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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Inka Grings[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 31 October 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Düsseldorf, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1990 | TSV Eller 04 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1995 | Garather SV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2011[2] | FCR 2001 Duisburg | 271 | (353) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | FC Zürich Frauen | 31 | (55) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Chicago Red Stars | 16 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | FC Köln | 19 | (23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2012[3] | Germany | 96 | (64) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | MSV Duisburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | FC Viktoria Köln U17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | SV 19 Straelen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | FC Zürich Frauen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inka Grings (born 31 October 1978) is a German former international footballer who played as a striker. She played sixteen years for FCR 2001 Duisburg before joining FC Zürich Frauen. She also played for the Germany national team. Grings is the second all-time leading goalscorer in Germany's top division, the Frauen-Bundesliga, with 195 goals and claimed the league's top-scorer award for a record six seasons.[4][5] Playing for Germany, she was the top-scorer at two UEFA European Championships. Grings was named Women's Footballer of the Year (Germany) in 1999, 2009 and 2010.
She is the manager of Switzerland national team after previously coaching FC Zürich Frauen in the Swiss national league.
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 28 July 2014. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Inka Grings" (in German). Framba.de. Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ "Nationalspielerin Inka Grings" (in German). DFB.de. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ "Women's Bundesliga all time golascores" (in German). Deutscher Fußball-Bund. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Women's Bundesliga top golascores per season" (in German). Deutscher Fußball-Bund. Retrieved 25 June 2015.