Kathrin Hendrich
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Kathrin Julia Hendrich (born 6 April 1992) is a German-Belgium professional footballer who plays for Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the German national team.[2] A versatile defender, she can play as a centre-back, full-back or sweeper.
 Hendrich with Germany in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kathrin Julia Hendrich[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 April 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Eupen, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2003 | FC Eupen | ||
| 2003–2009 | FC Teutonia Weiden | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2014 | Bayer Leverkusen | 104 | (4) |
| 2014–2018 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 86 | (4) |
| 2018–2020 | Bayern Munich | 40 | (3) |
| 2020– | VfL Wolfsburg | 77 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | Germany U15 | 5 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Germany U16 | 8 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Germany U19 | 16 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Germany U20 | 11 | (0) |
| 2014– | Germany | 82 | (5) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:15, 3 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:28, 30 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Early life
Hendrich was born in Belgium to a Belgian mother and German father. She has represented the German team since 2014.[3]
Club career
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Hendrich began her career at the age of seven in her hometown with FC Eupen 1963 before joining FC Teutonia Weiden after four years in the summer of 2003. For the 2009/10 season she left the club from Würselen and moved to division Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[4][5] With Leverkusen succeeded in this season promotion to the Bundesliga. There she made her debut on 15 August 2010 (1st matchday) in the 0–9 defeat in the away game against FCR 2001 Duisburg. On 25 September 2011 she scored in the game against 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig her first Bundesliga goal when she scored to make it 1–0. Hendrich can be used as a central defender or defensive midfielder.
On 13 February 2014 Hendrich announced her move to 1. FFC Frankfurt for the 2014/15 season, where she received a contract that ran until 30 June 2016.[6] With Frankfurt, she won the final of the UEFA Women's Champions League on 14 May 2015.
For the 2018/19 season she was signed by FC Bayern Munich[7] and made her debut on 23 September 2018 (2nd matchday) in a 4–0 win at home against MSV Duisburg after being substituted on in the 76th minute. She scored her first Bundesliga goal for FC Bayern Munich on 2 December 2018 (matchday 10) in an away game at SC Freiburg with the equalizing goal in the 17th minute.
For the 2020/21 season, Hendrich was signed by league rivals and German champions VfL Wolfsburg and given a contract that runs until 30 June 2022.[8][9]
International career
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Youth
Hendrich made her national team debut on 11 April 2007 in Buckinghamshire for the U-15 national team in a 2–0 win over England. In the following four games in 2007, she was also used. For the U-16 national team, she played eight international matches, for the first time on 30 October 2007 in Wiesloch in a 7–0 victory over France, last time on 5 July 2008 in Reykjavík in a 5–0 victory over France in the Competition for the Nordic Cup. In this tournament she also scored her only international goal at the juniors with the interim 6–0 in a 7–0 win over Norway on 30 June 2008.
She played for the U-19 national team for the first time on 27 October 2009, when they defeated Sweden 1–0 in Hamelin. She took part in both the 2010 U19 European Championship in Macedonia (losing against France in the semi-finals) and the following year in Italy for the 2011 Championship, where she took the team to the final against Norway, and Germany won 8–1. In October 2011, Hendrich made her debut for the U20 national team in a friendly against Belgium, with which she took part in the 2012 World Cup. The team reached the final without conceding a goal, but lost 1–0 to the USA and became runners-up.[10]
Senior
On 24 February 2014 Hendrich was invited to take part in the 2014 Algarve Cup and was thus called up to the squad for the senior national team for the first time.[11] On 5 March 2014 she made her debut there in the 5–0 opening win against the national team of Iceland in Albufeira, when she came on for Lena Goeßling in the 62nd minute.
For the 2017 European Championships in the Netherlands, coach Steffi Jones called Hendrich to the German team, which was knocked out by Denmark in the quarter-finals; Hendrich was deployed.
Hendrich was called up to the Germany squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[12] At the 2019 World Cup, she was used in two games in the preliminary round. The German team reached the quarterfinals.
On 18 June 2022, Hendrich was called up to the 23-player Germany squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[13] At the 2022 European Championship, Hendrich was a regular player in all of the German team's games.[14] Her team was defeated by hosts England in the final in a sold-out Wembley Stadium.[15][16]
Hendrich was called up to the Germany squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[17]
On 3 July 2024, Hendrich was called up to the Germany squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[18]
Personal life
Hendrich is in a relationship with Sebastian Griesbeck.[19]
Career statistics
International
- As of 29 November 2024[20]
| Germany | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6 | 1 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 | 1 |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12 | 0 |
| 2024 | 15 | 0 |
| Total | 82 | 5 |
International goals
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:[20]
| Hendrich – goals for Germany | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 16 September 2016 | Khimki, Russia |  Russia | 3–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 2. | 16 September 2017 | Ingolstadt, Germany |  Slovenia | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying |
| 3. | 24 October 2017 | Großaspach, Germany |  Faroe Islands | 5–0 | 11–0 | |
| 4. | 6 April 2019 | Stockholm, Sweden |  Sweden | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 5. | 10 April 2021 | Wiesbaden, Germany |  Australia | 2–0 | 5–2 | |
Honours
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- 1. FFC Frankfurt
- VfL Wolfsburg
- Germany U19
- Germany U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup runners-up: 2012
- Germany
- Summer Olympics bronze medal: 2024[22]
- Summer Olympics Gold Medal: 2016
- UEFA Women's Championship runner-up: 2022[23]
- UEFA Women's Nations League third place: 2023–24[24]
- Algarve Cup: 2014
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