Maren Meinert

Maren Meinert
	Meinert during a testimonial in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Maren Meinert
Date of birth	5 August 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Rheinhausen, West Germany
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–2000	FCR 2001 Duisburg
2000–2001	FFC Brauweiler Pulheim
2001–2003	Boston Breakers
International career
1991–2003	Germany
Managerial career
2005–2019	Germany U19
2006–2018	Germany U20
2018	Germany U16
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Maren Meinert (born 5 August 1973) is a German football coach and former player who played as a midfielder and striker. She was most recently the head coach of Germany women's national under-20 football team.

As a player, Meinert played for German clubs FCR Duisburg and FFC Brauweiler Pulheim, as well as Boston Breakers in the United States. She also represented the Germany women's national football team.

Club career

Meinert was the first player inducted into Boston Breakers' "Pillars of Excellence" during a ceremony held at half-time of the 17 May 2009 game between the Breakers and Washington Freedom.^[2]

International career

Meinert played for the German national team between 1991 and 2003, making appearances at three FIFA Women's World Cup finals and the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Germany won the 2003 World Cup. She scored the first goal in the final against Sweden.

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	3 July 1993	Stadio Alfiero Moretti, Cesenatico, Italy	Denmark	1–1	1–3	UEFA Women's Euro 1993
2.	26 March 1995	Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany	Sweden	1–1	3–2	UEFA Women's Euro 1995
3.	30 June 1997	Melløs Stadion, Moss, Norway	Italy	1–0	1–1	UEFA Women's Euro 1997
4.	23 June 2001	Steigerwaldstadion, Erfurt, Germany	Sweden	3–1	3–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2001
5.	27 June 2001	Steigerwaldstadion, Erfurt, Germany	Russia	3–0	5–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2001

Management career

Meinert coached various German youth national teams for the German Football Association (DFB) from 2005 to 2019.^[4] In 2018, the DFB asked Meinert to become head coach of the Germany women's national football team after dismissing Steffi Jones, but she turned down the opportunity for personal reasons.^[5] Less than a year later, the DFB surprisingly chose not to extend Meinert's contract.^[6]

After her departure from the DFB, Meinert was linked to many high-profile positions, including the head coach position at the Irish national team and the assistant position at the United States national team.^[7]