# Svenja Huth

Svenja Anette Huth (German pronunciation:; 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. She earned her first Bundesliga title at the end of her debut season. 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.

### Turbine Potsdam

Huth played for the German side Turbine Potsdam from 2015 to 2019.

### VfL Wolfsburg

In 2019, Huth moved to VfL Wolfsburg. 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.

## 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.
Huth made her debut for the senior national team on 26 October 2011 as a substitute in a friendly 1–0 win against Sweden. 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. 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. All players received the Silver Laurel Leaf from Federal President Gauck on 1 November 2016.
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.
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. 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. 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.

## Personal life

Huth has been married to Robert Huth since June 2022.

## Career statistics

    As of 23 February 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| Germany | 2012 | 7 | 0 |
| Germany | 2013 | 7 | 0 |
| Germany | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| Germany | 2016 | 10 | 0 |
| Germany | 2017 | 6 | 3 |
| Germany | 2018 | 9 | 3 |
| Germany | 2019 | 10 | 3 |
| Germany | 2020 | 3 | 1 |
| Germany | 2021 | 9 | 3 |
| Germany | 2022 | 13 | 1 |
| Germany | 2023 | 11 | 0 |
| Germany | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 88 | 14 |
    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. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 16 September 2017 | Ingolstadt, Germany | Slovenia | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying |
| 2 | 24 November 2017 | Bielefeld, Germany | France | 2–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 3 | 24 November 2017 | Bielefeld, Germany | France | 4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 4 | 10 June 2018 | Hamilton, Canada | Canada | 1–0 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 5 | 1 September 2018 | Reykjavík, Iceland | Iceland | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying |
| 6 | 1 September 2018 | Reykjavík, Iceland | Iceland | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying |
| 7 | 9 April 2019 | Paderborn, Germany | Japan | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 8 | 31 August 2019 | Kassel, Germany | Montenegro | 1–0 | 10–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 9 | 3 September 2019 | Lviv, Ukraine | Ukraine | 6–0 | 8–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 10 | 4 March 2020 | Algarve, Portugal | Sweden | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2020 Algarve Cup |
| 11 | 21 February 2021 | Aachen, Germany | Belgium | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 12 | 21 October 2021 | Petah Tikva, Israel | Israel | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying |
| 13 | 30 November 2021 | Faro, Portugal | Portugal | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying |
| 14 | 6 September 2022 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 7–0 | 8–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying |

## Honours

FFC Frankfurt
* Bundesliga: 2007–08
* UEFA Women's Champions League: 2007–08, 2014–15
* DFB-Pokal: 2007–08, 2010–11, 2013–14
VfL Wolfsburg
* Bundesliga: 2019–20, 2021–22
* UEFA Women's Champions League: runner-up 2019–20, 2022–23
* DFB-Pokal: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Germany
* Summer Olympic Games: 2016
* UEFA Women's Championship: 2013, runner-up: 2022
* UEFA Women's Nations League third place: 2023–24
* Algarve Cup: 2012
Germany U17
* UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship: 2008
Germany U20
* FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: 2010
Individual
* Fritz Walter Medal Gold: 2010
* Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2016
* Germany women's national Player of the Year: 2018