Josephine Henning (born 8 September 1989) is a German former footballer who last played as a centre-back. After making her debut for the Germany national team in September 2010, she won over 25 caps and represented her country at UEFA Women's Euro 2013 and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
 Josephine Henning during the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 match against Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Josephine Henning[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 September 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Trier, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| MSG/FSG Zewen-Igel | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| –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) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Arsenal | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 169 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Germany U19 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Germany U20 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2017 | Germany | 42 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club career
editHenning won the Frauen-Bundesliga four times and the UEFA Women's Champions League four 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.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4] Her transfer to Arsenal was confirmed by the club on 18 February 2016.[5]
She returned to Arsenal for the 2017–18 season.[6]
On 2 July 2018, Henning announced her retirement.[7]
International career
editHenning was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany went on to win the gold medal.[8]
Podcast
editTogether with her former teammate Anja Mittag she runs the podcast Mittag’s bei Henning.
Career statistics
editScores and results list Germany's goal tally first:
| Henning – goals for Germany | ||||||
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| # | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 29 November 2016 | Stadion an der Gellertstraße, Chemnitz, Germany |  Norway | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 21 July 2017 | Koning Willem II Stadion, Breda, Netherlands |  Italy | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 |
Source:[9]
Honours
edit1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
- Bundesliga: 2009–10, 2010–11[10]
- UEFA Women's Champions League: 2009–10[11]
- DFB-Hallenpokal for women: 2010[12]
VfL Wolfsburg
- Bundesliga: 2012–13, 2013–14[13]
- UEFA Women's Champions League: 2012–13, 2013–14[13]
- DFB-Pokal: 2012–13[14]
Paris Saint Germain
Arsenal
Olympique Lyon
- Division 1 Féminine: 2016–17[13]
- Coupe de France Féminine: 2017[13]
- UEFA Women's Champions League: 2016–17[13]
Germany
References
edit- ^ "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 18 February 2022.
- ^ "PSG sign Henning" (in French). 12 June 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Josephine Henning leaves Paris". Paris Saint-Germain. 6 January 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ "Hier die kompletten Aufstellungen #ALFCFCB". Twitter (in German). Seville: FC Bayern Munich (women). 6 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ "Josephine Henning: Arsenal sign Germany defender from PSG". BBC Sport. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ "Henning returns to Arsenal". arsenal.com. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ "Was für eine Zeit!accessdate=July 3, 2018". 2 July 2018. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021.
- ^ "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Players Info Henning Goals". DFB. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Josephine Henning re-joins Arsenal". Vavel.com. 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Turbine Potsdam gewinnt erste Frauen-Champions-League". Zeit.de (in German).
- ^ "Turbine Potsdam macht Hallenpokal-Triple perfekt". Turbine Girls.de. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Josephine Henning". Eurosport.com.
- ^ "Pohlers' Tor reicht am Ende knapp". Kicker.de.
- ^ "Josephine Henning". Arsenal.com. 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Arsenal 1–0 Chelsea". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Germany 1–0 Norway". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Josephine Henning: Feature". Arsenal.com. 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Germany 3–0 Japan". JFA.jp.
External links
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- Josephine Henning – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Profile at DFB (in German)
- Player German domestic football stats at DFB (in German)
- Josephine Henning at WorldFootball.net
- Josephine Henning at Olympics.com
- Josephine Henning at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
- Josephine Henning at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)