Summary
Svenja Anette Huth (German pronunciation: [huːt];[2] born 25 January 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg.
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| Full name | Svenja Anette Huth[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Alzenau, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | VfL Wolfsburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998– | SG Kälberau 1914 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –2005 | FC Bayern Alzenau | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | FFC Frankfurt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2015 | FFC Frankfurt | 122 | (13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Turbine Potsdam | 82 | (34) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | VfL Wolfsburg | 54 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Germany U15 | 5 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Germany U17 | 23 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Germany U19 | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Germany U20 | 13 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Germany U23 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2024 | Germany | 88 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 March 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club career edit
1. FFC Frankfurt edit
Huth started playing football at TSG Kälberau at the age of seven, and at the age of 14 came to the youth department of 1. FFC Frankfurt via the intermediate station FC Bayern Alzenau. For the 2007/08 season, she was promoted to the Bundesliga squad. She made her first appearance in the Bundesliga on 2 December 2007, when she came on in the 46th minute for the injured Kerstin Garefrekes.[3][4] She earned her first Bundesliga title at the end of her debut season.[5] She scored her first two Bundesliga goals on 10 May 2009 (20th matchday) in a 5–1 away win against TSV Crailsheim.
In her first DFB Cup appearance on 25 November 2007, she shot 1. FFC Frankfurt against Tennis Borussia Berlin into the quarter-finals when she scored the goal in the 43rd minute to make it 1–0. In 2015, she won the UEFA Women's Champions League with Frankfurt after beating Paris Saint-Germain 2–1.[6]
Turbine Potsdam edit
Huth played for the German side Turbine Potsdam from 2015 to 2019.[7]
VfL Wolfsburg edit
In 2019, Huth moved to VfL Wolfsburg.[8] In 2020 she won the German Championship and the DFB Cup with Wolfsburg. In 2021, the cup was defended with a 1–0 win after extra time against Eintracht Frankfurt. In June 2021 she extended her contract until 2024.[9]
International career edit
Huth made it into the squad of the U15 national team via Bayern selection, for which she came on 3 April 2006 in Enschede in the 0–1 defeat against the U16 selection of the Dutch, substituting in the 41st minute for Sabine Stoller. She scored her first international goal on 14 August 2006 in Uslar in a 7–1 win over Wales, scoring 2–1 in the 37th minute. In the U17 national team, she became a regular player. She took part in the 2010 World Cup with the U20 national team took part on home soil, completed all six tournament matches (scoring 2 goals), reached the final, and became world champion with a 2–0 win over Nigeria.[10]
Huth made her debut for the senior national team on 26 October 2011 as a substitute in a friendly 1–0 win against Sweden.[11] On 7 March 2012, she won the Algarve Cup with the national team in Faro by beating the reigning world champions Japan 4–3 in the final.[12] She was used in all four tournament games. At the 2013 European Championship in Sweden, she was part of the DFB squad, but was not used. She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.[13] All players received the Silver Laurel Leaf from Federal President Gauck on 1 November 2016.[14]
At the 2017 European Championship in the Netherlands, Huth played all four games until the German team was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Denmark.[15]
She scored her first senior international goal on 16 September 2017 in a 6–0 win in the 2019 World Cup qualifier over Slovenia with the opening goal in the 14th minute.[16] At the World Cup finals, she reached the quarterfinals with the national team.
For the 2022 European Championship in England, she was called up to the squad by national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg.[17] The German team reached the final, but lost against England and finished as runners-up. Huth was used in all six games. In March 2024, she announced her retirement from international football.[18]
Personal life edit
Huth has been married since June 2022.[19]
Career statistics edit
- As of 23 February 2024[20]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 9 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 9 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 13 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 88 | 14 | |
- Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Huth goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 September 2017 | Ingolstadt, Germany |  Slovenia |
1–0 | 6–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying |
| 2 | 24 November 2017 | Bielefeld, Germany |  France |
2–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 3 | 4–0 | |||||
| 4 | 10 June 2018 | Hamilton, Canada |  Canada |
1–0 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 5 | 1 September 2018 | Reykjavík, Iceland |  Iceland |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying |
| 6 | 2–0 | |||||
| 7 | 9 April 2019 | Paderborn, Germany |  Japan |
2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 8 | 31 August 2019 | Kassel, Germany |  Montenegro |
1–0 | 10–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 9 | 3 September 2019 | Lviv, Ukraine |  Ukraine |
6–0 | 8–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 10 | 4 March 2020 | Algarve, Portugal |  Sweden |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2020 Algarve Cup |
| 11 | 21 February 2021 | Aachen, Germany |  Belgium |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 12 | 21 October 2021 | Petah Tikva, Israel |  Israel |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying |
| 13 | 30 November 2021 | Faro, Portugal |  Portugal |
2–0 | 3–1 | |
| 14 | 6 September 2022 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria |  Bulgaria |
7–0 | 8–0 |
Honours edit
FFC Frankfurt
- Bundesliga: 2007–08
- UEFA Women's Champions League: 2007–08, 2014–15
- DFB-Pokal: 2007–08, 2010–11, 2013–14
VfL Wolfsburg
- Bundesliga: 2019–20, 2021–22
- UEFA Women's Champions League: runner-up 2019–20, 2022–23
- DFB-Pokal: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Germany
- Summer Olympic Games: 2016
- UEFA Women's Championship: 2013, runner-up: 2022[21]
- UEFA Women's Nations League third place: 2023–24[22]
- Algarve Cup: 2012
Germany U17
Germany U20
Individual
- Fritz Walter Medal Gold: 2010
- Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2016
References edit
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 598. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
- ^ "Svenja Huth Spiele als Spielerin 2007/2008" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ "1. FC Saarbrücken – 1. FFC Frankfurt 2:4". FuPa (in German). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "S. Huth – Profile". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ UEFA.com (14 May 2015). "Islacker strikes to give Frankfurt the crown". UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Turbine Potsdam holt Europameisterin Huth – DFB – Deutscher Fussball-Bund e.V". dfb.de. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ "Svenja Huth wechselt von Turbine Potsdam zum VfL Wolfsburg". www.sportfrauen.net. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Nationalstürmerin Svenja Huth verlängert beim VfL Wolfsburg – Newsansicht – Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de". www.soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Germany 2010 - Awards". 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Players Info Huth". DFB. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ Kassouf, Jeff (7 March 2012). "Algarve Cup: Germany wins title in thrilling 4–3 win over Japan, Alex Morgan hat trick gives U.S. third – Equalizer Soccer". Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Artikel: Verleihung des Silbernen Lorbeerblattes". Der Bundespräsident (in German). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Germany crash out after stunning defeat by Denmark – DW – 07/30/2017". dw.com. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Germany Women thrash Slovenia 6–0". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft endgültigen Kader für die EM in England". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Svenja Huth tritt aus Nationalteam zurück". dfb.de (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ L-Mag-de: Fußball-EM 2022: Das sind die 59 lesbischen, bisexuellen und queeren Spielerinnen (german), July 2022
- ^ a b "Svenja Huth". dfb.de. 18 September 2021.
- ^ Sanders, Emma (31 July 2022). "England beat Germany to win first major women's trophy". BBC. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Germany win Nations League play-off to reach Olympics". BBC Sport. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
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