Luisa Wensing (born 8 February 1993) is a German

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who plays as a

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for

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg (), is a Football in Germany, German professional football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions ...

. Wensing has also represented

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in international competitions, playing at junior level in the

2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup women's football tournament was the second such tournament, and was held in Trinidad and Tobago from 5 to 25 September 2010. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, took part in ...

and

2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 6th edition of the tournament. The tournament was played in Japan from 19 August to 8 September with sixteen national football teams and marked the first hosting of a FIFA women's tournament in the co ...

. She made her debut with the full national team in 2012 against

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. Deutscher Fussball-Bund
"Nationalspielerin Luisa Wensing"
Retrieved on 13 May 2013.

International career

Wensing made her debut for the senior national team on as a substitute in a match against

in the

2012 Algarve Cup The 2012 Algarve Cup was the nineteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational Women's association football, women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It began on 29 February and ended on 7 March 2012. Format The twelve invited ...

. Her first goal for the senior team came on against

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in a 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wensing goal.''

Honours

FCR 2001 Duisburg *

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

: runner-up 2009–10 *

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English language, English, is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competiti ...

: 2009–10 VfL Wolfsburg *

: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17 *

UEFA Women's Champions League The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA. ...

: 2012–13, 2013–14 *

: 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 Germany *

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

* UEFA U-17 Women's Championship: 2009 * UEFA U-19 Women's Championship: 2011 *

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held biennially. ...

: runner-up 2012 *

Algarve Cup The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

References

1993 births Living people People from Goch Footballers from Düsseldorf (region) German women's footballers Women's association football defenders Germany women's international footballers UEFA Women's Championship–winning players Frauen-Bundesliga players FCR 2001 Duisburg players VfL Wolfsburg (women) players SV Werder Bremen (women) players SC Freiburg (women) players Germany women's youth international footballers 21st-century German sportswomen UEFA Women's Champions League–winning players {{Germany-footy-defender-1990s-stub