Janina Minge

Janina Minge

Minge before the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Janina Madeleine Minge [1]
Date of birth	(1999-06-11) 11 June 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Lindau, Germany
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	VfL Wolfsburg
Number	6
Youth career
	TSG Lindau Zech
	VfB Friedrichshafen
2013–2015	FC Wangen 05
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2016	SC Freiburg II	11	(8)
2015–2023	SC Freiburg	164	(22)
2024–	VfL Wolfsburg	10	(2)
International career‡
2013–2014	Germany U15	6	(6)
2014	Germany U16	3	(3)
2015–2016	Germany U17	26	(10)
2017	Germany U19	11	(2)
2017–2018	Germany U20	9	(2)
2023–	Germany	15	(1)
Medal record Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:58, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Janina Madeleine Minge (born 11 June 1999) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for SC Freiburg and the Germany national team.

Club career

Youth

Minge started playing football in 2002 as a three-year-old at TSG Lindau Zech. After seven years she moved to VfB Friedrichshafen. After another four years, she moved to FC Wangen 05, where she played in the male B youth team.

SC Freiburg

Minge joined Bundesliga team SC Freiburg for the 2015–16 season at 16 years old. ^[2] On 13 September she was part of the squad for the first time. On 6 December in the 6–1 home win against Bayer Leverkusen, she debuted as a substitute for Sandra Starke. ^[3] She scored her first goal on 20 November 2016 in her team's 2–1 win against FF USV Jena, making it 1-0. ^[4]

In the 2021–22 season, Minge appeared for SC Freiburg a total of 22 times. She didn't miss a single minute of the 1,980 possible minutes of play.

With nine goals, she was the best German goalscorer during the winter break of the 2022–23 season and scored a remarkable goal in the 4–1 win against MSV Duisburg. This goal was voted SC Freiburg's Goal of the Year and was voted Goal of the Month for December by the Sportschau. ^{[5] [6]}

VfL Wolfsburg

Minge will move to VfL Wolfsburg for the 2024–25 season, where she signed a contract that runs until 2027. ^[7]

International career

Minge made her debut for the U-15 national team in April 2013, ^[8] in an 8–0 win over the Netherlands. She made three appearances for the under-16 national team in 2014. ^[9] In 2015, she was the second youngest player in the U-17 national team squad for the European Championship in Iceland where the team reached the semi-finals but were defeated 1–0 by the Swiss selection. ^[10] In May 2016, the team won the 2016 UEFA Under-17 Championship after a penalty shootout against Spain in Belarus. ^[11] The four Freiburg players in the squad contributed seven of Germany's ten goals at the tournament and two of them, including Minge, successfully converted their kicks in the shootout. ^[12]

Police Baden-Württemberg

Minge joined the police force of the state of Baden-Württemberg in 2019. She was accepted into the BW police's elite sports program and successfully completed her training as a police officer in September 2022. She was then transferred to a police station and is currently working on patrol duty. ^[13]

Career statistics

As of 2 December 2024 ^[14]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany	2023	2	1
	2024	13	0
Total		15	1

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 June 2023	Offenbach, Germany	Vietnam	2–0	2–1	Friendly

Honours

Germany U17

• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship: 2016

Germany

• Summer Olympics bronze medal: 2024 ^[15]

Individual

• Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2024 ^[16]

References

1. "List of Players - Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 17 October 2016. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
2. "SC contracts Giulia Gwinn and Janina Minge" (in German). SC Freiburg. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
3. "Freiburg vs. Bayer Leverkusen - 6 December 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
4. "Freiburg vs. USV Jena - 20 November 2016". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
5. sportschau.de. "Fußball: News und alle Spiele". sportschau.de (in German). Retrieved 27 March 2024.
6. "Janina Minge wechselt zu den VfL-Frauen". VfL Wolfsburg (in German). Retrieved 27 March 2024.
7. "Janina Minge signs for VfL Women". VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
8. "Janine Minge und Giulia Gwinn erstellen Strafenkatalog" (in German). Schwäbische Zeitung. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
9. Dedeleit, Jochen (17 November 2014). "Gwinn und Minge machen auf sich aufmerksam". FuPa.net (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2016.
10. "Swiss knock out Germany to make first final". Uefa.com. UEFA. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
11. "Germany's European title dream comes true". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2016.
12. Hennig, Sandra (2 June 2016). "Starke Talente des SC Freiburg: Quartett im Team des U17-Europameisters" (in German). Badische Zeitung . Retrieved 3 October 2016.
13. "Spitzensport – Karriere Polizei BW" (in German). Retrieved 27 March 2024.
14. "Janina Minge". dfb.de. 21 February 2023.
15. "Spain 0-1 Germany: Germany win women's football bronze at Paris 2024". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
16. "Silbernes Lorbeerblatt für Bronze-Gewinnerinnen". dfb.de (in German). DFB. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.

External links

• Janina Minge at WorldFootball.net
• Janina Minge – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Janina Minge – UEFA competition record ( archive )
• Janina Minge at DFB (also available in German )