Kathrin Hendrich

Kathrin Hendrich

Hendrich with Germany in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Kathrin Julia Hendrich [1]
Date of birth	(1992-04-06) 6 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Eupen, Belgium
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	VfL Wolfsburg
Number	4
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–	VfL Wolfsburg	77	(4)
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	81	(5)
Medal record Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team UEFA Women's Championship 2022 England UEFA Women's Nations League 2024 France–Netherlands–Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9:15, 3 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:18, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Kathrin Julia Hendrich (born 6 April 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays for Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the German national team. ^[2] A versatile defender, she can play as a centre-back, full-back or sweeper.

Hendrich was born in Belgium to a Belgian mother and German father. She has represented the German team since 2014. ^[3]

Club career

Hendrich 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. For the 2009/10 season she left the club from Würselen and moved to division Bayer 04 Leverkusen. ^{[4] [5]}  With Leverkusen succeeded in this season promotion to the Bundesliga. There she made her debut on 15 August 2010 (1st matchday) in the 0–9 defeat in the away game against FCR 2001 Duisburg. On 25 September 2011 she scored in the game against 1. 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 to 1. 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 the UEFA Women's Champions League on 14 May 2015.

For the 2018/19 season she was signed by FC Bayern Munich ^[7] and made her debut on 23 September 2018 (2nd matchday) in a 4–0 win at home against MSV 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 at SC Freiburg with the equalizing goal in the 17th minute.

For the 2020/21 season, Hendrich was signed by league rivals and German champions VfL Wolfsburg and given a contract that runs until 30 June 2022. ^{[8] [9]}

International career

Youth

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 defeated Sweden 1–0 in Hamelin. She took part in both the 2010 U19 European Championship in Macedonia (losing against France in the semi-finals) and the following year in Italy for the 2011 Championship, where she took the team to the final against Norway, and Germany won 8–1. In October 2011, Hendrich made her debut for the U20 national team in a friendly against Belgium, with which she took part in the 2012 World Cup. The team reached the final without conceding a goal, but lost 1–0 to the USA and became runners-up. ^[10]

Senior

On 24 February 2014 Hendrich was invited to take part in the 2014 Algarve Cup and was thus called up to the squad for the senior national team for the first time. ^[11]  On 5 March 2014 she made her debut there in the 5–0 opening win against the national team of Iceland in Albufeira, when she came on for Lena Goeßling in the 62nd minute.

For the 2017 European Championships in the Netherlands, coach Steffi Jones called Hendrich to the German team, which was knocked out by Denmark in the quarter-finals; Hendrich was deployed.

At the 2019 World Cup, Hendrich was used in two games in the preliminary round. The German team reached the quarterfinals. At the 2022 European Championship, Hendrich was a regular player in all of the German team's games. ^[12] Her team was defeated by hosts England in the final in a sold-out Wembley Stadium. ^{[13] [14]}

Personal life

Hendrich is in a relationship with Sebastian Griesbeck. ^[15]

Career statistics

International

As of 9 August 2024 ^[16]

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	14	0
Total	81	5

International goals

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first: ^[16]

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

Honours

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

• Champion 2nd Bundesliga: 2010

1. FFC Frankfurt

• UEFA Women's Champions League: 2014–15 ^[17]

VfL Wolfsburg

• German Champion: 2022
• DFB Cup: 2021, 2022, 2023

Germany U19

• UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: 2011

Germany U20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup runners-up: 2012

Germany

• Summer Olympics bronze medal: 2024 ^[18]
• Summer Olympics Gold Medal: 2016
• UEFA Women's Championship runner-up: 2022 ^[19]
• UEFA Women's Nations League third place: 2023–24 ^[20]
• Algarve Cup: 2014

References

1. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
2. "1. FFC Frankfurt verpflichtet Kathrin Hendrich". womensoccer.de. 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
3. "DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. - News-Meldung". archive.ph. 4 March 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
4. Sports+, La DH/Les. "Archive - Kathrin-hendrich-une-habituee-de-la-bundesliga-51b7e126e4b0de6db9929767". DHnet (in French). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
5. "FVM:Detail". 22 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
6. "1. FFC Frankfurt verpflichtet Kathrin Hendrich". 15 September 2018. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
7. "Kathrin Hendrich is moving to Bayern Munich".
8. "Kathy Hendrich verlässt die Bayern". GrenzEcho (in French). 30 June 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
9. "Vierter Neuzugang perfekt". VfL Wolfsburg (in German). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
10. "U.S. Women Win U-20 World Cup". The New York Times. Associated Press. 8 September 2012. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 27 May 2023.
11. "DFB-Frauen fahren mit Kathrin Hendrich zum Algarve Cup - Frauenfußball in Deutschland - Framba.de". 2 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
12. "Germany squad for Women's Euro 2022: player profiles - Popp, Däbritz..." Diario AS. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
13. "England beat Germany to win first major women's trophy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
14. "England's Euros matches and Wembley final sold out". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
15. ""Wir müssen nicht genauso viel verdienen wie die Männer"". Zeit (in German). 8 July 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
16. "Kathrin Hendrich". dfb.de. 18 September 2021.
17. UEFA.com (14 May 2015). "Islacker strikes to give Frankfurt the crown | UEFA Women's Champions League 2014/15". UEFA.com. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
18. "Spain 0-1 Germany: Germany win women's football bronze at Paris 2024". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
19. Sanders, Emma (31 July 2022). "England beat Germany to win first major women's trophy". BBC. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
20. "Germany win Nations League play-off to reach Olympics". BBC Sport. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

External links

• Profile at the German Football Federation
• Kathrin Hendrich – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Kathrin Hendrich at WorldFootball.net