Bettina Wiegmann

Bettina Wiegmann
Personal information
Date of birth	7 October 1971 (age 49)
Place of birth	Euskirchen, West Germany
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1978–1982	TSV Feytal
1982–1984	TuS Mechernich
1984–1988	SpVgg Bleibuir-Voissel
Senior career*
National team
Women's football
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Bettina Wiegmann (born 7 October 1971) is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Wiegmann scored 51 goals in 154 caps for the Germany national team between 1989 and 2003. In 1997, she was selected German Female Footballer of the Year and currently lives in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Honours[]

FIFA Women's World Cup: winner 2003
Football at the Summer Olympics: bronze medal 2000
UEFA Women's Championship: winner 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments[]

Bettina Wiegmann competed in four FIFA Women's World Cup: China 1991, Sweden 1995, USA 1999 and USA 2003; and two Olympics: 1996 Summer Olympic Games, and 2000 Summer Olympic Games; played 30 matches and scored 14 goals.^[1] Along with her Germany teams, Wiegmann is a world champion from USA 2003, runner-up from Sweden 1995; and a bronze medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.

	hideKey (expand for notes on “international goals” and sorting)
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain Sorted by minutes played
Goal in match	Goal of total goals by the player in the match Sorted by total goals followed by goal number
#	NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
Result	The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
	Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
	Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
	Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match
	Pink background color – Continental Games or regional tournament
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
NOTE on background colors: Continental Games or regional tournament are sometimes also qualifier for World Cup or Olympics; information depends on the source such as the player's federation. NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player

hideGoal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
China 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
	1	1991-11-17^{[m 1]}	Jiangmen	Nigeria	Start			4–0 W	Group stage
1	2	1991-11-19^{[m 2]}	Zhongshan	Chinese Taipei	Start	10	1–0	3–0 W	Group stage
	3	1991-11-21^{[m 3]}	Zhongshan	Italy	Start		1–0	2–0 W	Group stage
2	4	1991-11-24^{[m 4]}	Zhongshan	Denmark	Start	17 pk	1–0	2–1 aet W	Quarter-final
3	5	1991-11-27^{[m 5]}	Guangzhou	United States	Start	63	2–4	2–5 L	Semifinal
	6	1991-11-29^{[m 6]}	Guangzhou	Sweden	Start			0–4 L	Third place match
Sweden 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Final
	7	1995-06-05^{[m 7]}	Karlstad	Japan	Start			1–0 W	Group stage
4	8	1995-06-07^{[m 8]}	Helsingborg	Sweden	Start	9 pk	1–0	2–3 L	Group stage
5	9	1995-06-09^{[m 9]}	Karlstad	Brazil	{{{4}}}. off 83' (on Wunderlich)	42 pk	3–1	6–1 W	Group stage
	10	1995-06-13^{[m 10]}	Västerås	England	Start			3–0 W	Quarter-final
6	11	1995-06-15^{[m 11]}	Helsingborg	China PR	Start	88	1–0	1–0 W	Semifinal
	12	1995-06-18^{[m 12]}	Solna	Norway	Start			0–2 L	Final
Atlanta 1996 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
7	13	1996-07-21^{[m 13]}	Birmingham	Japan	Start	5	1–0	3–2 W	Group match
8	14	1996-07-23^{[m 14]}	Washington	Norway	Start	32	1–1	2–3 L	Group match
	15	1996-07-25^{[m 15]}	Birmingham	Brazil	Start		1–0	1–1 D	Group match
USA 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
9	16	1999-06-20^{[m 16]}	Los Angeles	Italy	Start	61 pk	1–0	1–1 D	Group match
	17	1999-06-24^{[m 17]}	Portland	Mexico	Start			6–0 W	Group match
10	18	1999-06-27^{[m 18]}	Washington	Brazil	Start	46 pk	2–2	3–3 D	Group match
11	19	1999-07-01^{[m 19]}	Washington	United States	Start	45+1	2–1	2–3 L	Quarter-final
Sydney 2000 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
12	20	2000-09-13^{[m 20]}	Canberra	Australia	Start	70	2–0	3–0 W	Group match
	21	2000-09-16^{[m 21]}	Canberra	Brazil	Start			2–1 W	Group match
	22	2000-09-19^{[m 22]}	Melbourne	Sweden	Start			1–0 W	Group match
	23	2000-09-24^{[m 23]}	Sydney	Norway	Start			0–1 L	Semifinal
	24	2000-09-28^{[m 24]}	Sydney	Brazil	Start			2–0 W	Bronze medal match
USA 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
13	25	2003-09-20^{[m 25]}	Columbus	Canada	start; (c)	39 pk	1–1	4–1 W	Group match
	26	2003-09-24^{[m 26]}	Columbus	Japan	{{{4}}}. off 78' (on Kuenzer); (c)			3–0 W	Group match
14	27	2003-09-27^{[m 27]}	Washington	Argentina	start; (c)	24 pk	2–0	6–1 W	Group match
	28	2003-10-02^{[m 28]}	Portland	Russia	{{{4}}}. off 66' (on Kuenzer) (c)			7–1 W	Quarter-final
	29	2003-10-05^{[m 29]}	Portland	United States	start; (c)			3–0 W	Semifinal
	30	2003-10-12^{[m 30]}	Carson	Sweden	start; (c)			2–1 aet W	Final