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Josephine Henning
Josephine Henning during the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 match against Italy
Personal information
Full name Josephine Henning[1]
Date of birth (1989-09-08) 8 September 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Trier, West Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) 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)
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
Women's football
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sweden Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Club career

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Henning 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

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Henning was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany went on to win the gold medal.[8]

Podcast

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Together with her former teammate Anja Mittag she runs the podcast Mittag’s bei Henning.

Career statistics

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Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

Henning – goals for Germany
# 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

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1. FC Saarbrücken

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

VfL Wolfsburg

Paris Saint Germain

  • UEFA Women's Champions League: runner-up 2015[15]

Arsenal

Olympique Lyon

Germany

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "PSG sign Henning" (in French). 12 June 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Josephine Henning leaves Paris". Paris Saint-Germain. 6 January 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Hier die kompletten Aufstellungen #ALFCFCB". Twitter (in German). Seville: FC Bayern Munich (women). 6 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Josephine Henning: Arsenal sign Germany defender from PSG". BBC Sport. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Henning returns to Arsenal". arsenal.com. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Was für eine Zeit!accessdate=July 3, 2018". 2 July 2018. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Players Info Henning Goals". DFB. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  10. ^ "Josephine Henning re-joins Arsenal". Vavel.com. 9 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Turbine Potsdam gewinnt erste Frauen-Champions-League". Zeit.de (in German).
  12. ^ "Turbine Potsdam macht Hallenpokal-Triple perfekt". Turbine Girls.de. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  13. ^ a b c d e "Josephine Henning". Eurosport.com.
  14. ^ "Pohlers' Tor reicht am Ende knapp". Kicker.de.
  15. ^ "Josephine Henning". Arsenal.com. 13 July 2023.
  16. ^ "Arsenal 1–0 Chelsea". BBC Sport.
  17. ^ "Germany 1–0 Norway". UEFA.com.
  18. ^ "Josephine Henning: Feature". Arsenal.com. 13 July 2023.
  19. ^ "Germany 3–0 Japan". JFA.jp.
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