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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.[2]

Melanie Leupolz

Leupolz playing for Germany in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Melanie Leupolz[1]
Date of birth	(1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 28)
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	37	(9)
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	75	(13)
Honours Women's football Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team UEFA Women's Championship 2013 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 September 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:21, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

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]

Career statistics

As of 30 November 2021[13]

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
Total		75	13

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[13]

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

• Bundesliga: 2014–15, 2015–16[14]

Chelsea

• FA Women's Super League: 2020–21, 2021-22
• FA Women's League Cup: 2020–21
• FA Community Shield: 2020
• FA Women's Cup: 2020-21, 2021-22

Germany U-20

• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: 2012 runner-up[14]

Germany

• Summer Olympics: 2016[14]
• UEFA Women's Championship: 2013[14]
• Algarve Cup: 2014[15]

References

External links

• Melanie Leupolz – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Profile at DFB (in German)
• Player German domestic football stats at DFB (in German)
• Melanie Leupolz at the International Olympic Committee
• Melanie Leupolz at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
• Melanie Leupolz at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Melanie Leupolz on Instagram
• Melanie Leupolz on Facebook

На других языках

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[de] Melanie Leupolz

Melanie Leupolz (* 14. April 1994 in Wangen im Allgäu) ist eine deutsche Fußballspielerin. Sie gehört seit der Saison 2020/21 dem englischen Erstligisten Chelsea FC Women an.[1] Ab dem 1. Juli 2014 spielte sie beim Bundesligisten FC Bayern München, mit dem sie zweimal die deutsche Meisterschaft gewann. Seit 2013 spielt Melanie Leupolz für die A-Nationalmannschaft, mit der sie 2013 Europameisterin und 2016 Olympiasiegerin wurde.

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- [en] Melanie Leupolz

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[es] Melanie Leupolz

Melanie Leupolz (Wangen im Allgäu, Alemania; 14 de abril de 1994) es una futbolista alemana. Actualmente juega para el Chelsea Football Club de la Premier League femenina.

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[it] Melanie Leupolz

Melanie Leupolz (in tedesco: "Melani Loipolz") (Wangen im Allgäu, 14 aprile 1994) è una calciatrice tedesca centrocampista del Chelsea e della nazionale tedesca.

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[ru] Лойпольц, Мелани

Мелани Лойпольц (нем. Melanie Leupolz; род. 14 апреля 1994[1], Ванген-им-Алльгой) — немецкая футболистка, полузащитница английского клуба «Челси» и сборной Германии. Чемпионка Европы 2013.

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