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 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 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. <EOS>