Josephine Henning

Josephine Henning
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-09-08) 8 September 1989
Place of birth Trier, West Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
MSG/FSG Zewen-Igel
0000–2005 MSG/FSG Schweich-Issel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 1. FC Saarbrücken 50 (0)
2009–2011 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 39 (0)
2011–2014 VfL Wolfsburg 49 (0)
2014–2016 Paris Saint-Germain 15 (0)
2016 Arsenal 10 (0)
2017– Olympique Lyonnais 3 (0)
National team
2007–2008 Germany U19 11 (0)
2008–2011 Germany U20 8 (0)
2010– Germany 42 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:11, 9 July 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 06:43, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Josephine Henning (born 8 September 1989) is a German footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Germany national team and Olympique Lyon. Since making her debut for the national team in September 2010, she has won over 25 caps and represented her country at UEFA Women's Euro 2013 and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Club career

Henning won the Frauen-Bundesliga four times and the UEFA Women's Champions League three times while playing with Turbine Potsdam and VfL Wolfsburg in her home country. She then signed for French club Paris Saint-Germain in June 2014.[1]

She helped Paris Saint-Germain reach the 2015 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, where they lost 2–1 to Frankfurt. Henning missed the first half of the 2015–16 season through injury then negotiated a termination of her contract in January 2016.[2]

In February 2016, Henning attended a pre-season training camp with Arsenal in Seville, Spain. She was named as a substitute in Arsenal's 3–1 friendly win over Bayern Munich.[3] Her transfer to Arsenal was confirmed by the club on 18 February 2016.[4]

International career

She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.[5]

International goal

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

Henning – goals for Germany
# Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 November 2016 Chemnitz, Germany  Norway 1–1 1–1 Friendly
2. 21 July 2017 Breda, Netherlands  Italy 1–0 2–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2017

Source:[6]

Honours

1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
VfL Wolfsburg
Arsenal
Olympique Lyon
Germany

References

  1. "PSG sign Henning" (in French). 12 June 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  2. "Josephine Henning leaves Paris". Paris Saint-Germain. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. "Hier die kompletten Aufstellungen #ALFCFCB". Twitter (in German). Seville: FC Bayern Munich (women). 6 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  4. "Josephine Henning: Arsenal sign Germany defender from PSG". BBC Sport. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  5. "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016.
  6. "Players Info Henning Goals". DFB. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
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