Английская Википедия:Inka Grings

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Inka Grings (born 31 October 1978) is a German former international footballer who played as a striker. She played sixteen years for FCR 2001 Duisburg before joining FC Zürich Frauen. She also played for the Germany national team. Grings is the second all-time leading goalscorer in Germany's top division, the Frauen-Bundesliga, with 195 goals and claimed the league's top-scorer award for a record six seasons. Playing for Germany, she was the top-scorer at two UEFA European Championships. Grings was named Women's Footballer of the Year (Germany) in 1999, 2009 and 2010.

She is the manager of Switzerland national team after previously coaching FC Zürich Frauen in the Swiss national league.

Early life

As a child, Grings wanted to be a tennis player. However, after no tennis club had accepted her, she instead started playing football at TSV Eller 04 in 1984. She later played for Garather SV.

Club career

Duisburg, 1995–2011

Grings signed with FCR 2001 Duisburg in 1995. She quickly became an important player for the club and in the following years one of the most successful goalscorers in Germany. In 1998, Grings won the German Cup, her first major title. She scored three goals in the final against FSV Frankfurt. The following year in the 1998–99 season she became the Bundesliga's top-scorer for the first time. Grings was named Women's Footballer of the Year (Germany) in 1999 by the country's sports journalists.

Over the next decade, Grings became the Bundesliga all-time leading goalscorer, hitting the mark of 350 goals in January 2011. She won the Bundesliga title with Duisburg in the 1999–00 season; that year she also set the all-time record for goals in a Bundesliga season by scoring 38 goals. She won the German Cup on two more occasions in 2009 and 2010, and lifted the UEFA Women's Cup in the 2008–09 season. Grings was the Bundesliga top-scorer for three years in a row from 2008 to 2010 and was again voted Women's Footballer of the Year (Germany) in 2009 and 2010.

FC Zürich, 2011–13

She ended her contract at Duisburg one year early in an agreement with the club and announced transferring to an international club. On 1 September 2011 she joined Swiss side FC Zürich Frauen. In the first season she won the championship as well as the cup.

Chicago Red Stars, 2013

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Grings during a match against Seattle Reign FC on 25 July 2013 in Tukwila, Washington.

In May 2013, Grings signed with the Chicago Red Stars for the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League in the United States alongside Sonja Fuss. On 4 August 2013, she scored a brace against Seattle Reign FC helping the Red Stars win 3–1. Grings was on the starting lineup in 14 of the 16 games in which she played for the Red Stars and scored three goals on the season. The Red Stars finished the 2013 season sixth in the standings with an 8–6–8 record.

She was waived by the Red Stars in September 2013.

International career

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Grings with Germany in 2011

Grings made her debut for the Germany national team in May 1996 against Finland. She appeared for Germany at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, scoring three goals. However, Germany was eliminated in the quarter-final. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she won the bronze medal with the German team, scoring once against Australia in the group stage. Grings' career, particularly at international level, has repeatedly been affected by injuries. She missed the 2001 European Championship on home soil and the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup due to injury. When she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her knee shortly before the 2004 Summer Olympics, Grings initially announce to end her career. However, she changed her mind during physical therapy.

With four goals, Grings was the top-scorer at the 2005 European Championship, when Germany claimed its sixth European title. At the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2008 Summer Olympics, Grings was not part of the German squad, because of disagreements with head coach Silvia Neid. She returned for Germany at the 2009 European Championship, claiming her second European title. With six goals Grings again was the tournament's top-scorer. She has been called up for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Grings has scored 64 international goals and is ranked third behind Birgit Prinz (128) and Heidi Mohr (83) for Germany's all-time top goalscorers. During 93 appearances, she has averaged 0.69 goals per games, which makes her the team's second most prolific scorer.

Personal life

Grings is openly bisexual, she had a well publicized relationship with women's team colleague Linda Bresonik, and also dated male Holger Fach, former head coach of VfL Wolfsburg.

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Grings goal.

