Melanie Leupolz
| Melanie Leupolz | ||
 Melanie Leupolz (2017)
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | April 14, 1994 | |
| place of birth | Wangen im Allgäu , Germany | |
| size | 173 cm | |
| position | midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| TSV Ratzenried | ||
| -2010 | TSV Tettnang | |
| Women | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2010-2014 | Sc freiburg | 75 (13) |
| 2014-2020 | FC Bayern Munich | 99 (12) |
| 2020– | Chelsea LFC | 0 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| 2009 | Germany U-15 | 5 (1) |
| 2009-2011 | Germany U-17 | 5 (7) |
| 2011-2013 | Germany U-19 | 12 (4) |
| 2012 | Germany U-20 | 8 (4) |
| 2013– | Germany | 66 (10) |
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1 Only league games are given. Status: end of season 2019/20 2 As of March 4, 2020 |
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Melanie Leupolz (born April 14, 1994 in Wangen im Allgäu ) is a German soccer player . She has been part of the English first division club Chelsea LFC since the 2020/21 season . Before that, she played from July 1, 2014 for Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich , with whom she won the German championship twice. Leupolz has been playing for the senior national team since 2013 , with which she became European champion in 2013 and Olympic champion in 2016 .
Career
societies
Melanie Leupolz got through the soccer departments of the clubs TSV Ratzenried and TSV Tettnang 2010 to the second division club SC Freiburg , for whom she won on August 8, 2010 in the first round of the club cup, in the 7-0 win at Hegauer FV , with a goal contributed to her team. At the end of their first season, the promotion to the Bundesliga was certain. She made her Bundesliga debut on August 21, 2011 (first matchday) in a 2-2 draw in the away game against SC 07 Bad Neuenahr , where she scored her first goal with the opening goal to make it 1-0 in the 15th minute.
On February 17, 2014, she announced her move at the end of the season to FC Bayern Munich, who provided her with a contract until June 30, 2017. She made her debut for Bayern on August 31, 2014 (first match day) in a 1-1 draw in the home game against 1. FFC Frankfurt . She scored her first goal in the Bayern jersey on matchday five in a 3-0 win in the away game against Bayer 04 Leverkusen with the opening goal in the 37th minute. In 2015, in her first season, she won the German championship with the Munich team . Leupolz became captain of the team in September 2018 and in December 2018 extended her contract with FC Bayern Munich until at least summer 2020.
For the 2020/21 season she will move to the English first division club Chelsea LFC .
National team
Melanie Leupolz made her debut in the national jersey on April 15, 2009 in Rhede in the 5-0 win of the U-15 national team in the test international against the Netherlands; she scored her first international goal on July 29, 2009 in Wermelskirchen in a 6-1 win against Scotland's selection with the goal of the final score in the 80th minute.
Leupolz played for the U-17 national team from 2009 to 2011 ; she made her debut on September 6, 2009 in a 10-0 win over the selection of Israel. She took part in the 2010 European Championship in Switzerland from June 22nd to 26th, 2010 and scored on June 26th, 2010 in the game for third place, in the 3-0 win against the Netherlands, with the goal for the interim 2 : 0 in the 56th minute also their first international goal for this national team. From July 28 to 31, 2011, she again took part in the European Championship . As the captain , she awarded the decisive penalty in the penalty shoot-out in the semi-finals . She then won the game for third place with the team . From 2011 to 2013 she played twelve times for the U-19 national team and scored four goals. She made her debut for this national team on October 26, 2011 in Konz in a 4-0 win over Sweden's selection; she scored her first goal on April 2, 2012 in Västerås in a 2-0 victory in the European Championship qualifier against the selection of Northern Ireland with the goal of the final score in the 65th minute. She was a member of the U-20 national team at the 2012 World Cup in Japan , which remained clean until the final. The final against the USA was then lost 0-1.
On June 19, 2013, she made her debut in the senior national team , which won 1-0 against Canada in Paderborn . With the team she took part in the EM 2013 in Sweden , where she played four games; in the end she was able to celebrate winning the European championship there. She scored her first international goal on September 21 in Cottbus in a 9-0 victory in the qualifying game for the 2015 World Cup against Russia with a goal of 6-0 in the 76th minute.
On May 24, 2015 she was appointed to the final squad for the 2015 World Cup in Canada by national coach Silvia Neid . There Leupolz was used in six of seven games and reached fourth place with the DFB selection. In the last preliminary group game against Thailand, she scored 1-0 (final score 4-0).
In 2016 she was added to the squad for the Olympic soccer tournament in Brazil . The team won the gold medal with a 2-1 win in the final against Sweden . For this purpose, Leupolz and the other medal winners were awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf by Federal President Gauck on November 1, 2016 .
Due to a knee injury, she was unable to take part in the 2017 European Championships in the Netherlands. At the 2019 World Cup , she was back on the German team . Leupolz was used in four games, in the last group game against South Africa she scored the opening goal . By being eliminated in the quarter-finals, the team missed qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games.
successes
- European Championship : 2013
- Algarve Cup : 2014 , 2020
- Olympic Champion 2016
- U-17 European Championship : third place 2010 , third place 2011 (2011 as captain )
- U-20 World Cup : 2012 finalist
- German champion : 2015 , 2016
- DFB Cup finalist 2018
Awards
- 2011 Fritz Walter Medal in bronze (best young player U-17)
- 2013 Fritz Walter Medal in Gold (best young player U-19)
- "Player of the Season" 2014/15
Personal
Leupolz is a sports specialist and is currently studying business psychology.
Others
On June 4, 2016, she took part in the TV program Das ProSieben Länderspiel for Team Germany on the occasion of the 2016 European Championship for men .
Web links
- Melanie Leupolz in the database of fussballdaten.de
- Melanie Leupolz in the database of weltfussball.de
- Melanie Leupolz in the Soccerdonna.de database
- Melanie Leupolz in the database of the German Football Association
- Data sheet on uefa.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Captain Melanie Leupolz changes to FC Chelsea. fcbayern.com, March 23, 2020, accessed on August 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Ehrung Leupolz ' ( Memento of the original dated December 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the homepage of TSV Ratzenried.
- ↑ Report on badische-Zeitung .de.
- ↑ Melanie Leupolz extended to fcbayern.com at Bayern Munich
- ↑ Match report on uefa.com.
- ↑ Envy appoints final squad for the World Cup in Canada on dfb.de, May 24, 2015.
- ↑ Women's Olympic Football Tournament; Germany, Player : FIFA.com, accessed August 17, 2016.
- ↑ Women's Olympic Football Tournament - Sweden - Germany : FIFA.com, accessed August 20, 2016.
- ↑ Press release from the Office of the Federal President of November 1, 2016: Awarding of the Silver Laurel Leaf. Retrieved March 31, 2017 .
- ↑ News report on dfb.de.
- ^ Fritz Walter Medal: Ginter again best of the year ( memento from October 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on dfb.de.
- ↑ Leupolz is player of the season on dfb.de.
- ↑ The unknown star of FC Bayern. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .
- ↑ The fulfillment of Melanie Leupolz. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Leupolz, Melanie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1994 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wangen in the Allgäu |