Lena Oberdorf

Lena Sophie Oberdorf (born 19 December 2001) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany national team.[2]

Lena Oberdorf
Oberdorf with Germany in 2021
Personal information
Full name Lena Sophie Oberdorf[1]
Date of birth (2001-12-19) 19 December 2001[1]
Place of birth Gevelsberg, Germany
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, Defensive Midfielder, Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 5
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 SGS Essen 36 (12)
2020– VfL Wolfsburg 47 (10)
International career‡
2016–2017 Germany U17 14 (3)
2017 Germany U19 6 (4)
2018 Germany U20 4 (1)
2019– Germany 37 (3)
Honours
UEFA Women's Championship
Silver medal – second place2022 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:23, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Career

A versatile player who can play in various positions ranging from centre-back, left-back, defensive midfielder and central midfielder, Oberdorf is considered to be one of the most promising young talents in women's football.[3][4]

She was born in Gevelsberg. During the 2017 UEFA U-17 Women's Championship, Germany lifted their sixth title and Oberdorf was named the best player of the tournament. At the age of 17, she was selected for the Germany squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and has since gone on to establish herself as a starter in the national team.[5] She played for Germany in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 competition, including the final on 31 July, and was named Young Player of the Tournament.[6]

Personal life

Oberdorf's brother Tim Oberdorf is also a footballer.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 1 March 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB pokal Continental[lower-alpha 1] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
SGS Essen 2018–19 Frauen-Bundesliga 16 9 2 2 – 18 11
2019–20 Frauen-Bundesliga 20 3 4 0 – 24 3
Total 36 12 6 2 – 42 14
VfL Wolfsburg 2019–20 Frauen-Bundesliga – – 3[lower-alpha 2] 0 3 0
2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga 20 7 5 4 3 1 28 12
2021–22 Frauen-Bundesliga 17 2 4 1 9 0 30 3
2022–23 Frauen-Bundesliga 10 1 2 0 3 0 15 1
Total 47 10 11 5 18 1 76 16
Career total 83 22 17 7 18 1 118 30
  1. includes UEFA Women's Champions League
  2. Joined during 2020–21 season but competed in the postponed 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League

International
As of 11 April 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany 2019122
202040
202170
2022121
202320
Total373
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Oberdorf goal.
List of international goals scored by Lena Oberdorf
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
13 September 2019Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine Ukraine4–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
28 October 2019Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece Greece5–02–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
39 April 2022Bielefelder Alm, Bielefeld, Germany Portugal1–03–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Honours

VfL Wolfsburg

Germany

Germany U17

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019: List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 10. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  2. "Lena Sophie Oberdorf - Spielerinnenprofil". DFB Datencenter (in German). Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  3. Includes Template Cup, Sample Cup
  4. Includes Template League Cup, Sample League Cup
  5. Kornat, Wiktoria (8 July 2020). "Lena Oberdorf - The Jewel in Germany's young generation's forge of Talent". Football Engine. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  6. One appearance in Template Super Cup; two appearances, one goal in Template Centenary Cup
  7. "Die Oberdorfs: Ein steiniger Weg für "Lehrer" Tim und große Erfolge für "Kiebitz" Lena". kicker (in German). 7 January 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  8. Single source here, if player is still active. If player has retired, remove the "Updated" template and move source to the table's title.
  9. "Lena Oberdorf". dfb.de. 18 September 2021.
  10. Sanders, Emma (31 July 2022). "England beat Germany to win first major women's trophy". BBC. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  11. "Lena Oberdorf named UEFA Women's EURO 2022 Young Player of the Tournament". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  12. "UEFA Women's EURO 2022 Team of the Tournament announced". UEFA.com. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  13. "Renard, Bronze and Morgan secure FIFPRO Women's 11 places". FIFA. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  14. Gladwell, Ben (21 August 2017). "2017: Lena Oberdorf". UEFA.com.
  15. "Wirtz, Katterbach und Oberdorf erhalten Fritz-Walter-Medaille in Gold". kicker (in German). 19 August 2020.
  16. "FRITZ-WALTER-MEDAILLE IN GOLD AN KÜHN, BÜHL UND ADEYEMI" (in German). German Football Association. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  17. "FRITZ-WALTER-MEDAILLE IN GOLD AN HAVERTZ, KATTERBACH UND PAWOLLEK" (in German). German Football Association. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  18. "IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD TEAM 2022". IFFHS. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.


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