A printed circuit board connector having a shielding element, wherein the printed circuit board connector comprises at least the following: - An insulating body having an essentially cylindrical plug-in region, which is subdivided into four segments by a plurality of slots which are oriented in the plug-in direction, wherein each of the segments comprises at least one through-opening for the insertion of one electrical socket contact respectively, wherein the insulating body, at the plug-in region, then has a likewise essentially cylindrical connection region, wherein the connection region assumes a larger diameter than the plug-in region, as a result of which a circumferential shoulder is constituted between the plug-in region and the connection region; - a plurality of socket contacts arranged in the through-openings, which pass through the connection region of the insulating body for the purposes of electrical contact connection with terminals on the printed circuit board, - a cruciform shield accommodated in the insulating body, - an electrically conductive connector housing, together with: - the above-mentioned shielding element for the contact connection of the connector housing with the cruciform shield, wherein the shielding element is at least partially constituted of an electrically conductive material, wherein the shielding element comprises a closed ring, characterized in that the spring elastic tabs (11,12) are both inwardly and outwardly pointing integrally molded with the closed ring of the shielding element, wherein the shielding element, with its ring, is arranged on the circumferential shoulder of the insulating body, the inwardly pointing tabs thereof engage in the slots such that, firstly, the cruciform shield is electrically contact-connected, and the outwardly pointing tabs thereof project beyond the connection region and/or are bent around the connection region such that, secondly, the connector housing is electrically contact-connected. - An insulating body having an essentially cylindrical plug-in region, which is subdivided into four segments by a plurality of slots which are oriented in the plug-in direction, wherein each of the segments comprises at least one through-opening for the insertion of one electrical socket contact respectively, wherein the insulating body, at the plug-in region, then has a likewise essentially cylindrical connection region, wherein the connection region assumes a larger diameter than the plug-in region, as a result of which a circumferential shoulder is constituted between the plug-in region and the connection region; - a plurality of socket contacts arranged in the through-openings, which pass through the connection region of the insulating body for the purposes of electrical contact connection with terminals on the printed circuit board, - a cruciform shield accommodated in the insulating body, - an electrically conductive connector housing, together with: - the above-mentioned shielding element for the contact connection of the connector housing with the cruciform shield, wherein the shielding element is at least partially constituted of an electrically conductive material, wherein the shielding element comprises a closed ring, characterized in that the spring elastic tabs (11,12) are both inwardly and outwardly pointing integrally molded with the closed ring of the shielding element, wherein the shielding element, with its ring, is arranged on the circumferential shoulder of the insulating body, the inwardly pointing tabs thereof engage in the slots such that, firstly, the cruciform shield is electrically contact-connected, and the outwardly pointing tabs thereof project beyond the connection region and/or are bent around the connection region such that, secondly, the connector housing is electrically contact-connected.