Josephine Henning

Josephine Henning
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-09-08) 8 September 1989
Place of birth Trier, West Germany
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 22
Youth career
MSG/FSG Zewen-Igel
0000–2005 MSG/FSG Schweich-Issel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005–2009 1. FC Saarbrücken 50 (0)
2009–2011 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 17 (0)
2011–2014 VfL Wolfsburg 48 (0)
2014–2016 Paris Saint-Germain 15 (0)
2016– Arsenal 0 (0)
National team‡
2007–2008 Germany U19 11 (0)
2008–2011 Germany U20 8 (0)
2010– Germany 28 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:57, 8 June 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:29, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Josephine Henning (born 8 September 1989) is a German footballer who plays as a centre-back for English FA WSL club Arsenal. Since making her debut for the Germany national team in September 2010, she has won over 25 caps and represented her country at UEFA Women's Euro 2013 and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Club career

Henning won the Frauen-Bundesliga four times and the UEFA Women's Champions League three times while playing with Turbine Potsdam and VfL Wolfsburg in her home country. She then signed for French club Paris Saint-Germain in June 2014.[1]

She helped Paris Saint-Germain reach the 2015 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, where they lost 2–1 to Frankfurt. Henning missed the first half of the 2015–16 season through injury then negotiated a termination of her contract in January 2016.[2]

In February 2016, Henning attended a pre-season training camp with Arsenal in Seville, Spain. She was named as a substitute in Arsenal's 3–1 friendly win over Bayern Munich.[3] Her transfer to Arsenal was confirmed by the club on 18 February 2016.[4]

Honours

1. FC Saarbrücken

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

VfL Wolfsburg

Germany

References

  1. ↑ "PSG sign Henning" (in French). 12 June 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Josephine Henning leaves Paris". Paris Saint-Germain. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Hier die kompletten Aufstellungen #ALFCFCB". Twitter (in German) (Seville: FC Bayern Munich (women)). 6 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Josephine Henning: Arsenal sign Germany defender from PSG". BBC Sport. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.

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