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{{Short description|German footballer (born 1975)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Renate Lingor
| image = Pressekonferenz Kölner Sportjahr 2019-3059.jpg
| caption = Lingor in 2019
| image_size = 150
| fullname = Renate Lingor<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2007/pdf/FWWC_2007_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 – List of Players: Germany |publisher=[[FIFA]] |page=8 |date=15 September 2007 |access-date=18 February 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923143137/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2007/pdf/FWWC_2007_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2019}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1975|10|11}}
| birth_place = [[Karlsruhe]], [[West Germany]]
| height = {{height|m=1.66}}
| position = [[Midfielder]]/[[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 1981–1983
| youthclubs1 = SV Blankenloch
| youthyears2 = 1983–1990
| youthclubs2 = [[Karlsruher SC]]
| youthyears3 = 1990–1991
| youthclubs3 = [[SC Klinge Seckach]]
| years1 = 1991–1997
| clubs1 = [[SC Klinge Seckach]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1997–2008
| clubs2 = [[1.FFC Frankfurt]]
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1995–2008<ref>{{cite web |title=Players Info Lingor |publisher=Deutscher Fußball Bund |access-date=14 August 2008 |date=14 August 2008 |url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?action=search&liga=Frauen-Nationalmannschaft&id=500405&lang=E&no_cache=1&name=%3BLingor&gegner=}}</ref>
| nationalteam1 = [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]]
| nationalcaps1 = 149
| nationalgoals1 = 35
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[association football|football]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[FIFA Women's World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003 United States]]|Team Competition}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007 China]]|Team Competition}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]] }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[UEFA Women's Championship]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[UEFA Women's Euro 2001|2001 Germany]]|Team Competition}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[UEFA Women's Euro 2005|2005 England]]|Team Competition}}
| medaltemplates-expand = yes
}}

'''Renate Lingor''' (born 11 October 1975) is a retired female [[Germany women's national football team|German international]] [[Association football|footballer]], who played as a [[midfielder]] or [[Forward (association football)|forward]].

==Club career==
Lingor began her career in 1981 with SV Blankenloch at the age of six, in 1983 she joined the youth team of [[Karlsruher SC]]. Aged 14 she signed with [[SC Klinge Seckach]] where she started her professional career in German Bundesliga. Despite several offers from top German teams she remained there until 1997 when she joined [[1. FFC Frankfurt]]. Lingor's position is in the central midfield. She is well known for her good technique, her ability to read a game and her free kicks. She has retired after the [[Fußball-Bundesliga (women) 2007–08|2007–08]] season.

==International career==
Before her first appearance in the [[Germany women's national football team|German national team]] in 1995 Lingor made 19 games for the Under 20 Team. Since then she has been constantly part of the team that won several international titles. Her goal against Sweden at the 2004 Olympics secured the bronze medal for her team. In 2006 Renate Lingor was nominated as [[FIFA World Player of the Year|FIFA Women's World Player of the Year]] together with [[Marta Vieira da Silva|Marta]] ([[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]]) and [[Kristine Lilly]] ([[United States women's national soccer team|USA]]). Lingor announced, that she would retire after the 2008 Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lingor will nach den olympischen Spielen aufhören |publisher=FFNews.de |access-date=16 August 2008 |date=22 April 2008 |url=http://www.ffnews.de/quickstart/index.php?id=60&tt_news=2395 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719004527/http://www.ffnews.de/quickstart/index.php?id=60&tt_news=2395 |archive-date=19 July 2011 }}</ref>

==Style of play==
Lingor usually played in the [[Squad number (association football)|number 10]] role in [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|midfield behind the forwards]], although she was also used in a more attacking role on occasion, or even in a [[Midfielder#Deep-lying playmaker (Strolling 10)|deeper role]] [[Midfielder#Defensive midfielder|in front of the defence]]. In 2007, a ''[[FIFA]].com'' profile described her with the following words: "She moves around the pitch with lithe elegance, is technically brilliant and has excellent vision. She can [[Dummy (football)|dummy]] and feint past almost anyone and is lethal from [[Free kick (association football)|set pieces]] – so much so that she is often compared in her homeland with top [[playmaker]]s from the men's game like [[Mehmet Scholl]] and [[Thomas Häßler|Thomas Hassler]]. And with good reason. Lingor, who stands {{convert|1.66|m|ftin|abbr=on}} tall, is as consistently exceptional as her now retired male counterparts." The profile also praised her for creativity and playmaking skills, lauding her as a "master of the defence-splitting pass," while also noting her work-rate, stating: "Lingor is not only a creative outlet just behind the front two but also capable of working in front of the defence to break up opposition play and then launch lightning-quick counter-attacks."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/news/player-watch-renate-lingor-577300 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617142429/https://www.fifa.com/news/player-watch-renate-lingor-577300 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 June 2020 |title=Player to Watch: Renate Lingor |publisher=FIFA.com |date=21 August 2007 |access-date=17 June 2020 }}</ref>

==Career statistics==
=== Clubs ===
* FFC Frankfurt
* SC Klinge-Seckach
* DFC Eggenstein
* Karlsruher SC
* SV Blankenloch.

