Lena Petermann (born 5 February 1994) is a German football striker, currently playing for Montpellier in the Division 1 Feminine.
![]() Petermann with Germany in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lena Petermann[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1994-02-05) 5 February 1994 (age 28) | ||
Place of birth | Cuxhaven, Germany | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Montpellier | ||
Number | 22 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013 | UCF Knights | 21 | (8) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2012 | Hamburger SV | 31 | (5) |
2010 | Hamburger SV II | 1 | (0) |
2014–2018 | SC Freiburg | 74 | (22) |
2018–2019 | Turbine Potsdam | 10 | (7) |
2019– | Montpellier | 48 | (25) |
International career‡ | |||
2008–2009 | Germany U-15 | 8 | (8) |
2010–2011 | Germany U-17 | 8 | (7) |
2014 | Germany U-20 | 10 | (5) |
2015– | Germany | 21 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 April 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 March 2020 |
Petermann started her club career at Hamburger SV. In 2013, she moved to the United States to play college football (soccer) for the UCF Knights in Florida, where in her first year she was named the Conference rookie of the year.[2]
After a successful campaign with Germany women's national under-20 football team at the 2014 U-20 Women's World Cup she had an opportunity and decided to move back to Germany to pursue a professional career, by joining SC Freiburg.[3][4]
As an under-17 international she played the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in 2010 and 2011.[5] As well as the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where she scored five goals.[6]
She also played for Germany women's national under-20 football team and was part of the winning team of the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup where she scored three goals. The first was in a 2–0 victory against the United States at the group stage, she scored the first goal of that match.[7][8] Her second goal came during the semifinal against France, with the scores at 1–1 and France dominating the match, she scored the winning goal (2–1) at the 81st minute.[9] Her third goal was the title winning goal during the 1–0 triumph over Nigeria, scored at the 98th minute during the match extra-time.[10][11]
Petermann made her debut for the senior German team on 6 March 2015 at the Algarve Cup against China.[12] She was part of the German squad of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada,[13] where she scored her first two goals for Germany, both came at the group stage 4–0 win match against Thailand.[12]
Germany | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2015 | 5 | 2 |
2016 | 4 | 2 |
2017 | 5 | 0 |
2018 | 5 | 1 |
2020 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 21 | 5 |
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:[14]
Petermann – goals for Germany | ||||||
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# | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
1. | 15 June 2015 | Winnipeg, Canada | ![]() | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |
2. | 3–0 | |||||
3. | 16 September 2016 | Khimki, Russia | ![]() | 4–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
4. | 22 October 2016 | Regensburg, Germany | ![]() | 4–2 | 4–2 | Friendly |
5. | 10 November 2018 | Osnabrück, Germany | ![]() | 4–2 | 5–2 |
Montpellier HSC (women) – current squad | |
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Germany squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup fourth place | ||
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Germany squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2017 | ||
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