Melanie Leupolz

Melanie Leupolz (born 14 April 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chelsea of the FA Women's Super League and the Germany national team.[1]

Melanie Leupolz
Leupolz playing for FC Bayern Munich (women) in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-04-14) 14 April 1994
Place of birth Wangen im Allgäu, Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 8
Youth career
TSV Ratzenried
0000–2010 TSV Tettnang
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Freiburg 75 (13)
2014–2020 Bayern Munich 77 (6)
2020– Chelsea 7 (1)
National team‡
2009 Germany U15 5 (1)
2009–2011 Germany U17 5 (7)
2011–2013 Germany U19 12 (4)
2012 Germany U20 8 (4)
2013– Germany 70 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2020

Club career

Leupolz started her career with TSV Ratzenried and TSV Tettnang, then she joined Freiburg in 2010. In 2010–11 season, Freiburg was promoted to Bundesliga. In the following season, she made her Bundesliga debut on 21 August 2011 and scored a goal in a 2–2 away draw against SC 07 Bad Neuenahr.

In 2014, she joined Bayern Munich. She made her debut on 31 August 2014 for Bayern in a 1–1 draw against 1. FFC Frankfurt, then she scored her first goal in a 4–0 win over Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 2 October 2014. Later on, she managed to win two Bundesliga titles in her first two seasons with Bayern, in 2014–15 and 2015–16. In 2018, she extended her contract until 2020.[2]

On 23 March 2020, Leupolz signed for Chelsea.[3] On 29 August 2020, she won the FA Community Shield, to be her first title with Chelsea.[4] On 13 September, she scored her first goal for Chelsea in a 9–0 win over Bristol City.[5]

International career

As an Under-17 international she competed at the 2010 U-17 World Cup, where she scored two goals against South Africa.[6] She was the team's captain in the 2011 U-17 European Championship, where she missed the final shot in the penalty shootout in the semifinals against France.[7]

On 19 June 2013 Leupolz made her senior Germany debut in a 1–0 win over Canada in Paderborn. The following day she was named in the Germans' UEFA Women's Euro 2013 squad.[8]

She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.[9]

At the 2019 Women's World Cup, she scored a goal in Germany's 4–0 win over South Africa, her first national goal since the 2016 Summer Olympics.[10]

International goals

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

Leupolz – goals for Germany
#DateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 September 2013Cottbus, Germany Russia6–09–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.5 April 2014Dublin, Ireland Republic of Ireland3–23–2
3.10 April 2014Mannheim, Germany Slovenia1–04–0
4.8 May 2014Osnabrück, Germany Slovakia7–09–1
5.8 April 2015Fürth, Germany Brazil3–04–0Friendly
6.15 June 2015Winnipeg, Canada Thailand1–04–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup
7.18 September 2015Halle, Germany Hungary11–012–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
8.3 August 2016São Paulo, Brazil Zimbabwe5–06–12016 Summer Olympics
9.17 June 2019Montpellier, France South Africa1–04–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup
10.5 October 2019Aachen, Germany Ukraine7–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
11.22 September 2020Podgorica, Montenegro Montenegro2–03–0

Source:[11]

Honors

Bayern Munich

Chelsea

Germany U-20

Germany

References
  1. "Melanie Leupolz transfer agreed". Chelsea FC. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. "Melanie Leupolz verlängert beim FC Bayern München". fcbayern.com (in German). 18 December 2018.
  3. "Full interview: Melanie Leupolz signs for Chelsea". chelseafc.com. 23 March 2020.
  4. "Chelsea Women 2–0 Manchester City Women". BBC Sport. 29 August 2020.
  5. "Nine goals - nine different scorers! Chelsea thrash Bristol City". BBC Sport. 13 September 2020.
  6. Statistics in FIFA.com
  7. The match's report and statistics in UEFA.com
  8. "Neid turns to youth for Germany". uefa.com. UEFA. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  9. "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016.
  10. "Germany beats South Africa 4-0 to win World Cup group". Fox Sports. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  11. "Players Info Leupolz". DFB. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  12. "M. Leupolz". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  13. "Algarve Cup 2014: Analysing Final Results and Scores for Women's Soccer". Bleacher Report. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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