Melanie Leupolz

Melanie Leupolz (born 14 April 1994) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder and captains Bayern Munich of the Frauen-Bundesliga. She will move to Chelsea of the FA Women's Super League in the summer of 2020.[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)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bayern Munich
Number 8
Youth career
TSV Ratzenried
0000–2010 TSV Tettnang
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Freiburg 75 (13)
2014– Bayern Munich 77 (6)
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 66 (10)
* 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 18:52, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Leupolz is also a German international.

International career

As an Under-17 international she competed at the 2010 U-17 World Cup, where she scored two goals against South Africa.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.[5] 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.[6]

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

Source:[7]

Honors

Bayern Munich

  • Bundesliga (2): 2014–15, 2015–16

Germany U-20

Germany

References
  1. "Melanie Leupolz transfer agreed". Chelsea FC. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. Statistics in FIFA.com
  3. The match's report and statistics in UEFA.com
  4. "Neid turns to youth for Germany". uefa.com. UEFA. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  5. "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016.
  6. "Germany beats South Africa 4-0 to win World Cup group". Fox Sports. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  7. "Players Info Leupolz". DFB. Retrieved 5 April 2014.


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