Melanie Leupolz

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Melanie Leupolz
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Leupolz playing for Germany in 2023
Personal information
Full name Melanie Leupolz [1]
Date of birth (1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 30)
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
0000–2010 TSV Tettnang
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2014 Freiburg 75 (13)
2014–2020 Bayern Munich 99 (12)
2020–2024 Chelsea 44 (6)
2024– Real Madrid 7 (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
Women's football
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Sweden
*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]

Contents

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 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]

International career

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 May 2024 [17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] Continental [c] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SC Freiburg 2010–11 2. Frauen-Bundesliga 16600———176
2011–12 Frauen-Bundesliga 20310———213
2012–13Frauen-Bundesliga21330———243
2013–14Frauen-Bundesliga18141———222
Total751381———8314
Bayern Munich 2014–15Frauen-Bundesliga22421———245
2015–16Frauen-Bundesliga17240—21—233
2016–17Frauen-Bundesliga10012—12—124
2017–18Frauen-Bundesliga19041—20—251
2018–19Frauen-Bundesliga11040—51—201
2019–20Frauen-Bundesliga20610—30—246
Total9912164—134—12820
Chelsea 2020–21 FA WSL 1951042711 [d] 0328
2021–22WSL70000061—131
2022–23WSL70402040—170
2023–24WSL111402040—211
Total4469082212108310
Real Madrid 2024–25 Liga F 000000000000
Total000000000000
Career total21831335823461029444

International

As of 24 July 2023 [18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany 2013101
2014123
2015173
201691
201720
201850
2019102
202051
202152
202340
Total7913
Leupolz during a match with Germany in 2021 2021-10-26 Fussball, Frauen, Landerspiel, Deutschland - Israel 1DX 1095 by Stepro.jpg
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 [18]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
121 September 2013 Cottbus, GermanyFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 6–09–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
25 April 2014 Dublin, IrelandFlag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 3–23–22015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
310 April 2014 Mannheim, GermanyFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1–04–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
48 May 2014 Osnabrück, GermanyFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 7–09–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
58 April 2015 Fürth, GermanyFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3–04–0 Friendly
615 June 2015 Winnipeg, CanadaFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1–04–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
718 September 2015 Halle, GermanyFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 11–012–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
83 August 2016 São Paulo, BrazilFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 5–06–1 2016 Summer Olympics
917 June 2019 Montpellier, FranceFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1–04–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
105 October 2019 Aachen, GermanyFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7–08–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
1122 September 2020 Podgorica, MontenegroFlag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 2–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
1221 September 2021 Chemnitz, GermanyFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 5–15–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
1330 November 2021 Faro, Portugal Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 3–03–12023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Honours

Bayern Munich

Chelsea

Germany U-20

Germany

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  2. ↑ "Leupolz becomes Real Madrid's third signing ahead of 2024/25 campaign". Real Madrid CF. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Melanie Leupolz verlängert beim FC Bayern München". fcbayern.com (in German). 18 December 2018.
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