Ethernet connector for a motor vehicle, for plug-connection to a mating connector along an insertion direction (E), the Ethernet connector comprising: - a connector housing having at least two contact chambers ; - a shield plate ; - an Ethernet cable with wires and a shield conductor ; wherein a contact element is arranged in each contact chamber ; wherein a mating contact element can be inserted into each contact element ; wherein a wire is attached to each contact element at its rear end with respect to the insertion direction (E); wherein the wires , which are attached to the contact element , are combined to form the Ethernet cable in a section at the rear with respect to the insertion direction (E) and are surrounded by the shield conductor ; wherein the shield plate surrounds the majority of the connector housing ; wherein the shield plate has a connecting means by way of which it is electrically connected to the shield conductor of the Ethernet cable ; wherein at least one contact lamella for contacting a shield mating contact element is arranged at a section of the shield plate at the front with respect to the insertion direction (E), characterized in that the at least one contact lamella is bent into the space enclosed by the shield plate in such a way that the at least one contact lamella is arranged at least in sections between a first wall of the shield plate and the connector housing , wherein the at least one contact lamella is bent into the space enclosed by the shield plate in such a way that a shield mating contact element which can be inserted from the mating connector into the Ethernet connector between the at least one contact lamella and the first wall of the shield plate is electrically contacted both by the at least one contact lamella and by the first wall of the shield plate . - a connector housing having at least two contact chambers ; - a shield plate ; - an Ethernet cable with wires and a shield conductor ; wherein a contact element is arranged in each contact chamber ; wherein a mating contact element can be inserted into each contact element ; wherein a wire is attached to each contact element at its rear end with respect to the insertion direction (E); wherein the wires , which are attached to the contact element , are combined to form the Ethernet cable in a section at the rear with respect to the insertion direction (E) and are surrounded by the shield conductor ; wherein the shield plate surrounds the majority of the connector housing ; wherein the shield plate has a connecting means by way of which it is electrically connected to the shield conductor of the Ethernet cable ; wherein at least one contact lamella for contacting a shield mating contact element is arranged at a section of the shield plate at the front with respect to the insertion direction (E), characterized in that the at least one contact lamella is bent into the space enclosed by the shield plate in such a way that the at least one contact lamella is arranged at least in sections between a first wall of the shield plate and the connector housing , wherein the at least one contact lamella is bent into the space enclosed by the shield plate in such a way that a shield mating contact element which can be inserted from the mating connector into the Ethernet connector between the at least one contact lamella and the first wall of the shield plate is electrically contacted both by the at least one contact lamella and by the first wall of the shield plate . <EOS>