Simone Laudehr
Laudehr in 2011
Personal information
Full name Simone Melanie Laudehr[1]
Date of birth (1986-07-12) 12 July 1986
Place of birth Regensburg, West Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder, Winger
Youth career
1989–1996 FC Tegernheim
1996–2003 SC Regensburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Bayern Munich 18 (4)
2004–2012 FCR 2001 Duisburg 155 (69)
2012–2016 1. FFC Frankfurt 67 (9)
2016–2021 Bayern Munich 62 (10)
International career‡
2001–2003 Germany U-17 21 (3)
2003–2005 Germany U-19 35 (16)
2006 Germany U-20 4 (2)
2006 Germany U-21 5 (2)
2007–2017 Germany[2] 103 (26)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Germany
FIFA Women's World Cup
Gold medal – first place2007 ChinaTeam
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2008 BeijingTeam
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place2009 FinlandTeam
Gold medal – first place2013 SwedenTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 December 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 October 2017

Simone Melanie Laudehr (born 12 July 1986) is a German former footballer who played as a central midfielder or winger.

Career

Club

Laudehr began her career at the age of three at FC Tegernheim. In 1996, she joined SC Regensburg, before playing for FC Bayern Munich for one season. At Bayern she made her Bundesliga debut. Laudehr transferred to FCR 2001 Duisburg in 2004, where she was runner-up in the Bundesliga five times, including four seasons in a row from 2005 to 2008. She won the German Cup twice with Duisburg and claimed the UEFA Women's Cup with the club in the 2008–09 season.[2] For the 2012–2013 season she moved to 1. FFC Frankfurt. She extended her contract until the 2016–17 season on 21 April 2015.[3]

In 2016, Laudehr joined Bayern Munich. Prior to the end of the 2020–21 season, Laudehr announced her retirement from football.[4] She won the first and only league title of her career on the final matchday of the 2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga, making her 210th Bundesliga appearance by substituting into the match with 10 minutes to spare.[5]

International

Laudehr with Germany in 2017.
Laudehr playing for Germany in 2011.

In 2004, Laudehr 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 made her debut for the German senior national team in July 2007 against Denmark. Only two months later she was part of Germany's 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup squad. Laudehr was a starter for Germany in five matches, including in the World Cup final, in which she scored after 86 minutes to seal the German 2–0 victory. Her World Cup winning header was later voted Germany's Goal of the Month.

One year later, she won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and was part of Germany's team which won the country's seventh title at the 2009 European Championship. Laudehr has been called up for Germany's 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.[2]

She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.[6]

In 2019, she retired from the Germany national team after being left out of their squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7]

International goals

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

Source:[2]

Personal life

Laudehr was born in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. She is the daughter of a Romanian mother, Doina, and a German father, Hubert.[8]

Honours

Club

FCR 2001 Duisburg
1. FFC Frankfurt
FC Bayern Munchen

International

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 6 July 2015. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Nationalspielerin Simone Laudehr" (in German). DFB.de. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Laudehr verlängert in Frankfurt". dfb.de. 21 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Dreher, Anna (6 November 2021). "Simone Laudehr beim FC Bayern: Zum Abschied noch die Meisterschaft?". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Schweimler, Jasmina; Ford, Matt (7 June 2021). "Bayern Munich dethrone Wolfsburg to become champions for first time since 2016 | DW | 07.06.2021". DW.COM. DW. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Anonym. "Football World Cup 2019: Simone Laudehr resigns from national team | tellerreport.com". www.tellerreport.com. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "Laudehr zeigt ihr WM-Tattoo" (in German). bild.de. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
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