Kathrin Hendrich

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Kathrin Hendrich
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Hendrich with Germany in 2023
Personal information
Full name Kathrin Julia Hendrich [1]
Date of birth (1992-04-06) 6 April 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth Eupen, Belgium
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Chicago Stars
Number 6
Youth career
1999–2003 FC Eupen
2003–2009 FC Teutonia Weiden
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2014 Bayer Leverkusen 104 (4)
2014–2018 1. FFC Frankfurt 86 (4)
2018–2020 Bayern Munich 40 (3)
2020–2025 VfL Wolfsburg 92 (4)
2025– Chicago Stars 0 (0)
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 86 (5)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
UEFA Women's Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 England
UEFA Women's Nations League
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 France–Netherlands–Spain
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:50, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 08:17, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Kathrin Julia Hendrich (born 6 April 1992) is a German-Belgium professional footballer who plays for Chicago Stars FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the German national team. [2] A versatile defender, she can play as a centre-back, full-back or sweeper.

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Youth career

Hendrich was born in Belgium to a Belgian mother and German father. She 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. [3]

Club career

Bayer Leverkusen

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.

1. FFC Frankfurt

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.

Bayern Munich

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.

VfL Wolfsburg

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] She remained at the team until 2025, winning the league in 2021–22 and the DFB-Pokal four times. [10] [11] Of note was a particularly strong 2022–23 season, where Hendrich shone as one of the league's best centre backs. [12]

Chicago Stars

On 11 June 2025, NWSL club Chicago Stars FC signed Hendrich to a two-year deal with a mutual option. [13] On 1 August, Hendrich debuted with the Stars, coming in as a second-half substitute for Cari Roccaro in a 1–1 draw with Gotham FC. [14]

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. [15]

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. [16]  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.

Hendrich was called up to the Germany squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. [17] At the 2019 World Cup, she was used in two games in the preliminary round. The German team reached the quarterfinals.

On 18 June 2022, Hendrich was called up to the 23-player Germany squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022. [18] At the 2022 European Championship, Hendrich was a regular player in all of the German team's games. [19] Her team was defeated by hosts England in the final in a sold-out Wembley Stadium. [20] [21]

Hendrich was called up to the Germany squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. [22]

On 3 July 2024, Hendrich was called up to the Germany squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [23]

On 19 July 2025 in the Euros quarter-final in Basel, Switzerland, Hendrich was sent off for pulling a French player's hair. The subsequent penalty put France 1-0 up.

Personal life

Hendrich is in a relationship with Sebastian Griesbeck. [24]

Career statistics

International

As of 19 July 2025 [25]
Germany
YearAppsGoals
201460
201520
201661
201772
201850
201971
202030
202181
2022110
2023120
2024150
202540
Total865

International goals

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first: [25]

Hendrich – goals for Germany
#DateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 September 2016 Khimki, Russia Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3–04–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
2.16 September 2017 Ingolstadt, Germany Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3–06–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
3.24 October 2017 Großaspach, GermanyFlag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 5–011–0
4.6 April 2019 Stockholm, Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1–02–1 Friendly
5.10 April 2021 Wiesbaden, GermanyFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2–05–2

Honours

Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1. FFC Frankfurt
VfL Wolfsburg
Germany U19
Germany U20
Germany

Individual

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  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. ↑ NDR.de. "Nationalspielerin Hendrich wechselt vom VfL Wolfsburg nach Chicago". ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  11. ↑ ""Ich werde immer mit viel Freude zurückkommen"". VfL Wolfsburg (in German). Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  12. ↑ "Die 5 besten Innenverteidigerinnen der Frauen-Bundesliga-Saison 2022/23". 90min.de (in German). 6 June 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "Chicago Stars FC Signs German International, Kathrin Hendrich". Chicago Stars FC. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  14. ↑ Chatz, Joe (2 August 2025). "Chicago Stars FC Show Signs of Life After Halftime, Share Points With Gotham FC After 1-1 Draw". On Tap Sports Net. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  15. ↑ "U.S. Women Win U-20 World Cup". The New York Times. Associated Press. 8 September 2012. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. ↑ "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft WM-Kader" [Voss-Tecklenburg appoints World Cup squad] (in German). German Football Association. 14 May 2019.
  18. ↑ "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft endgültigen Kader für die EM in England". DFB. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  19. ↑ "Germany squad for Women's Euro 2022: player profiles - Popp, Däbritz..." Diario AS. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  20. ↑ "England beat Germany to win first major women's trophy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  21. ↑ "England's Euros matches and Wembley final sold out". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  22. ↑ "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft finalen Kader für die Weltmeisterschaft" [Voss-Tecklenburg calls final squad for the World Cup] (in German). German Football Association. 8 July 2023. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  23. ↑ "Das ist Hrubeschs Olympia-Kader für Frankreich". dfb.de. 3 July 2024.
  24. ↑ Spiller, Christian (8 July 2022). ""Wir müssen nicht genauso viel verdienen wie die Männer"". Zeit (in German). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  25. 1 2 "Kathrin Hendrich". dfb.de. 18 September 2021.
  26. ↑ UEFA.com (14 May 2015). "Islacker strikes to give Frankfurt the crown". UEFA . Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  27. ↑ "Spain 0-1 Germany: Germany win women's football bronze at Paris 2024". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  28. ↑ Sanders, Emma (31 July 2022). "England beat Germany to win first major women's trophy". BBC. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  29. ↑ "Germany win Nations League play-off to reach Olympics". BBC Sport. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  30. ↑ "Silbernes Lorbeerblatt für Bronze-Gewinnerinnen". dfb.de (in German). DFB. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  31. ↑ "Verleihung des Silbernen Lorbeerblattes". bundespraesident.de (in German). Bundespräsidialamt. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
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