Maren Meinert

Meinert in 2012

Maren Meinert (born 5 August 1973 in Rheinhausen) is a retired German football midfielder/striker and currently the coach for the German U-20 Women's squad. She played for FCR Duisburg, FFC Brauweiler Pulheim, and the Boston Breakers. Meinert also played for the German national team between 1991 and 2003, making appearances at three FIFA Women's World Cup finals^[1] and the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[2]

She was the first player inducted in the Breaker's Pillars of Excellence, during a ceremony held at half-time of the 17 May 2009 game between the Breakers and Washington Freedom.

References

Germany squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Goller 2 Bernhard 3 Austermühl 4 Pohlmann 5 Lohn 6 Meinert 7 Voss 8 Wiegmann 9 Mohr 10 Neid 11 Brocker 12 Kraus 13 Hoffmann 14 Minnert 15 Klein 16 Prinz 17 T. Wunderlich 18 P. Wunderlich 19 Smisek 20 Francke Coach: Bisanz

Germany squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Rottenberg 2 Stegemann 3 Hingst 4 Jones 5 Fitschen 6 Hoffmann 7 Voss 8 Smisek 9 Prinz 10 Wiegmann 11 Meinert 12 Müller 13 Minnert 14 T. Wunderlich 15 Angerer 16 Lingor 17 P. Wunderlich 18 Grings 19 Brandebusemeyer 20 Meyer Coach: Theune-Meyer

Germany squad – 2001 UEFA Women's European Championship winners (5th title) 1 Rottenberg 2 Stegemann 3 Bresonik 4 Jones 5 Fitschen 6 Meinert 7 P. Wunderlich 8 Smisek 9 Prinz 10 Wiegmann 11 M. Müller 12 C. Müller 13 Minnert 14 Wilder 15 Omilade 16 Lingor 17 Hingst 18 Wimbersky 19 T. Wunderlich 20 Angerer Coach: Theune-Meyer

Germany squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup winners (1st title) 1 Rottenberg 2 Stegemann 3 Bresonik 4 Künzer 5 Jones 6 Lingor 7 Wunderlich 8 Smisek 9 Prinz 10 Wiegmann 11 Müller 12 Fuss 13 Minnert 14 Meinert 15 Angerer 16 Odebrecht 17 Hingst 18 Garefrekes 19 Gottschlich 20 Pohlers Coach: Theune-Meyer