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| Full name | Renate Lingor[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1975-10-11)11 October 1975 (age 50) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Karlsruhe,West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder/Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1983 | SV Blankenloch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1990 | Karlsruher SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | SC Klinge Seckach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1997 | SC Klinge Seckach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2008 | 1.FFC Frankfurt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2008[2] | Germany | 149 | (35) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Renate Lingor (born 11 October 1975) is a retired femaleGerman internationalfootballer, who played as amidfielder orforward.
Lingor began her career in 1981 with SV Blankenloch at the age of six, in 1983 she joined the youth team ofKarlsruher SC. Aged 14 she signed withSC Klinge Seckach where she started her professional career in German Bundesliga. Despite several offers from top German teams she remained there until 1997 when she joined1. FFC Frankfurt. Lingor's position is in the central midfield. She is well known for her good technique, her ability to read a game and her free kicks. She has retired after the2007–08 season.
Before her first appearance in theGerman national team in 1995 Lingor made 19 games for the Under 20 Team. Since then she has been constantly part of the team that won several international titles. Her goal against Sweden at the 2004 Olympics secured the bronze medal for her team. In 2006 Renate Lingor was nominated asFIFA Women's World Player of the Year together withMarta (Brazil) andKristine Lilly (USA). Lingor announced, that she would retire after the 2008 Olympic Games.[3]
Lingor usually played in thenumber 10 role inmidfield behind the forwards, although she was also used in a more attacking role on occasion, or even in adeeper rolein front of the defence. In 2007, aFIFA.com profile described her with the following words: "She moves around the pitch with lithe elegance, is technically brilliant and has excellent vision. She candummy and feint past almost anyone and is lethal fromset pieces – so much so that she is often compared in her homeland with topplaymakers from the men's game likeMehmet Scholl andThomas Hassler. And with good reason. Lingor, who stands 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) tall, is as consistently exceptional as her now retired male counterparts." The profile also praised her for creativity and playmaking skills, lauding her as a "master of the defence-splitting pass," while also noting her work-rate, stating: "Lingor is not only a creative outlet just behind the front two but also capable of working in front of the defence to break up opposition play and then launch lightning-quick counter-attacks."[4]
1. FFC Frankfurt
Germany
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