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German football coach and former player (born 1973)

Maren Meinert
Meinert during a testimonial in 2012
Personal information
Full name Maren Meinert
Date of birth (1973-08-05) 5 August 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Rheinhausen, West Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2000 FCR 2001 Duisburg
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
Women's football
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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

Meinert 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.

International career

Meinert 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.

Germany won the 2003 World Cup. She scored the first goal in the final against Sweden.

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
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

Meinert coached various German youth national teams for the German Football Association (DFB) from 2005 to 2019. 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. Less than a year later, the DFB surprisingly chose not to extend Meinert's contract.

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.

Honours

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Playing honours

FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen

  • Hallenmasters: 1995

FCR Duisburg

Germany

Individual

Managerial honours

Germany

Individual

General honours

  • Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia

Notes

  1. Previously known as FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen before the 1997–98 season

References

  1. ^ Maren Meinert at Olympedia (archive) Edit this at Wikidata
  2. Civin, Todd. "Maren Meinert Inducted into Breakers' Pillar of Excellence". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. "Maren Meinert Biography and Statistics". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  4. "DFB TO PART WAYS WITH MAREN MEINERT". DFB. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  5. Hellmann, Frank (29 July 2019). "Abschied ohne Schleifchen: Maren Meinert muss gehen". Frankfurter Rundschau. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  6. Hellmann, Frank (28 July 2019). "Maren Meinert: "Ich kann da nicht immer nur ein Schleifchen drum machen"". Women Soccer. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  7. Goff, Steven (24 October 2019). "U.S. Soccer expected to name USWNT coach soon". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

External links

FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Ball
Germany squads
Germany squad – UEFA Women's Euro 1993 fourth place
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Germany squad – UEFA Women's Euro 1995 winners (3rd title)
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Germany squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup runners-up
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Germany squad – UEFA Women's Euro 1997 winners (4th title)
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Germany squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
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Germany women's football squad – 2000 Summer Olympics – Bronze medalists
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Germany squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2001 winners (5th title)
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Germany squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup winners (1st title)
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