Melanie Leupolz
Leupolz playing for Germany in 2023
Personal information
Full name Melanie Leupolz[1]
Date of birth (1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Wangen im Allgäu, Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team 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 99 (12)
2020– Chelsea 33 (5)
International career‡
2009 Germany U15 5 (1)
2009–2011 Germany U17 5 (7)
2011–2013 Germany U19 12 (4)
2012 Germany U20 8 (4)
2013–2023 Germany 79 (13)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:20, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:46, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Melanie Leupolz (born 14 April 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Chelsea.[2]

From 2013 until 2023, she also played for the Germany national team.

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.[3]

On 23 March 2020, Leupolz signed for Chelsea.[4] On 29 August 2020, she won the FA Community Shield, to be her first title with Chelsea.[5] On 13 September, she scored her first goal for Chelsea in a 9–0 win over Bristol City.[6] On 7 March 2022, Chelsea FC announced that she was pregnant, pledged the support of the club's medical team and said she would play no further part in the 2021–22 season.[7]

International career

As an Under-17 international she competed at the 2010 U-17 World Cup, where she scored two goals against South Africa.[8] 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.[9]

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.[10]

She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.[11]

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.[12]

In September 2023 she announced her retirement from the national team.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 May 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental[c] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
SC Freiburg 2010–11 Frauen-Bundesliga 16 6 0 0 — — — 17 6
2011–12 Frauen-Bundesliga 20 3 1 0 — — — 21 3
2012–13 Frauen-Bundesliga 21 3 3 0 — — — 24 3
2013–14 Frauen-Bundesliga 18 1 4 1 — — — 22 2
Total 75 13 8 1 — — — 83 14
Bayern Munich 2014–15 Frauen-Bundesliga 22 4 2 1 — — — 24 5
2015–16 Frauen-Bundesliga 17 2 4 0 — 2 1 — 23 3
2016–17 Frauen-Bundesliga 10 0 1 2 — 1 2 — 12 4
2017–18 Frauen-Bundesliga 19 0 4 1 — 2 0 — 25 1
2018–19 Frauen-Bundesliga 11 0 4 0 — 5 1 — 20 1
2019–20 Frauen-Bundesliga 20 6 1 0 — 3 0 — 24 6
Total 99 12 16 4 — 13 4 — 128 20
Chelsea 2020–21 FA WSL 19 5 1 0 4 2 7 1 1[d] 0 32 8
2021–22 WSL 7 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 — 13 1
2022–23 WSL 7 0 4 0 2 0 4 0 — 17 0
Total 33 5 5 0 6 2 17 2 1 0 62 9
Career total 207 30 29 5 6 2 30 6 1 0 273 43
  1. ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, Women's FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes FA Women's League Cup
  3. ^ Includes UEFA Women's Champions League
  4. ^ appearance in Women's FA Community Shield

International

As of 24 July 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2013 10 1
2014 12 3
2015 17 3
2016 9 1
2017 2 0
2018 5 0
2019 10 2
2020 5 1
2021 5 2
2023 4 0
Total 79 13
Leupolz during a match with Germany in 2021
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Leupolz goal.
List of international goals scored by Melanie Leupolz[15]
No. Date Venue 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 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3 10 April 2014 Mannheim, Germany  Slovenia 1–0 4–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4 8 May 2014 Osnabrück, Germany  Slovakia 7–0 9–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
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 7–0 8–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
11 22 September 2020 Podgorica, Montenegro  Montenegro 2–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
12 21 September 2021 Chemnitz, Germany  Serbia 5–1 5–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
13 30 November 2021 Faro, Portugal  Portugal 3–0 3–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Honours

Bayern Munich

Chelsea

Germany U-20

Germany

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2019. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Melanie Leupolz transfer agreed". Chelsea FC. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Melanie Leupolz verlängert beim FC Bayern München". fcbayern.com (in German). 18 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Full interview: Melanie Leupolz signs for Chelsea". chelseafc.com. 23 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Chelsea Women 2–0 Manchester City Women". BBC Sport. 29 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Nine goals - nine different scorers! Chelsea thrash Bristol City". BBC Sport. 13 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Chelsea Women's update on Melanie Leupolz". www.chelseafc.com.
  8. ^ Statistics in FIFA.com
  9. ^ The match's report and statistics in UEFA.com
  10. ^ "Neid turns to youth for Germany". uefa.com. UEFA. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  11. ^ "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
  12. ^ "Germany beats South Africa 4-0 to win World Cup group". Fox Sports. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Melanie Leupolz beendet Karriere in der Nationalmannschaft". dfb.de. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Germany - M. Leupolz - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  15. ^ a b "Melanie Leupolz". dfb.de. 18 September 2021.
  16. ^ a b c d "M. Leupolz". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  17. ^ "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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