Melanie Behringer (born 18 November 1985) is a German professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. She was a Best FIFA Women's Player finalist. She is currently in charge of the Germany women's national under-19 team.

Club career Behringer started her career at SpVgg Utzenfeld and FC Hausen. In 2003, she joined SC Freiburg. She made her Bundesliga debut for Freiburg and played at the club for five seasons. For the 2008–09 season, Behringer transferred to FC Bayern Munich and finished second in the Bundesliga table in her first year in Munich. After two seasons, Behringer joined league rivals 1. FFC Frankfurt in 2010. She won the 2011 German Cup with Frankfurt, defeating 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam in the final. On 31 March 2016, Behringer extended her contract until 2019.

International career In 2004, Behringer was runner-up with Germany at the 2004 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship and later that year won the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship. She scored in all three knockout round games of that tournament, including the final. She made her debut for the German senior national team in January 2005 against China.

She was part of Germany's World Cup winning squad at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, starting in all six games. One year later, she won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and claimed the title at the 2009 European Championship. She scored a long-range goal in the final, for which she won Germany's Goal of the Month award. Behringer has been called up for Germany's 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.

She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.

She retired from international football on 23 August 2016.

Career statistics Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Behringer goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Melanie BehringerNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 9 March 2006 Loulé, Portugal 4–0 5–0 2006 Algarve Cup2 11 March 2006 Loulé, Portugal 1–0 3–0 2006 Algarve Cup3 12 March 2007 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal 3–0 3–0 2007 Algarve Cup4 29 July 2007 Magdeburg, Germany 1–0 4–0 Friendly5 22 August 2007 Koblenz, Germany 2–0 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying6 5–07 30 August 2007 Mainz, Germany 1–1 2–2 Friendly8 10 September 2007 Shanghai, China 1–0 11–0 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup9 3–010 29 May 2008 Kassel, Germany 4–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying11 17 July 2008 Unterhaching, Germany 3–0 3–0 Friendly12 1 October 2008 Basel, Switzerland 2–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying13 4 March 2009 Albufeira, Portugal 1–0 2–0 2009 Algarve Cup14 25 July 2009 Sinsheim, Germany 3–0 6–0 Friendly15 27 August 2009 Tampere, Finland 3–0 5–1 UEFA Women's Euro 200916 10 September 2009 Helsinki, Finland 2–0 6–2 UEFA Women's Euro 200917 24 February 2010 Parchal, Portugal 1–0 4–0 2010 Algarve Cup18 15 September 2010 Dresden, Germany 4–0 5–0 Friendly19 22 October 2011 Bucharest, Romania 3–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying20 19 November 2011 Wiesbaden, Germany 9–0 17–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying21 15 February 2012 İzmir, Turkey 4–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying22 5–023 2 March 2012 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal 1–0 1–0 2012 Algarve Cup24 19 September 2012 Duisburg, Germany 4–0 10–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying25 5–026 17 September 2014 Heidenheim, Germany 1–0 2–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification27 7 June 2015 Ottawa, Canada 9–0 10–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup28 18 September 2015 Halle, Germany 4–0 12–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying29 25 October 2015 Sandhausen, Germany 3–0 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying30 3 August 2016 São Paulo, Brazil 3–1 6–1 2016 Summer Olympics31 4–132 9 August 2016 Brasília, Brazil 1–0 1–2 2016 Summer Olympics33 12 August 2016 Salvador, Brazil 1–0 1–0 2016 Summer Olympics34 16 August 2016 Belo Horizonte, Brazil 1–0 2–0 2016 Summer Olympics

Honours As a player 1. FFC Frankfurt German Cup: 2010–11, 2013–14

Bayern München Bundesliga: 2014–15, 2015–16

Germany FIFA World Cup: 2007 UEFA European Championship: 2009, 2013 Summer Olympic Games: Bronze medal 2008, Gold medal 2016

Germany U20 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship: 2004

Germany U19 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship: runner-up 2004 Algarve Cup: 2006, 2012, 2014

Individual Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics: top scorer with five goals Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2007, 2016

As a manager Germany U19 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship runner-up: 2026

References

External links

Profile at DFB Player German domestic football stats at DFB