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Full name | Melanie Leupolz [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
TSV Ratzenried | |||||||||||||||||||||||
–2010 | TSV Tettnang | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2014 | Freiburg | 75 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2020 | Bayern Munich | 99 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2024 | Chelsea | 44 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Real Madrid | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:20, 18 May 2024 (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 Liga F club Real Madrid. [2]
From 2013 until 2023, she also played for the Germany national team.
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 16 May 2021, she featured in the Champions League final, where her team lost 4–0 to Barcelona. [7]
On 7 March 2022, Chelsea 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. [8] Leupolz returned to play for the club at the start of 2023, after giving birth, and was part of the side that won the Super League and FA Cup competitions that season. [9]
Leupolz transferred to Real Madrid on 3 July 2024. [10]
As an Under-17 international she competed at the 2010 U-17 World Cup, where she scored two goals against South Africa. [11] 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. [12]
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. [13]
She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal. [14]
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. [15]
In September 2023, she announced her retirement from the national team. [16]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Continental [lower-alpha 3] | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
SC Freiburg | 2010–11 | 2. 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 [lower-alpha 4] | 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 | ||
2023–24 | WSL | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | ||
Total | 44 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 10 | ||
Real Madrid | 2024–25 | Liga F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Career total | 218 | 31 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 294 | 44 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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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 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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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 |
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