of birth | Eupen, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chicago Stars | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2003 | FC Eupen | ||
| 2003–2009 | FC Teutonia Weiden | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2014 | Bayer Leverkusen | 104 | (4) |
| 2014–2018 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 86 | (4) |
| 2018–2020 | Bayern Munich | 40 | (3) |
| 2020–2025 | VfL Wolfsburg | 92 | (4) |
| 2025– | Chicago Stars | 13 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | Germany U15 | 5 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Germany U16 | 8 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Germany U19 | 16 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Germany U20 | 11 | (0) |
| 2014– | Germany | 90 | (5) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:10, 3 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:55, 3 December 2025 (UTC) | |||
Kathrin Julia Hendrich (born 6 April 1992) is a German-Belgium professionalfootballer who plays forChicago Stars FC of theNational Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and theGerman national team.[2] A versatiledefender, she can play as a centre-back, full-back or sweeper.
Hendrich was born in Belgium to a Belgian mother and German father. She began her career at the age of seven in her hometown with FC Eupen 1963 before joining FC Teutonia Weiden after four years in the summer of 2003.[3]
For the 2009/10 season she left the club from Würselen and moved to divisionBayer 04 Leverkusen.[4][5] With Leverkusen succeeded in this season promotion to theBundesliga. There she made her debut on 15 August 2010 (1st matchday) in the 0–9 defeat in the away game againstFCR 2001 Duisburg. On 25 September 2011 she scored in the game against1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig her first Bundesliga goal when she scored to make it 1–0. Hendrich can be used as a central defender or defensive midfielder.
On 13 February 2014 Hendrich announced her move to1. FFC Frankfurt for the 2014/15 season, where she received a contract that ran until 30 June 2016.[6] With Frankfurt, she won the final of theUEFA Women's Champions League on 14 May 2015.
For the 2018/19 season she was signed byFC Bayern Munich[7] and made her debut on 23 September 2018 (2nd matchday) in a 4–0 win at home againstMSV Duisburg after being substituted on in the 76th minute. She scored her first Bundesliga goal for FC Bayern Munich on 2 December 2018 (matchday 10) in an away game atSC Freiburg with the equalizing goal in the 17th minute.
For the 2020/21 season, Hendrich was signed by league rivals and German championsVfL Wolfsburg and given a contract that runs until 30 June 2022.[8][9] She remained at the team until 2025, winning the league in2021–22 and theDFB-Pokal four times.[10][11] Of note was a particularly strong2022–23 season, where Hendrich shone as one of the league's bestcentre backs.[12]
On 11 June 2025,NWSL clubChicago Stars FC signed Hendrich to a two-year deal with a mutual option.[13] On 1 August, Hendrich debuted with the Stars, coming in as a second-half substitute forCari Roccaro in a 1–1 draw withGotham FC.[14]
Hendrich made her national team debut on 11 April 2007 in Buckinghamshire for the U-15 national team in a 2–0 win over England. In the following four games in 2007, she was also used. For the U-16 national team, she played eight international matches, for the first time on 30 October 2007 in Wiesloch in a 7–0 victory over France, last time on 5 July 2008 in Reykjavík in a 5–0 victory over France in the Competition for the Nordic Cup. In this tournament she also scored her only international goal at the juniors with the interim 6–0 in a 7–0 win over Norway on 30 June 2008.
She played for the U-19 national team for the first time on 27 October 2009, when they defeatedSweden 1–0 in Hamelin. She took part in both the2010 U19 European Championship in Macedonia (losing againstFrance in the semi-finals) and the following year in Italy for the2011 Championship, where she took the team to the final againstNorway, and Germany won 8–1. In October 2011, Hendrich made her debut for theU20 national team in a friendly against Belgium, with which she took part in the2012 World Cup. The team reached the final without conceding a goal, but lost 1–0 to theUSA and became runners-up.[15]
On 24 February 2014 Hendrich was invited to take part in the 2014 Algarve Cup and was thus called up to the squad for thesenior national team for the first time.[16] On 5 March 2014 she made her debut there in the 5–0 opening win against the national team ofIceland in Albufeira, when she came on forLena Goeßling in the 62nd minute.
For the2017 European Championships in the Netherlands, coach Steffi Jones called Hendrich to the German team, which was knocked out byDenmark in the quarter-finals; Hendrich was deployed.
Hendrich was called up to the Germany squad for the2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[17] At the2019 World Cup, she was used in two games in the preliminary round. The German team reached the quarterfinals.
On 18 June 2022, Hendrich was called up to the 23-player Germany squad for theUEFA Women's Euro 2022.[18] At the2022 European Championship, Hendrich was a regular player in all of the German team's games.[19] Her team was defeated by hosts England in the final in a sold-outWembley Stadium.[20][21]
Hendrich was called up to the Germany squad for the2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[22]
On 3 July 2024, Hendrich was called up to the Germany squad for the2024 Summer Olympics.[23]
On 19 July 2025 in the Euros quarter-final in Basel, Switzerland, Hendrich was sent off for pulling a French player's hair. The subsequent penalty put France 1-0 up.
Hendrich is in a relationship withSebastian Griesbeck.[24]
| Germany | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6 | 1 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 | 1 |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12 | 0 |
| 2024 | 15 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 90 | 5 |
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:[25]
| Hendrich – goals for Germany | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 16 September 2016 | Khimki,Russia |  Russia | 3–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 2. | 16 September 2017 | Ingolstadt,Germany |  Slovenia | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying |
| 3. | 24 October 2017 | Großaspach, Germany |  Faroe Islands | 5–0 | 11–0 | |
| 4. | 6 April 2019 | Stockholm,Sweden |  Sweden | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 5. | 10 April 2021 | Wiesbaden, Germany |  Australia | 2–0 | 5–2 | |
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