Lena Oberdorf

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Lena Oberdorf
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Oberdorf with Germany in 2023
Personal information
Full name Lena Sophie Oberdorf [1]
Date of birth (2001-12-19) 19 December 2001 (age 22) [1]
Place of birth Gevelsberg, Germany
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder, centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Bayern Munich
Number 8
Youth career
TuS Ennepetal
TSG Sprockhövel
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 SGS Essen 36 (12)
2020–2024 VfL Wolfsburg 71 (17)
2024– Bayern Munich 0 (0)
International career‡
2014–2016 Germany U15 12 (6)
2016 Germany U16 4 (3)
2016–2017 Germany U17 13 (2)
2017–2018 Germany U19 6 (3)
2018 Germany U20 4 (1)
2019– Germany 51 (4)
Medal record
UEFA Women's Championship
Runner-up 2022 England
UEFA Women's Nations League
Bronze medal icon.svg 2024
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:29, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Lena Sophie Oberdorf (born 19 December 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team. [2] A versatile player who can play in various positions ranging from centre-back, left-back, defensive midfielder, and central midfielder, Oberdorf is considered one of the most promising young talents in women's football. [3] [4]

Contents

Early life

Oberdorf played on, and captained, boys' football teams in her youth. Oberdorf started football at TuS Ennepetal. As a D youth, she switched to TSG Sprockhövel, where she was on boys' teams until 2018. [5] She was the only girl in the German youth league she played in, as the captain of TSG Sprockhövel. [6]

Club career

SGS Essen

In November 2017, she signed a three-year contract with Bundesliga club SGS Essen, which is valid from the summer of 2018. [7] She made her SGS debut on 9 September 2018 in the second round of the DFB Cup against SV Henstedt-Ulzburg, where she immediately scored two goals in a 14–0 win. Almost a week later, on 15 September 2018 (matchday 1), followed in the away game against MSV Duisburg in the Bundesliga. In this game, too, she contributed two goals to the 4–0 victory.

VfL Wolfsburg

For the 2020–21 season she moved to VfL Wolfsburg. She signed a three-year contract, the term which was extended in the summer of 2022 to 2025. [8] [9]

Bayern Munich

On 15 February 2024, Bayern Munich announced the signing of Oberdorf, starting from summer that year until 2028. [10]

International career

Youth

Oberdorf made her national team debut on 28 October 2014 at the age of twelve. She came on for Verena Wieder in the 41st minute of the U-15 national team's 13–0 win against Scotland. Two days later, she scored her first goal in an 8–0 win over Scotland in another friendly.

In July 2016, she took part in the Nordic Cup with the U-16 national team and finished second behind Norway with the team.

Also in 2016, Oberdorf was the youngest player in the 21-player squad of the U17 national team for the World Cup in Jordan. She featured in two group games against Venezuela and Cameroon and against Spain in the quarter-finals, scoring against Cameroon to make it 2–0 and against Spain to make it 2–1. In 2017 she qualified with the team for the European Championship in the Czech Republic and won it after beating Spain 3–1 in the final on penalties. After the tournament, she was voted "Golden Player" by UEFA.

For the U19 national team, she played six games from September 2017 to April 2018 as part of qualifying for the 2018 European Championship, but was already part of the squad in the summer of 2018 for the U20 national team and took part with this – again as the youngest German player – at the World Cup in France.

Senior

In December 2018, national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg called her up to the squad for the senior national team for the winter training camp from 14 to 21 January 2019 in Marbella. [11] She made her debut on 6 April 2019 in Solna in a 2–1 win in a friendly against Sweden, replacing Turid Knaak in the 61st minute. At 17 years and 109 days she is the eighth youngest player to make her debut for the national team. She established herself as a starter for the national team. [12]

Voss-Tecklenburg called her back to the German team for the 2019 World Cup. When she came on as a substitute in the first round match against China, she became the youngest German World Cup player at age 17 years, five months, and 20 days – a record that Birgit Prinz had previously held.

She scored her first international goal on 3 September 2019 in Lviv in the 8–0 victory in the second European Championship qualifier in group I over Ukraine with the goal to make it 4–0 in the 54th minute. [13]

She played for Germany in the Euro 2022, including the final on 31 July. Oberdorf played in five of six games – she could not play in the other game because of the second yellow card. After the tournament, Oberdorf was recognised as the best young player and voted into the "Eleven of the Tournament" by the UEFA coaching staff.

On 16 July 2024, she sustained a knee injury during a 4–0 victory over Austria in the last match of the UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying, which forced her to miss the 2024 Summer Olympics. [14]

Personal life

Oberdorf's brother Tim Oberdorf, who is five years older, is also a footballer. [15] Her sister Julia Oberdorf, three years older, plays American football.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 May 2024 [16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueDFB pokalContinental [a] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SGS Essen 2018–19 Frauen-Bundesliga 16922–1811
2019–20Frauen-Bundesliga20340–243
Total361262–4214
VfL Wolfsburg 2019–20Frauen-Bundesliga––3 [b] 030
2020–21Frauen-Bundesliga20754312812
2021–22Frauen-Bundesliga1724190303
2022–23Frauen-Bundesliga1734080293
2023–24Frauen-Bundesliga1753120226
Total711716625111224
Bayern Munich 2024–25 Frauen-Bundesliga00000000
Career total1072922825115438
  1. ↑ includes UEFA Women's Champions League
  2. ↑ Joined during 2020–21 season but competed in the postponed 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League

International

As of 16 July 2024 [17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany 2019122
202040
202170
2022121
202390
202461
Total514
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Oberdorf goal.
List of international goals scored by Lena Oberdorf
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
13 September 2019 Arena Lviv, Lviv, UkraineFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4–08–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
28 October 2019 Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki, GreeceFlag of Greece.svg  Greece 5–02–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
39 April 2022 Bielefelder Alm, Bielefeld, GermanyFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1–03–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
49 April 2024 Tivoli, Aachen, GermanyFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 3–13–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying

Honours

VfL Wolfsburg

Germany U17

Germany

Individual

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