Simone Melanie Laudehr (born 12 July 1986) is a German former footballer who played as a central midfielder or winger.

Career Club Laudehr began her career at the age of three at FC Tegernheim. In 1996, she joined SC Regensburg, before playing for FC Bayern Munich for one season. At Bayern she made her Bundesliga debut. Laudehr transferred to FCR 2001 Duisburg in 2004, where she was runner-up in the Bundesliga five times, including four seasons in a row from 2005 to 2008. She won the German Cup twice with Duisburg and claimed the UEFA Women's Cup with the club in the 2008–09 season. For the 2012–2013 season she moved to 1. FFC Frankfurt. She extended her contract until the 2016–17 season on 21 April 2015.

In 2016, Laudehr joined Bayern Munich. Prior to the end of the 2020–21 season, Laudehr announced her retirement from football. She won the first and only league title of her career on the final matchday of the 2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga, making her 210th Bundesliga appearance by substituting into the match with 10 minutes to spare.

International

In 2004, Laudehr was runner-up with Germany at the 2004 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship and later that year won the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship. She made her debut for the German senior national team in July 2007 against Denmark. Only two months later she was part of Germany's 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup squad. Laudehr was a starter for Germany in five matches, including in the World Cup final, in which she scored after 86 minutes to seal the German 2–0 victory. Her World Cup winning header was later voted Germany's Goal of the Month.

One year later, she won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and was part of Germany's team which won the country's seventh title at the 2009 European Championship. Laudehr has been called up for Germany's 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.

She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.

In 2019, she retired from the Germany national team after being left out of their squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

International goals Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

Laudehr – goals for Germany # Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 2 August 2007 Gera, Germany 2–0 5–0 Friendly 2. 30 September 2007 Shanghai, China 2–0 2–0 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 3. 15 August 2008 Shenyang, China 2–0 2–0 2008 Summer Olympics 4. 25 July 2009 Sinsheim, Germany 5–0 6–0 Friendly 5. 27 August 2009 Tampere, Finland 5–1 5–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 6. 7 September 2009 Helsinki, Finland 1–1 3–1 7. 17 February 2010 Duisburg, Germany 2–0 3–0 Friendly 8. 7 June 2011 Aachen, Germany 2–0 5–0 9. 16 June 2011 Mainz, Germany 1–0 3–0 10. 30 June 2011 Frankfurt, Germany 1–0 1–0 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 11. 19 November 2011 Wiesbaden, Germany 7–0 17–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying 12. 10–0 13. 19 September 2012 Dusiburg, Germany 3–0 10–0 14. 29 June 2013 Munich, Germany 4–2 4–2 Friendly 15. 21 July 2013 Växjö, Sweden 1–0 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 16. 26 October 2013 Koper, Slovenia 7–0 13–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 17. 10 March 2014 Albufeira, Portugal 2–1 3–1 2014 Algarve Cup 18. 5 April 2014 Dublin, Ireland 1–1 3–2 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 19. 8 May 2014 Osnabrück, Germany 8–0 9–1 20. 19 June 2014 Vancouver, Canada 2–1 2–1 Friendly 21. 13 September 2014 Moscow, Russia 1–0 4–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 22. 4 March 2015 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal 2–0 2–4 2015 Algarve Cup 23. 8 April 2015 Fürth, Germany 2–0 4–0 Friendly 24. 27 May 2015 Baden, Switzerland 1–1 3–1 25. 7 June 2015 Ottawa, Canada 7–0 10–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup 26. 18 September 2015 Halle, Germany 8–0 12–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Source:

Personal life Laudehr was born in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. She is the daughter of a Romanian mother, Doina, and a German father, Hubert.

Honours Club FCR 2001 Duisburg DFB-Pokal: 2008–09, 2009–10; Runner-up 2006–07 UEFA Women's Champions League: 2008–09

1. FFC Frankfurt UEFA Women's Champions League: 2014–15 DFB-Pokal: 2013–14

FC Bayern Munchen Frauen-Bundesliga: 2020–21

International FIFA World Cup: 2007 UEFA European Championship: 2009, 2013 Summer Olympic Games: Bronze medal 2008, Gold medal 2016 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship: 2004 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship: Runner-up 2004 Algarve Cup: 2014

Individual Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2007 Goal of the Month: September 2007 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship All star team

References

External links

Profile at DFB Player German domestic football stats at DFB