Lena Goeßling Biography, Career Stats, Salary, Family, and Other Facts

Lena Goeßling has been on the spot since her debut as a German football icon. She is currently playing for VfL Wolfsburg and the German national team in the midfield wink.

The footballer has done some exploits during her career. Check out all the facts you need to know about her right here.

Lena Goeßling Biography

Lena Goeßling was born 8th March 1986. The footballer was born in Bielefeld Germany. According to sources, Lena, from an early age, had developed an intense interest in football. This was discovered on time by her parents who encouraged her to pursue her passion. Her father, identified as Dieter Goeßling, helped push her to the brink of success with his encouragement.

She started off as a midfield striker with a home-based football club known then as SV Löhne-Obernbeck where she was determined in learning rudiments. From thence, she later proceeded to join a more bigger club. Details of her career will be developed in the next section.

Lena Goeßling Professional Football Career, Career Stats

Her professional career started during her youthful age. Back then she played with SV Löhne-Obernbeck, SV Sundern, and FC Gütersloh 2000, upon joining Gütersloh 2000, her strive helped the German under 17 women team to win the championship. Her performance was quite brilliant, with the team.

After then, she later advanced to the topmost league division side SC 07 Bad Neuenahr that was in 2006, her stay with the team spanned up to five years and she played a total of 97 matches where she had a very impactful performance with the team.

Subsequently, in 2011 she had a successful transfer to VfL Wolfsburg, where she is still currently playing with. Under her club performance with VfL Wolfsburg, she was a two-time winner of the UEFA Women’s Champions League that was in the 2012 and 2013 seasons respectively.

While under the Bundesliga she won the title up to four times, in 2013, 2014, 2017, and 2018 seasons consecutively. And under the DFB Pokal league she help her team to clinch league’s championship title in 6 seasons back to back starting from the 2012/13, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, and 2018/19, her impeccable input made her to one of the most sought after midfielder under the German women league.

Lena Goeßling International Career

In the international landscape, Lena’s performance was not any less, she had made series of excellent results for her country since from the under 19 team. She has helped the German women’s team to claim the FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship in 2004, still while under the under 19 team she resolutely led to her team into the playoffs in the UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championship, but the manage to finish second in the tournament. Lena also featured in the Summer Olympic Games bringing home the Gold medal, in 2016 as well as winning the Algarve Cup twice in 2012, and 2014.
She has also feathered her nest with some personal titles and awards which includes; being named as part of IFFHS World’s Women Best Playmaker in 2013, UEFA Women’s Championship All-Star Team again in 2013 and the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt winner in that was in 2016.

Net Worth, Salary

To say that Lena is the first-rated midfielder of all season is just to say the least. Undoubtedly, she has made her mark with her exceptional skills for her club as well as for the German Women team.

Therefore, she stands to be among the highly paid midfielder in the club, with a mouth-watering salary, summing up to a net worth of about € 0.3 million Euro base on some trusted internet sides.

It is believed that she amassed such a huge bank account from her professional football career in all the clubs she may have played for so far and from the VfL Wolfsburg club she is hitherto playing for. If you ask me, she could not worth any less than the aforementioned figure.

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Personal Life Single, Dating, Boyfriend

Lena’s personality off-pitch has remained a grey area as she has been very reserved in giving out information about her personal life but certainly is currently 38 years old, to this end, it is quite difficult to decipher whether she is single, married, or currently involved in any romantic relationship at the moment.

We are resolute to update you with facts about her personal life as soon as any revelations about her are made.

Height Weight Body Measurement

Lena has an impressive height of 5 ft. 7 inches which is equivalent to 170cm, she has been such a beautiful figurine to behold judging from her blue eyes colour gratified by her blonde hair.