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Melanie Leupolz
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Leupolz playing for Germany in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Wangen im Allgäu, Germany
Height 1.73 m
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club 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)
National team
2009 Germany U15 5 (1)
2009–2011 Germany U17 5 (7)
2011–2013 Germany U19 12 (4)
2012 Germany U20 8 (4)
2013–2023 Germany 79 (13)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:20, 27 May 2023 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ 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.

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.

On 23 March 2020, Leupolz signed for Chelsea. On 29 August 2020, she won the FA Community Shield, to be her first title with Chelsea. On 13 September, she scored her first goal for Chelsea in a 9–0 win over Bristol City. 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.

International career

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

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.

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

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.

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

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental 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 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

International

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
2021-10-26 Fussball, Frauen, Länderspiel, Deutschland - Israel 1DX 1095 by Stepro
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
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 21 September 2013 Cottbus, Germany Flag of Russia.svg Russia 6–0 9–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2 5 April 2014 Dublin, Ireland Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland 3–2 3–2 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3 10 April 2014 Mannheim, Germany Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 1–0 4–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4 8 May 2014 Osnabrück, Germany Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 7–0 9–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5 8 April 2015 Fürth, Germany Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 3–0 4–0 Friendly
6 15 June 2015 Winnipeg, Canada Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1–0 4–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
7 18 September 2015 Halle, Germany Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 11–0 12–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
8 3 August 2016 São Paulo, Brazil Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 5–0 6–1 2016 Summer Olympics
9 17 June 2019 Montpellier, France Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1–0 4–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
10 5 October 2019 Aachen, Germany Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 7–0 8–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
11 22 September 2020 Podgorica, Montenegro Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 2–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
12 21 September 2021 Chemnitz, Germany Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 5–1 5–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
13 30 November 2021 Faro, Portugal Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 3–0 3–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Honours

Bayern Munich

Chelsea

  • FA Women's Super League: 2020–21, 2021-22, 2022–23
  • FA Women's League Cup: 2020–21
  • FA Community Shield: 2020
  • FA Women's Cup: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23

Germany U-20

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

Germany

See also

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