Melanie Leupolz
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Date of birth | 14 April 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wangen im Allgäu, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
TSV Ratzenried | |||||||||||||||||||||||
–2010 | TSV Tettnang | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2014 | Freiburg | 75 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2020 | Bayern Munich | 77 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020- | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 September 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:52, 4 March 2020 (UTC) |
Melanie Leupolz (born 14 April 1994) is a German football midfielder, currently playing for Bayern Munich.[1][2]
Career
International
As an Under-17 international she competed at the 2010 U-17 World Cup, where she scored two goals against South Africa.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5]
She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.[6] 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.[7]
International goals
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:
Leupolz – goals for Germany | ||||||
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# | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
1. | 21 September 2013 | Cottbus, Germany | Russia | 6–0 | 9–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
2. | 5 April 2014 | Dublin, Ireland | Republic of Ireland | 3–2 | 3–2 | |
3. | 10 April 2014 | Mannheim, Germany | Slovenia | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
4. | 8 May 2014 | Osnabrück, Germany | Slovakia | 7–0 | 9–1 | |
5. | 8 April 2015 | Fürth, Germany | Brazil | 3–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
6. | 15 June 2015 | Winnipeg, Canada | Thailand | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |
7. | 18 September 2015 | Halle, Germany | Hungary | 11–0 | 12–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
8. | 3 August 2016 | São Paulo, Brazil | Zimbabwe | 5–0 | 6–1 | 2016 Summer Olympics |
9. | 17 June 2019 | Montpellier, France | South Africa | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup |
10. | 5 October 2019 | Aachen, Germany | Ukraine | 8–0 | 7–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
Source:[8]
Honours
International
- UEFA Women's Championship: Winner 2013
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: Runner-up 2012
- Algarve Cup: Winner 2014
- Summer Olympic Games: Gold medal, 2016
FC Bayern Munich
- Bundesliga: Winner 2014–15, 2015–16
References
- ^ 2011–12 squad in Freiburg's website
- ^ Statistics in Soccerway.com
- ^ Statistics in FIFA.com
- ^ The match's report and statistics in UEFA.com
- ^ "Neid turns to youth for Germany". uefa.com. UEFA. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016.
- ^ "Germany beats South Africa 4-0 to win World Cup group". Fox Sports. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Players Info Leupolz". DFB. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
External links
- Melanie Leupolz on Instagram
- Melanie Leupolz on Facebook
- Melanie Leupolz – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Profile at DFB (in German)
- Player German domestic football stats at DFB (in German)
- Melanie Leupolz at Olympics.com
- Melanie Leupolz at Team Deutschland (in German)
- Melanie Leupolz at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1994 births
- Living people
- German women's footballers
- Germany women's international footballers
- FC Bayern Munich (women) players
- SC Freiburg (women) players
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- People from Wangen im Allgäu
- Women's association football midfielders
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Germany
- Olympic medalists in football
- Olympic gold medalists for Germany
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Frauen-Bundesliga players
- Olympic women's footballers of Germany
- UEFA Women's Championship-winning players
- Footballers from Baden-Württemberg
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- German women's football biography stubs