==International goals==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 24 June 1999 || [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[United States]] || {{fbw|MEX}} || align=center|'''5'''–0 || align=center| 6–0 || [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup]]
|-
| 2. || 13 September 2000 || [[Canberra]], [[Australia]] || {{fbw|AUS}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || align=center| 3–0 || rowspan=2| [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2000 Summer Olympics]]
|-
| 3. || 28 September 2000 || [[Sydney]], Australia || {{fbw|BRA}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 2–0
|-
| 4. || 30 June 2001 || [[Jena]], Germany || {{fbw|ENG}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || align=center| 3–0 || [[UEFA Women's Euro 2001]]
|-
| 5. || 3 March 2002 || [[Vila Real de Santo António]], [[Portugal]] || {{fbw|CHN}} || align=center|'''2'''–2 || align=center| 2–4 || [[2002 Algarve Cup]]
|-
| 6. || rowspan=2| 7 May 2002 || rowspan=2| [[Barcelos, Portugal|Barcelos]], Portugal || rowspan=2| {{fbw|POR}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 8–0 || rowspan=2| [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 7. || align=center|'''5'''–0
|-
| 8. || 15 November 2003 || [[Reutlingen]], Germany || {{fbw|POR}} || align=center|'''11'''–0 || align=center| 13–0 || rowspan=2| [[UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying]]
|-
| 9. || 7 February 2004 || [[Albufeira]], Portugal || {{fbw|POR}} || align=center|'''5'''–0 || align=center| 11–0
|-
| 16. || 11 August 2004 || [[Patras]], [[Greece]] || {{fbw|CHN}} || align=center|'''6'''–0 || align=center| 8–0 || rowspan=2| [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2004 Summer Olympics]]
|-
| 17. || 26 August 2004 || [[Piraeus]], Greece || {{fbw|SWE}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–0
|-
| 18. || 30 January 2005 || rowspan=2| [[Guangzhou]], [[China]] || {{fbw|RUS}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–0 || rowspan=2| [[2005 Four Nations Tournament (women's football)|2005 Four Nations Tournament]]
|-
| 19. || 1 February 2005 || {{fbw|CHN}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 2–0
|-
| 20. || 12 June 2005 || [[Warrington]], [[England]] || {{fbw|FRA}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 3–0 || rowspan=2| [[UEFA Women's Euro 2005]]
|-
| 21. || 19 June 2005 || [[Blackburn]], England || {{fbw|NOR}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 3–1
|-
| 22. || 25 September 2005 || [[Siegen]], Germany || {{fbw|RUS}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 5–1 || rowspan=3| [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 23. || 30 August 2006 || [[Schaffhausen]], [[Switzerland]] || {{fbw|SUI}} || align=center|'''4'''–0 || align=center| 6–0 
|-
| 24. || 23 September 2006 || [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], [[Scotland]] || {{fbw|SCO}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 5–0
|-
| 30. || 7 March 2007 || [[Faro, Portugal|Faro]], Portugal || {{fbw|NOR}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center| 1–2 || [[2007 Algarve Cup]]
|-
| 31. || rowspan=2| 10 September 2007 || rowspan=2| [[Shanghai]], China || rowspan=2| {{fbw|ARG}} || align=center|'''6'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 11–0 || rowspan=4| [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup]]
|-
| 32. || align=center|'''11'''–0
|-
| 33. || 17 September 2007 || [[Hangzhou]], China || {{fbw|JPN}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 2–0
|-
| 34. || 22 September 2007 || [[Wuhan]], China || {{fbw|PRK}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 3–0
|-
| 35. || 7 March 2008 || Faro, Portugal || {{fbw|FIN}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || align=center| 3–0 || [[2008 Algarve Cup]]
|-
|}

==Honours==
'''1. FFC Frankfurt'''
* [[UEFA Women's Champions League]]: Winner 2002, 2006, 2008
* [[Bundesliga (women)|Bundesliga]]: Winner 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
* [[DFB-Pokal (women)|DFB-Pokal]]: Winner 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008
* [[DFB-Hallenpokal for women]]: Winner 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007

'''Germany'''
* [[FIFA Women's World Cup]]: Winner [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003]], [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007]]
* [[UEFA Women's Championship]]: Winner [[UEFA Women's Euro 1997|1997]], [[UEFA Women's Euro 2001|2001]], [[UEFA Women's Euro 2005|2005]]
* [[Football at the Summer Olympics]]: Bronze medal 2000, 2004, 2008

'''Individual'''
* [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup]] All star team

==References==
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