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{{short description|German football coach and former player (born 1973)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Maren Meinert
| image          = Maren Meinert 2012 (cropped).jpg
| caption        = Meinert during a [[Testimonial match|testimonial]] in 2012
| full_name      = Maren Meinert<ref name="Olympedia">{{Olympedia}}</ref>
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1973|8|5}}
| birth_place    = [[Rheinhausen]], [[West Germany]]
| height         = 1.73 m<ref name="Olympedia"/>
| position       = [[Midfielder]], [[Forward (association football)|forward]]
| youthyears1    = 
| youthclubs1    = 
| years1         = {{0|0000}}–2000
| clubs1         = [[FCR 2001 Duisburg]]{{efn|Previously known as FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen before the 1997–98 season}}
| caps1          = 
| goals1         = 
| years2         = 2000–2001
| clubs2         = [[FFC Brauweiler Pulheim]]
| caps2          = 
| goals2         = 
| years3         = 2001–2003
| clubs3         = [[Boston Breakers (WUSA)|Boston Breakers]]
| caps3          = 59
| goals3         = 24
| totalcaps      = 
| totalgoals     = 
| nationalyears1 = 1991–2003
| nationalteam1  = [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]]
| nationalcaps1  = 92
| nationalgoals1 = 33
| manageryears1  = 2005–2019
| managerclubs1  = [[Germany women's national under-19 football team|Germany U19]]
| manageryears2  = 2006–2018
| managerclubs2  = [[Germany women's national under-20 football team|Germany U20]]
| manageryears3  = 2018
| managerclubs3  = [[Germany women's national under-16 football team|Germany U16]]
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | [[Women's association football|Women's football]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{fbw|GER}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalBronze| [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
}}
'''Maren Meinert''' (born 5 August 1973) is a German [[Association football|football]] [[Manager (association football)|coach]] and former player who played as a [[midfielder]] and [[Striker (association football)|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 (WUSA)|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 (soccer)|Washington Freedom]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Civin |first1=Todd |title=Maren Meinert Inducted into Breakers' Pillar of Excellence |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/177782-maren-meinert-inducted-into-breakers-pillar-of-excellence |website=Bleacher Report |access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref>

==International career==
Meinert played for the [[Germany women's national football team|German national team]] between 1991 and 2003, making appearances at three [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] finals and the [[2000 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Sports-Reference.com |title=Maren Meinert Biography and Statistics |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/maren-meinert-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417222638/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/maren-meinert-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref>

Germany won the [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003 World Cup]]. She scored the first goal in the final against Sweden.

==International goals==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 3 July 1993 || [[Stadio Alfiero Moretti]], [[Cesenatico]], [[Italy]] || {{fbw|DEN}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center| 1–3 || [[UEFA Women's Euro 1993]]
|-
| 2. || 26 March 1995 || [[Fritz-Walter-Stadion]], [[Kaiserslautern]], Germany || {{fbw|SWE}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center| 3–2 || [[UEFA Women's Euro 1995]]
|-
| 3. || 30 June 1997 || [[Melløs Stadion]], [[Moss]], [[Norway]] || {{fbw|ITA}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–1 || [[UEFA Women's Euro 1997]]
|-
| 4. || 23 June 2001 || rowspan=2| [[Steigerwaldstadion]], [[Erfurt]], Germany || {{fbw|SWE}} || align=center|'''3'''–1 || align=center| 3–1 || rowspan=2| [[UEFA Women's Euro 2001]]
|-
| 5. || 27 June 2001 || {{fbw|RUS}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || align=center| 5–0
|-
|}

==Management career==
Meinert coached various German youth national teams for the [[German Football Association]] (DFB) from 2005 to 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=DFB TO PART WAYS WITH MAREN MEINERT |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/dfb-to-part-ways-with-maren-meinert-201950/ |access-date=27 November 2019 |publisher=DFB |date=3 May 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hellmann |first1=Frank |title=Abschied ohne Schleifchen: Maren Meinert muss gehen |url=https://www.fr.de/sport/fussball/maren-meinert-abschied-ohne-schleifchen-12868292.html |access-date=27 November 2019 |publisher=Frankfurter Rundschau |date=29 July 2019}}</ref> Less than a year later, the DFB surprisingly chose not to extend Meinert's contract.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hellmann |first1=Frank |title=Maren Meinert: "Ich kann da nicht immer nur ein Schleifchen drum machen" |url=https://www.womensoccer.de/2019/07/28/maren-meinert-ich-kann-da-nicht-immer-nur-ein-schleifchen-drum-machen/ |access-date=27 November 2019 |publisher=Women Soccer |date=28 July 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

After her departure from the DFB, Meinert was linked to many high-profile positions, including the head coach position at the [[Republic of Ireland women's national football team|Irish national team]] and the assistant position at the [[United States women's national soccer team|United States national team]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goff |first1=Steven |title=U.S. Soccer expected to name USWNT coach soon |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/10/24/us-soccer-expected-name-uswnt-coach-soon/ |access-date=27 November 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=24 October 2019}}</ref>

==Honours==
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===Playing honours===
'''FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen'''
* Hallenmasters: 1995

'''FCR Duisburg'''
* [[Frauen-Bundesliga]] runners-up: 1997
* [[DFB-Pokal Frauen]]: 1998

'''Germany'''
* [[FIFA Women's World Cup]]
** Winners: 2003
** Runners-up: 1995
* [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] bronze medal: 2000
* [[UEFA Women's Euro]]: 1995, 1997, 2001

'''Individual'''
* [[2003 WUSA season#Awards|Women's United Soccer Association Most Valuable Player]]: 2003

===Managerial honours===
'''Germany'''
* [[FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup]]
** Winners: 2010, 2014
** Runners-up: 2012
* [[UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship]]: 2006, 2007, 2011

'''Individual'''
* [[:de:Felix (Sportauszeichnung)|Felix Coach of the Year]]: 2010

===General honours===
* Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{FIFA player|169639}}
* {{DFB}}
* {{WorldFootball.net}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20031004010030/http://www.wusa.com/players_coaches/players/maren_meinert/ WUSA player profile]

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