Svenja Huth

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 and the Germany national team.

Svenja Huth
Huth with Germany in 2023
Personal information
Full name Svenja Anette Huth[1]
Date of birth (1991-01-25) 25 January 1991
Place of birth Alzenau, Germany
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 10
Youth career
1998– SG Kälberau 1914
0000–2005 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– Germany 83 (14)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place2013 Sweden
Silver medal – second place2022 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:47, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Club career

1. FFC Frankfurt

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

Huth played for the German side Turbine Potsdam from 2015 to 2019.[7]

VfL Wolfsburg

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

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.

Personal life

Huth has been married since June 2022.[18]

Career statistics
As of 3 August 2023[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany 201110
201270
201370
201410
2016100
201763
201893
2019103
202031
202193
2022131
202370
Total8314
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Huth goal.
List of international goals scored by Svenja Huth[19]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
116 September 2017Ingolstadt, Germany Slovenia1–06–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
224 November 2017Bielefeld, Germany France2–04–0Friendly
34–0
410 June 2018Hamilton, Canada Canada1–03–2Friendly
51 September 2018Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland1–02–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
62–0
79 April 2019Paderborn, Germany Japan2–22–2Friendly
831 August 2019Kassel, Germany Montenegro1–010–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
93 September 2019Lviv, Ukraine Ukraine6–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
104 March 2020Algarve, Portugal Sweden1–01–02020 Algarve Cup
1121 February 2021Aachen, Germany Belgium1–02–0Friendly
1221 October 2021Petah Tikva, Israel Israel1–01–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
1330 November 2021Faro, Portugal Portugal2–03–1
146 September 2022Plovdiv, Bulgaria Bulgaria7–08–0

Honours

FFC Frankfurt

VfL Wolfsburg

Germany

Germany U20

Germany U17

Individual

References
  1. "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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Svenja Huth Spiele als Spielerin 2007/2008" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  4. "1. FC Saarbrücken – 1. FFC Frankfurt 2:4". FuPa (in German). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  5. "S. Huth – Profile". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  6. UEFA.com (14 May 2015). "Islacker strikes to give Frankfurt the crown". UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  7. "Turbine Potsdam holt Europameisterin Huth – DFB – Deutscher Fussball-Bund e.V". dfb.de. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  8. "Svenja Huth wechselt von Turbine Potsdam zum VfL Wolfsburg". www.sportfrauen.net. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  9. "Nationalstürmerin Svenja Huth verlängert beim VfL Wolfsburg – Newsansicht – Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de". www.soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  10. "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Germany 2010 - Awards - FIFA.com". 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  11. "Players Info Huth". DFB. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  12. 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.
  13. "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
  14. "Artikel: Verleihung des Silbernen Lorbeerblattes". Der Bundespräsident (in German). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  15. "Germany crash out after stunning defeat by Denmark – DW – 07/30/2017". dw.com. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  16. "Germany Women thrash Slovenia 6–0". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  17. "Voss-Tecklenburg beruft endgültigen Kader für die EM in England". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  18. L-Mag-de: Fußball-EM 2022: Das sind die 59 lesbischen, bisexuellen und queeren Spielerinnen (german), July 2022
  19. "Svenja Huth". dfb.de. 18 September 2021.
  20. Sanders, Emma (31 July 2022). "England beat Germany to win first major women's trophy". BBC. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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