Lena Petermann

Lena Petermann
Petermann with Germany in 2021
Personal information
Full name Lena Petermann[1]
Date of birth (1994-02-05) 5 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Cuxhaven, Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 9
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 UCF Knights 21 (8)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Hamburger SV 31 (5)
2010 Hamburger SV II 1 (0)
2014–2018 SC Freiburg 74 (22)
2018–2019 Turbine Potsdam 10 (7)
2019–2023 Montpellier 48 (25)
2023– Leicester City 10 (4)
International career‡
2008–2009 Germany U-15 8 (8)
2010–2011 Germany U-17 8 (7)
2014 Germany U-20 10 (5)
2015– Germany 22 (5)
Medal record
UEFA Women's Nations League
Bronze medal – third place 2024 France–Netherlands–Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:28, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:09, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Lena Petermann (born 5 February 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Leicester City and has appeared for the Germany national team.

Club career

Petermann played at TSV Otterndorf, where she had to play in a team with boys up until the C-Youth level. This was followed by a few years in the JugendSpielgemeinschaft Otterndorf/Altenwalde/Wanna (JSG OttAWA), before she moved to SV Ahlerstedt/Ottendorf in the winter of 2009.

Petermann started her club career at Hamburger SV. On September 20, 2009 (1st matchday) she made her Bundesliga debut in the 1-4 defeat in the home game against FCR 2001 Duisburg. She scored her first Bundesliga goal on November 8, 2009 (8th matchday) in a 4-2 win in the away game against 1. FC Saarbrücken.

In 2013, she moved to the United States to play college football (soccer) for the UCF Knights in Florida, where in her first year she was named the Conference rookie of the year.[2] At the Knights she played together with her compatriots Karoline Heinze and Sophie Howard.

After a successful campaign with Germany national U-20 team[3] at the 2014 U-20 World Cup she had an opportunity and decided to move back to Germany to pursue a professional career, by joining SC Freiburg.[4][5]

After 74 league and 13 cup games for SC Freiburg, she joined Turbine Potsdam for the 2018/19 season. After just one year, in which she scored 7 goals in 10 games, she left Turbine Potsdam and moved to France to play for Montpellier HSC for 4 years.

In 2023 Petermann signed for WSL side Leicester City on a two-year contract.[3]

International career

Youth

As an under-17 international she played the UEFA U-17 Championship in 2010 and in 2011, achieving third place in both.[6] As well as the 2010 FIFA U-17 World Cup, where she scored five goals.[7]

She played for U-20 national team and was part of the winning team of the 2014 FIFA U-20 World Cup where she scored three goals. The first was in a 2–0 victory against the United States at the group stage, she scored the first goal of that match.[8][9] Her second goal came during the semifinal against France, with the scores at 1–1 and France dominating the match, she scored the winning goal (2–1) at the 81st minute.[10] Her third goal was the title winning goal during the 1–0 triumph over Nigeria, scored at the 98th minute during the match extra-time.[11][12]

Senior

Petermann made her debut for the senior German team on 6 March 2015 at the Algarve Cup against China.[13] She was part of the German squad of the 2015 World Cup in Canada,[14] where she scored her first two senior international goals for Germany, making it 2-0 and 3-0 in the 56th and 58th minutes in the group stage 4–0 win against Thailand.[13]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 5 December 2021[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2015 5 2
2016 4 2
2017 5 0
2018 5 1
2020 2 0
2023 1 0
Total 22 5
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Petermann goal.
List of international goals scored by Lena Petermann
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 June 2015 Winnipeg, Canada  Thailand 2–0 4–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2 3–0
3 16 September 2016 Khimki, Russia  Russia 4–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
4 22 October 2016 Regensburg, Germany  Austria 4–2 4–2 Friendly
5 10 November 2018 Osnabrück, Germany  Italy 4–2 5–2

Honours

Germany U20

Germany

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 6 July 2015. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Germany U20 star Lena Petermann playing at Florida college". edmontonsun.com. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b Diamond, Drew (14 October 2023). "Lena Petermann: Who is Leicester City's star signing making waves in the WSL?". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Petermann Leaves UCF Women's Soccer". UCF Knights. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  5. ^ "SC Freiburg brings Lena Petermann" (in German). womensoccer.de. 2 September 2014. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Torment for Leupolz as France edge out Germany". UEFA. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Lena Petermann profile". FIFA. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Sweet revenge as Germany down USA". FIFA. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Petermann: The goal was simply indescribable". FIFA. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Germany break French hearts". FIFA. 21 August 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Germany edge Nigeria to take the trophy". FIFA. 25 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Petermann: I can't grasp what's happened". FIFA. 25 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  13. ^ a b "Lena Petermann profile" (in German). DFB. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  14. ^ "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  15. ^ "Lena Petermann". dfb.de. 18 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Germany win Nations League play-off to reach Olympics". BBC Sport. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.