- Inka Grings
Infobox Football biography
playername = Inka Grings
fullname = Inka Grings
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|10|31
cityofbirth =Düsseldorf
countryofbirth =Germany
height = height|m=1.69
position = Forward
currentclub =FCR 2001 Duisburg
clubnumber = 9
youthyears = 1984-1990
1990-1995
youthclubs =TSV Eller 04 Garather SV
years = 1995-
clubs =FCR 2001 Duisburg
caps(goals) = ? (261)
nationalyears = 1994-
nationalteam = Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 064 (41)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =August 1 2008 Inka Grings (born
31 October 1978 inDüsseldorf ) is a football player forFCR 2001 Duisburg of the Bundesliga. She plays the position ofstriker and holds the record for goals in a single Bundesliga season.Club career
Grings football career began at TSV Eller 04. Via Garather SV she signed up for
FCR 2001 Duisburg in 1995, where she immadiately became a pillar of the team. She was awarded Germany's female Football Player of the Year in 1999 and was top scorer of the league in 1999, 2000, 2003, and 2008, making her one of Germany's most prolific scorers. In 2000 she also set the record for goals in a Bundesliga season by scoring 38 goals. She won the German Championship in the same season with FCR 2001 Duisburg. Grings was captain of Duisburg untilOctober 2006, when quarrels with Duisburg's coach Dietmar Herhaus led to her suspension from the team. She returned seven weeks later, after Herhaus had resigned his position. After which, Sonja Fuss was named captain of the team. [cite web | title = Das lasse ich mir nicht gefallen | publisher = Kicker Online | accessdate = 2008-08-01 | date =December 05 2006 | url = http://www.kicker.de/fussball/frauen/startseite/artikel/356457 | language = German]National team
Along with
Birgit Prinz , Grings is one of the most prolific goalgetters for the German national team. She has played in 64 games for Germany, scoring 41 goals. [cite web | title = Spielerinfo Grings | publisher = Deutscher Fußball Bund | accessdate = 2008-08-01 | date = 2008 | url = http://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500004&action=showPlayer&liga=Frauen-Nationalmannschaft&vorname=&nachname=Grings&cHash=ac399102b2 | language = German] Her debut was onMay 5 1996 against Finland and her last against Scotland onOctober 20 2005 . Despite missing many major tournaments due to injury Grings won a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics inAthens and a European Championship with the national team in 2005, where she also was top scorer of the tournament. She has not played a national team match since 2005.Honours
Domestic
*Bundesliga Champion: 2000
*DFB-Pokal winner: 1999
*DFB indoor cup winner: 1995, 2000
*Footballer of the year: 1999
*Bundesliga top scorer: 1999, 2000, 2003, 2008International
*UEFA Championship winner: 2005
*Bronze Medal at Olympic Games: 2000
*Top scorer at UEFA Championship: 2005References
External links
* [http://www.fcr-duisburg.de Offizielle Homepage of FCR 2001 Duisburg]
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