(CNN) Germany's Giulia Gwinn knows how to make an immediate impact.

In her debut match at the Under-16s Women's World Cup, the skillful midfielder received the player of the match award. Two years later, in her debut match at the Under-20s Women's World Cup against Nigeria, she was the standout performer once again.

On the biggest stage of all, in her first match at the Women's World Cup, the 19-year-old made her mark by scoring a wonderful goal from outside the box to give two-time champions Germany a 1-0 win against China.

Before a crowd of 15,283 at Rennes' Roazhon Park, Gwinn become the third teenager to score for Germany in FIFA Women's World Cup history and secured the player of the match award in the process.

"It gave her a lot of confidence and she showed what she's capable of doing," said Germany manager Martina Voss-Tecklenburg of Gwinn's goal, which also made the Germans the joint-highest scorers in the tournament's history, level with the U.S. on 112 goals.

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