Lara Schenk

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Lara Schenk
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-20) 20 January 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Seelze, Germany
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Montreal Roses
Youth career
2014–2016 Wolfsburg
2016–2017 JFV Calenberger Land
2017–2018 TSV Pattensen
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 Harvard Crimson 55 (1)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020 VfL Wolfsburg II 2 (0)
2022 Manhattan SC 2 (0)
2023 Club YLA 14 (0)
2023–2024 Anderlecht 16 (0)
2024–2025 Sporting de Huelva 17 (0)
2025– Montreal Roses FC 18 (0)
International career‡
2015 Germany U15 3 (0)
2015–2016 Germany U16 9 (1)
2016–2017 Germany U17 13 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 20, 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of May 8, 2017

Lara Schenk (born 20 January 2000) is a German footballer who plays for Montreal Roses FC in the Northern Super League.

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Early life

Schenk began playing soccer at age five, joining a boys team. [1] rom 2014 to 2016, she played youth football with VfL Wolfsburg, before joining the JFV Calenberger Land U17 boys team in 2016-17 and the TSV Pattensen U17 boys team in 2017-18. [2]

College career

In 2018, Schenk began attending Harvard University, where she played for the women's soccer team on a scholarship. [3] [4] Schenk made her collegiate debut on 19 September 2018, picking up an assist, in a 1-0 victory over the Yale Bulldogs. [2] On September 18, 2019, she scored her first collegiate goal in a 4-1 victory over the UMass Lowell River Hawks. [5] In 2021, she was named to the All-Ivy League Second Team and an Academic All-District selection. [6] [7] In 2022, she was again named an Academic All-District selection. [8]

Club career

In 2020, with due to the cancellation of the women's college season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Schenk began training with Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg to prepare for the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, which was ultimately cancelled. [9] She could only train with the first team, due to NCAA rules preventing student-athletes from playing professionally, [9] but was able to play with the second team in the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, as it was not considered professional. [10]

In 2022, she played with Manhattan SC in the USL W League. [11]

In January 2023, Schenk signed with Belgian Women's Super League side Club YLA (the women's team of Club Brugge. [12]

In June 2023, she signed with Belgian Women's Super League club Anderlecht on a two-year contract. [13] [14]

In July 2024, she signed with Spanish club Sporting de Huelva in the first tier Liga F. [15]

In April 2025, she joined Canadian club Montreal Roses FC in the Northern Super League. [16]

International career

Schenk played with the German youth teams from U14 to U19 level. [2] In 2018, she was named to the Germany U19 for the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. [17] In 2019 and 2020, she was called to various camps with the Germany U20. [18] [19] [20]

References

  1. ↑ Gupta, Ragi. "Lara Schenk: Parents felt I was stealing a spot as a girl on the boys team". Ragi Writes.
  2. 1 2 3 "Lara Schenk Harvard profile". Harvard Crimson .
  3. ↑ "Lara Schenk - College Fußball an der Harvard University" [Lara Schenk - College soccer at Harvard University]. Uni Experts (in German).
  4. ↑ "Der Weg zu einem Fußballstipendium" [The path to a football scholarship]. Keystone Sports (in German). 6 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Women's Soccer Rolls Past UMass Lowell, 4-1". Harvard Crimson . 18 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Bebar Earns Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Women's Soccer Tallies Six All-Ivy Honorees". Harvard Crimson . 10 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Women's Soccer Totals Five CoSIDA Academic All-District Selections". Harvard Crimson . 11 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Women's Soccer Collects Six Academic All-District Selections". Harvard Crimson . 28 November 2022.
  9. 1 2 Gee, Zing (13 March 2021). "Midfielder Lara Schenk Finds Ways to Train Among the Best Despite Pandemic". The Harvard Crimson .
  10. ↑ Hotop, Daniel. "VfL-II-Frauen: Zwei Rückkehrerinnen für Beck" [VfL II Women: Two returnees for Beck]. Braunschweiger Zeitung (in German).
  11. ↑ "Lara Schenk 2022 USL W League stats". USL W League .
  12. ↑ "Lara Schenk '22 Inks Pro Soccer Deal in Belgium". Harvard Crimson . 7 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "Lara Schenk joins RSCA Women". RSC Anderlecht. 15 June 2023.
  14. ↑ "Where are they now? - Lara Schenk". International School Hannover Region .
  15. ↑ "Lara Schenk es nueva jugadora del Sporting de Huelva" [Lara Schenk is a new player for Sporting de Huelva]. Sporting de Huelva (in Spanish). 29 July 2024.
  16. ↑ "Lara Schenk wechselt nach Kanada" [Lara Schenk moves to Canada]. Soccerdonna (in German). 16 April 2025.
  17. ↑ "Schenk Named to Germany U-19 National Team for European Championships". Harvard Crimson . 6 July 2018.
  18. ↑ "Schenk Selected to Participate in Germany U20 National Camp Pool". Harvard Crimson . 18 November 2019.
  19. ↑ "Schenk Invited to Partake in March Germany U20 Camp in Japan". Harvard Crimson . 26 February 2020.
  20. ↑ "Schenk Receives Invitation to Germany U20 National Team Camp". Harvard Crimson . 14 October 2020.
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