Svenja Huth Explained

Svenja Huth
Full Name:Svenja Anette Huth[1]
Birth Date:25 January 1991
Birth Place:Alzenau, Germany
Height:1.63 m
Position:Forward
Currentclub:VfL Wolfsburg
Clubnumber:10
Youthyears1:1998–
Youthclubs1:SG Kälberau 1914
Youthyears2:–2005
Youthclubs2:FC Bayern Alzenau
Youthyears3:2005–2007
Youthclubs3:FFC Frankfurt
Years1:2007–2015
Clubs1:FFC Frankfurt
Caps1:122
Goals1:13
Years2:2015–2019
Clubs2:Turbine Potsdam
Caps2:82
Goals2:34
Years3:2019–
Clubs3:VfL Wolfsburg
Caps3:93
Goals3:14
Nationalyears1:2006
Nationalteam1:Germany U15
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalgoals1:4
Nationalyears2:2006–2008
Nationalteam2:Germany U17
Nationalcaps2:23
Nationalgoals2:7
Nationalyears3:2009
Nationalteam3:Germany U19
Nationalcaps3:8
Nationalgoals3:1
Nationalyears4:2009–2010
Nationalteam4:Germany U20
Nationalcaps4:13
Nationalgoals4:2
Nationalyears5:2010–2012
Nationalteam5:Germany U23
Nationalcaps5:2
Nationalgoals5:0
Nationalyears6:2011–2024
Nationalteam6:Germany
Nationalcaps6:88
Nationalgoals6:14
Club-Update:8 August 2024

Svenja Anette Huth (pronounced as /de/;[2] born 25 January 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg.

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. In March 2024, she announced her retirement from international football.[18]

Personal life

Huth has been married since June 2022.[19]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany201110
201270
201370
201410
2016100
201763
201893
2019103
202031
202193
2022131
2023110
202410
Total8814

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
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1 16 September 2017 Ingolstadt, Germany 1–0 6–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
2 24 November 2017 Bielefeld, Germany 2–0 4–0 Friendly
3 4–0
4 10 June 2018 Hamilton, Canada 1–0 3–2 Friendly
5 1 September 2018 Reykjavík, Iceland 1–0 2–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
6 2–0
7 9 April 2019 Paderborn, Germany 2–2 2–2 Friendly
8 31 August 2019 Kassel, Germany 1–0 10–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
9 3 September 2019 Lviv, Ukraine 6–0 8–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
10 4 March 2020 Algarve, Portugal 1–0 1–0 2020 Algarve Cup
11 21 February 2021 Aachen, Germany 1–0 2–0 Friendly
12 21 October 2021 Petah Tikva, Israel 1–0 1–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
13 30 November 2021 Faro, Portugal 2–0 3–1
14 6 September 2022 Plovdiv, Bulgaria 7–0 8–0

Honours

FFC Frankfurt

2007–08

2007–08, 2014–15

2007–08, 2010–11, 2013–14

VfL Wolfsburg

runner-up 2019–20, 2022–23

Germany

2013, runner-up: 2022[20]

2012

Germany U17

2008Germany U20

2010

Individual

2016

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019: List of Players . FIFA.com . . 10 . 27 May 2019 . 27 May 2019 . 8 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190708190751/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWWC/2019/pdf/FWWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF . dead .
  2. Book: Krech . Eva-Maria . Stock . Eberhard . Hirschfeld . Ursula . Anders . Lutz Christian . Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch. limited . German Pronunciation Dictionary . German . 2009 . Walter de Gruyter . Berlin . 978-3-11-018202-6 . 598.
  3. Web site: Svenja Huth Spiele als Spielerin 2007/2008 . 4 February 2014 . fussballdaten.de . German.
  4. Web site: 1. FC Saarbrücken – 1. FFC Frankfurt 2:4 . 21 May 2023 . FuPa . de.
  5. Web site: S. Huth – Profile . 4 February 2014 . soccerway.com.
  6. Web site: UEFA.com . 14 May 2015 . Islacker strikes to give Frankfurt the crown . 21 May 2023 . UEFA.com . en.
  7. Web site: Turbine Potsdam holt Europameisterin Huth – DFB – Deutscher Fussball-Bund e.V . dfb.de . 9 June 2015.
  8. Web site: Svenja Huth wechselt von Turbine Potsdam zum VfL Wolfsburg . 21 May 2023 . www.sportfrauen.net.
  9. Web site: Nationalstürmerin Svenja Huth verlängert beim VfL Wolfsburg – Newsansicht – Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de . 21 May 2023 . www.soccerdonna.de.
  10. Web site: 7 March 2016 . FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Germany 2010 - Awards . 21 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307100827/http://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/archive/germany2010/awards/index.html . 7 March 2016 .
  11. Web site: Players Info Huth . 4 February 2014 . DFB.
  12. Web site: 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 . 21 May 2023 . en-US.
  13. Web site: 19 August 2016 . Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160820065521/http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/news/y=2016/m=8/news=gold-for-germany-as-neid-finishes-in-style-2822872.html . 20 August 2016 . fifa.com.
  14. Web site: Artikel: Verleihung des Silbernen Lorbeerblattes . 21 May 2023 . Der Bundespräsident . de.
  15. Web site: Germany crash out after stunning defeat by Denmark – DW – 07/30/2017 . 21 May 2023 . dw.com . en.
  16. Web site: Germany Women thrash Slovenia 6–0 . 21 May 2023 . DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. . de.
  17. Web site: Voss-Tecklenburg beruft endgültigen Kader für die EM in England . 21 May 2023 . DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. . de.
  18. Web site: Svenja Huth tritt aus Nationalteam zurück. 17 March 2024. dfb.de. de.
  19. https://www.l-mag.de/news-1010/das-sind-die-50-lesbischen-stars-der-fussball-em-2022.html L-Mag-de: Fußball-EM 2022: Das sind die 59 lesbischen, bisexuellen und queeren Spielerinnen (german)
  20. Web site: Sanders . Emma . 31 July 2022 . England beat Germany to win first major women's trophy . 31 July 2022 . BBC.
  21. News: 28 February 2024 . Germany win Nations League play-off to reach Olympics . 29 February 2024 . BBC Sport . en-GB.