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Inka Grings
Personal information
Full name	Inka Grings
Date of birth	October 31, 1978 (1978-10-31) (age 31)
Place of birth	Düsseldorf, Germany
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	FCR 2001 Duisburg
Number	9
Youth career
1984–1990 1990–1995	TSV Eller 04 Garather SV
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–	FCR 2001 Duisburg	? (288)
National team2
1994–96 1996–	Germany (U-20) Germany	? 069 (43)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 16 July 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Germany
Women's Football
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Team Competition

Inka Grings (born 31 October 1978 in Düsseldorf) is a football player for FCR 2001 Duisburg of the Bundesliga and the German women's national football team. She plays the position of striker 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, 2008, and 2009 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 until October 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.^[1] For the 2008–09 season, Inka was renamed capitan by FCR coach Martina Voss, and led the team to the UEFA Cup and the DFB-Pokal title.

National team

Along with Birgit Prinz, Grings is one of the most prolific goalgetters for the German national team. She has played in 69 games for Germany, scoring 43 goals.^[2] Her debut was on 5 May 1996 against Finland and her last against Scotland on 20 October 2005. Despite missing many major tournaments due to injury Grings won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and a European Championship with the national team in 2005, where she also was top scorer of the tournament. She did not play a national team match between 2005 and 2009. On 25 February 2009 Inka returned to the national team, scoring in a 1–1 tie versus China.

Honours

Domestic

• Bundesliga champion: 2000
• DFB-Pokal winner: 1999, 2009
• DFB indoor cup winner: 1995, 2000
• German Footballer of the year: 1999, 2009
• Bundesliga top scorer: 1999, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2009

International

• UEFA Women's Cup champion: 2009
• UEFA Championship winner: 2005, 2009
• Bronze Medal at Olympic Games: 2000
• Top scorer at UEFA Championship: 2005, 2009

References

External links

• Offizielle Homepage of FCR 2001 Duisburg

Germany squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Rottenberg • 2 Stegemann • 3 Hingst • 4 Jones • 5 Fitschen • 6 Hoffmann • 7 Voss • 8 Smisek • 9 Prinz • 10 Wiegmann • 11 Meinert • 12 Müller • 13 Minnert • 14 T. Wunderlich • 15 Angerer • 16 Lingor • 17 P. Wunderlich • 18 Grings • 19 Brandebusemeyer • 20 Meyer • Coach: Theune-Meyer

Germany squad – 2005 UEFA Women's European Championship 1 Rottenberg • 2 Stegemann • 3 Fuss • 4 Jones • 5 Günther • 6 Grings • 7 Wunderlich • 8 Smisek • 9 Prinz • 10 Lingor • 11 Mittag • 12 Holl • 13 Minnert • 14 Carlson • 15 Angerer • 16 Pohlers • 17 Hingst • 18 Garefrekes • 19 Omilade • 20 Wimbersky • Coach: Theune-Meyer

Germany squad – 2009 UEFA Women's European Championship 1 Angerer • 2 Stegemann • 3 Bartusiak • 4 Peter • 5 Krahn • 6 Laudehr • 7 Behringer • 8 Grings • 9 Prinz • 10 Bresonik • 11 Mittag • 12 Holl • 13 Okoyino da Mbabi • 14 Kulig • 15 Fuss • 16 Müller • 17 Hingst • 18 Garefrekes • 19 Bajramaj • 20 Zietz • 21 Weiß • 22 Schmidt • Coach: Neid