Inka Grings

Quick Facts

Full Name	Inka Grings
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 31, 1978(1978-10-31)
Age	46
Birthplace	Düsseldorf
Country	Germany
Horoscope	Capricorn

Inka Grings Biography

Inka Grings is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on October 31, 1978 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Inka Grings (born 31 October 1978) is a retired German international footballer. She played sixteen years as a striker for FCR 2001 Duisburg. Afterwards she played for FC Zürich Frauen. She also played for the German national team. Grings is the second all-time leading goalscorer in Germany’s top division, the Fußball-Bundesliga (women), with 195 goals and claimed the league’s top- scorer award for a record six seasons. Playing for Germany, she has also been the top-scorer at two UEFA European Championships. Grings was named German Female Footballer of the Year in 1999, 2009 and 2010.

Grings signed with FCR 2001 Duisburg in 1995. She quickly became an important player for the club and in the following years one of the most successful goalscorers in Germany. In 1998, Grings won the German Cup, her first major title. She scored three goals in the final against FSV Frankfurt. The following year in the 1998–99 season she became the Bundesliga’s top-scorer for the first time. Grings was named German Female Footballer of the Year in 1999 by the country’s sports journalists.

She ended her contract at Duisburg one year early in an agreement with the club and announced transferring to an international club. On 1 September 2011 she joined Swiss side FC Zürich Frauen. In the first season she won the championship as well as the cup.

Over the next decade, Grings became the Bundesliga all-time leading goalscorer, hitting the mark of 350 goals in January 2011. She won the Bundesliga title with Duisburg in the 1999–00 season; that year she also set the all-time record for goals in a Bundesliga season by scoring 38 goals. She won the German Cup on two more occasions in 2009 and 2010, and lifted the UEFA Women’s Cup in the 2008–09 season. Grings was the Bundesliga top-scorer for three years in a row from 2008 to 2010 and was again voted Germany’s Female Footballer of the Year in 2009 and 2010.

Inka Grings competed in two FIFA Women’s World Cup: USA 1999, and Germany 2011; one Olympics: Sydney 2000; played in 13 matches and scored 6 goals. Along with her Germany team, Grings is a bronze medalist from Sydney 2000.

Inka Grings Net Worth

Inka Grings is one of the richest Association Football Player from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Inka Grings 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

As a child, Grings wanted to be a tennis player. However, after no tennis club had accepted her, she instead started playing football at TSV Eller 04 in

1984. She later played for Garather SV.

Grings made her debut for the German national team in May 1996 against Finland. She appeared for Germany at the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup, scoring three goals. However, Germany was eliminated in the quarter-final. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she won the bronze medal with the German team, scoring once against Australia in the group stage. Grings’ career, particularly at international level, has repeatedly been affected by injuries. She missed the 2001 European Championship on home soil and the 2003 FIFA Women’s World Cup due to injury. When she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her knee shortly before the 2004 Summer Olympics, Grings initially announce to end her career. However, she changed her mind during physical therapy.

With four goals, Grings was the top-scorer at the 2005 European Championship, when Germany claimed its sixth European title. At the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup and the 2008 Summer Olympics, Grings was not part of the German squad, because of disagreements with head coach Silvia Neid. She returned for Germany at the 2009 European Championship, claiming her second European title. With five goals Grings again was the tournament’s top-scorer. She has been called up for the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

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Facts & Trivia

Inka Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Inka Grings celebrates birthday on October 31 of every year.