Janina Madeleine Minge (born 11 June 1999) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and the Germany U20 national team.
![]() Minge during the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Janina Madeleine Minge[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1999-06-11) 11 June 1999 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Lindau, Germany | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | SC Freiburg | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
TSG Lindau Zech | |||
VfB Friedrichshafen | |||
2013–2015 | FC Wangen 05 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 | SC Freiburg II | 11 | (8) |
2015– | SC Freiburg | 98 | (8) |
National team‡ | |||
2013–2014 | Germany U15 | 6 | (6) |
2014 | Germany U16 | 3 | (3) |
2015–2016 | Germany U17 | 26 | (10) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:27, 17 October 2016 (UTC) |
In 2015, Minge joined Bundesliga team SC Freiburg for the 2015–16 season at the age of 16 years.[2]
Minge made her debut for the U-15 national team in April 2013,[3] in an 8–0 win over the Netherlands. She made three appearances for the under-16 national team in 2014.[4] In 2015, she was the second youngest player in the U-17 national team squad for the European Championship in Iceland where the team reached the semi-finals but were defeated 1–0 by the Swiss selection.[5] In May 2016, the team won the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship after a penalty shootout against Spain in Belarus.[6] The four Freiburg players in the squad contributed seven of Germany's ten goals at the tournament and two of them, including Minge, successfully converted their kicks in the shootout.[7]
Germany
SC Freiburg (women) – current squad | |
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Fritz Walter Medal: Women | |
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Gold | |
Silver | |
Bronze |
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