Janina Minge

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Janina Minge
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Minge before the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
Personal information
Full name Janina Madeleine Minge[1]
Date of birth (1999-06-11) 11 June 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Lindau, Germany
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 6
Youth career
TSG Lindau Zech
VfB Friedrichshafen
2013–2015 FC Wangen 05
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2024 SC Freiburg 164 (22)
2024– VfL Wolfsburg 33 (7)
International career‡
2013–2014 Germany U15 6 (6)
2014 Germany U16 3 (3)
2015–2016 Germany U17 26 (10)
2017 Germany U19 11 (2)
2017–2018 Germany U20 9 (2)
2023– Germany 29 (1)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:38, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:51, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

Janina Madeleine Minge (born 11 June 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as a box to box midfielder for VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany national team.

Club career

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Youth

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Minge started playing football in 2002 as a three-year-old at TSG Lindau Zech. After seven years she moved to VfB Friedrichshafen. After another four years, she moved to FC Wangen 05, where she played in the male B youth team.

SC Freiburg

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Minge joined Bundesliga team SC Freiburg for the 2015–16 season at 16 years old.[2] On 13 September she was part of the squad for the first time. On 6 December in the 6–1 home win against Bayer Leverkusen, she debuted as a substitute for Sandra Starke.[3] She scored her first goal on 20 November 2016 in her team's 2–1 win against FF USV Jena, making it 1-0.[4]

In the 2021–22 season, Minge appeared for SC Freiburg a total of 22 times. She didn't miss a single minute of the 1,980 possible minutes of play.

With nine goals, she was the best German goalscorer during the winter break of the 2022–23 season and scored a remarkable goal in the 4–1 win against MSV Duisburg. This goal was voted SC Freiburg's Goal of the Year and was voted Goal of the Month for December by the Sportschau.[5][6]

VfL Wolfsburg

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Minge will move to VfL Wolfsburg for the 2024–25 season, where she signed a contract that runs until 2027.[7] She experienced a strong season, having played at defensive midfielde and centre back, which included four goals, two assists, and a passing percentage of 92% in 21 league games.[8] The team finished second.[9]

International career

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Minge made her debut for the U-15 national team in April 2013,[10] in an 8–0 win over the Netherlands. She made three appearances for the under-16 national team in 2014.[11] In 2015, she was the second youngest player in the U-17 national team squad for the European Championship in Iceland where the team reached the semi-finals but were defeated 1–0 by the Swiss selection.[12] In May 2016, the team won the 2016 UEFA Under-17 Championship after a penalty shootout against Spain in Belarus.[13] The four Freiburg players in the squad contributed seven of Germany's ten goals at the tournament and two of them, including Minge, successfully converted their kicks in the shootout.[14]

On 17 July 2024, Lena Oberdorf withdrew from the 2024 Summer Olympics squad due to injury. Minge was called up in her place, whilst Pia-Sophie Wolter was added to the alternate list.[15]

Personal life

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Minge joined the police force of the state of Baden-Württemberg in 2019. She was accepted into the BW police's elite sports program and successfully completed her training as a police officer in September 2022. She was then transferred to a police station and is currently working on patrol duty.[16]

Career statistics

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As of 2 December 2025[17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2023 2 1
2024 13 0
2025 14 0
Total 29 1
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 25 June 2023 Offenbach, Germany File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 2–0 2–1 Friendly

Honours

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Germany U17

Germany

Individual

References

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