List of international goals scored by Inka Grings

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 May 1998	?	Шаблон:Fbw	2–0	8–0	Friendly
2				6–0
3				8–0
4	28 June 1998	Soldier Field, Chicago, United States	Шаблон:Fbw	1–3	2–4
5	22 April 1999	Ludwigsparkstadion, Saarbrücken, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	3–1
6	30 May 1999	Städtisches Sportzentrum Nonnenholz, Weil am Rhein, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	1–1	4–1
7				3–1
8	3 June 1999	Stadion Rheinbach im Freizeitpark, Rheinbach, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	2–0
9	24 June 1999	Civic Stadium, Portland, Oregon, United States	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	6–0	1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
10				4–0
11				6–0
12	2 September 1999	Sternquell Arena, Plauen, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	3–1	3–1	Friendly
13	23 September 1999	Playmobil-Stadion, Fürth, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying
14				2–0
15	14 October 1999	Marschweg-Stadion, Oldenburg, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	5–0
16	11 November 1999	Stadio Mario Lancellotta, Isernia, Italy	Шаблон:Fbw	2–0	4–4
17				3–1
18	6 April 2000	Stadion am Bornheimer Hang, Frankfurt, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	2–0	3–0
19	11 May 2000	NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine	Шаблон:Fbw	4–1	6–1
20	16 July 2000	Bremer Brücke, Osnabrück, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	1–1	1–3	Friendly
21	27 August 2000	Old Tivoli, Aachen, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	7–0
22				2–0
23	13 September 2000	Bruce Stadium, Canberra, Australia	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	3–0	2000 Summer Olympics
24	4 May 2002	Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo, Barcelos, Portugal	Шаблон:Fbw	7–0	8–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
25	14 November 2002	Nattenberg Stadion, Lüdenscheid, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	2–0	4–0	Friendly
26	6 March 2003	Sportzentrum Große Wiese, Arnsberg, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	3–0	3–1
27	27 March 2003	Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion, Potsdam, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	2–0	5–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
28				3–0
29				4–0
30	7 February 2004	Estádio Municipal de Albufeira, Albufeira, Portugal	Шаблон:Fbw	3–0	11–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
31				6–0
32				7–0
33				8–0
34				9–0
35	21 April 2005	Stadion an der Bremer Brücke, Osnabrück, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	3–1	3–1	Friendly
36	9 June 2005	Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington, England	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005
37	15 June 2005	Deepdale, Preston, England	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	4–1
38				3–0
39	19 June 2005	Ewood Park, Blackburn, England	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	3–1
40	25 September 2005	Leimbachstadion, Siegen, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	2–0	5–1	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
41	20 October 2005	Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion, Bayreuth, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	4–0
42	25 February 2009	Bielefelder Alm, Bielefeld, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	1–1	Friendly
43	9 March 2009	Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal	Шаблон:Fbw	1–3	2–3	2009 Algarve Cup
44	25 July 2009	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	2–0	6–0	Friendly
45	27 August 2009	Ratina Stadium, Tampere, Finland	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	5–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2009
46	30 August 2009		Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	1–0
47	4 September 2009	Lahti Stadium, Lahti, Finland	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	2–1
48				2–0
49	10 September 2009	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Шаблон:Fbw	4–2	6–2
50				5–2
51	24 February 2010	Complexo Desportivo Belavista, Parchal, Portugal	Шаблон:Fbw	2–0	4–0	2010 Algarve Cup
52				4–0
53	28 February 2010	Complexo Desportivo Belavista, Parchal, Portugal	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	7–0
54				3–0
55				5–0
56	3 March 2010	Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal	Шаблон:Fbw	1–2	2–3
57				2–3
58	15 September 2010	Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	5–0	Friendly
59	28 October 2010	Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	1–1	2–1
60	25 November 2010	BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	8–0
61				3–0
62	7 June 2011	New Tivoli, Aachen, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	5–0	5–0
63	5 July 2011	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany	Шаблон:Fbw	2–0	4–2	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
64				3–1

Goals by competition

Competition	Goals	Matches
Friendlies/Algarve Cup	30	50
FIFA World Cup	5	8
UEFA Women's Euro	10	11
World Cup qualifiers	3	9
Euro qualifiers	15	13
Olympics	1	5
Total	64	96

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments

Inka Grings competed in two FIFA Women's World Cup: USA 1999, and Germany 2011; one Olympics: Sydney 2000; played in 13 matches and scored 6 goals. Along with her Germany team, Grings is a bronze medalist from Sydney 2000.

Honours

FCR 2001 Duisburg

• Bundesliga: 1999–00; runner-up (7) 1996–97, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10
• German Cup: 1997–98, 2008–09, 2009–10; runner-up 1998–99, 2002–03, 2006–07
• UEFA Women's Cup: 2008–09

FC Zürich Frauen

• Nationalliga A: 2012, 2013
• Swiss Women's Cup: 2012, 2013

Germany

• UEFA European Championship: 2005, 2009
• Summer Olympic Games: Bronze medal 2000

Individual

• Women's Footballer of the Year (Germany): 1999, 2009, 2010
• Top-scorer Bundesliga (6): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
• Top-scorer UEFA Women's Championship: 2005, 2009
• Top-scorer UEFA Women's Champions League: 2010–11

See also

• List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of UEFA Women's Championship goalscorers
• List of German women's football champions
• List of LGBT sportspeople

References

Match reports

External links

• Шаблон:FIFA player
• Шаблон:UEFA player
• Profile at the German Football Association Шаблон:In lang
• Шаблон:WorldFootball.net