Bettina Wiegmann

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Bettina Wiegmann
Personnel
birthday 7th October 1971
place of birth Euskirchen ,  Germany
position Midfielder
Juniors
Years station
1978-1982 TSV Feytal
1982-1984 TuS Mechernich
1984-1988 SpVgg Bleibuir-Voissel
Women
Years station Games (goals) 1
1988-2001 FFC Brauweiler Pulheim 2000
2001-2002 Boston Breakers
2003 FFC Brauweiler Pulheim 2000
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1989-2003 Germany 154 (51)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2007– Germany U-15
1 Only league games are given.

Bettina Wiegmann (born October 7, 1971 in Euskirchen ) is a former German soccer player .

Player career

In the Bundesliga, the midfielder was active for the FFC Brauweiler Pulheim 2000 before moving to the WUSA in 2001 for the Boston Breakers . In the 1996/97 season she won the German championship and the DFB-Pokal with Brauweiler after winning the DFB-Pokal in 1991 and 1994.

National team

In the national team, her greatest international successes were winning the European Championships in 1991 , 1995 , 1997 and 2001 with the German national team and winning the 2003 World Cup in the USA. Bettina Wiegmann wore the national team jersey 154 times between October 1, 1989 and October 12, 2003, scoring 51 goals. In February 1999 she also played on the occasion of the group draw for the 1999 World Cup with a FIFA World Cup against the United States women's national soccer team . The game is not counted as an official international match. On September 27, 2003, with her 151st game, she became the first woman to surpass the record male national player Lothar Matthäus . She was the record player for the national team until November 2006 (replaced by Birgit Prinz ) and on October 22, 2004 became the first honorary captain of the DFB. She scored eleven goals for Germany at world championships, five goals at European championship finals (including the 1994/95 semi-finals) and three goals at the Olympic Games. Her last game for the national team was the victorious World Cup final in 2003.

Time as a trainer

After the World Cup, Wiegmann ended her career as a player and now works as an association trainer in the Mittelrhein Football Association. She is also the assistant coach of Maren Meinert from the U-20 and U-19 national team. From September 1, 2007, she took over the U-15 national team.

successes

Awards

Own foundation

Bettina Wiegmann is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Youth Football Foundation. The Youth Football Foundation was founded in 2000 by Wiegmann, Jürgen Klinsmann , other successful national players and the lecturers of the football teacher special course.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ussoccer.com: "FIFA World Stars Defeat US Women's National Team, 2-1, at 1999 Women's World Cup Final Draw"
  2. ↑ Prime Minister Hannelore Kraft awards the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia to 22 citizens. In: nrw.de. November 7, 2011, accessed June 14, 2014 .
predecessor Office Successor
Doris Fitschen Record national player of the DFB
April 17, 2003 - November 23, 2006 		Birgit Prinz
personal data
SURNAME Wiegmann, Bettina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 7th October 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Euskirchen , Germany