Melanie Leupolz Biography, Family, Soccer Career, Net Worth, Other Facts

Melanie Leupolz is a prominent German midfielder who has spent many years playing in the Bundesliga for Bayern Munich, as well as the German women’s national team, which she has represented at various levels. She is an incredibly skilled and experienced player as she has made multiple outings as part of the German under-17 squad that competed for the U-17 World Cup in 2010. She has consistently been part of the senior women’s team from the time she was called up in 2013 and has gone on to win the Olympic gold medal in Rio de Janeiro as part of Germany’s women’s team. The last six years of Melanie’s career has been filled with intoxicating high points at the club and national level. 

Melanie Leupolz Biography  

Years spent playing with and against the brightest and most talented footballers in the game has imbued Melanie with a confidence that is hard to shake. She is dedicated to contributing her time and efforts to making sure women’s football keeps advancing forward and progressing as fast as possible.

She believes that the audience reach for women’s matches has not even scraped the top of its potential despite the recent boom in sponsorship and spectators across the industry. Thanks to her innate talent, Melanie Leupolz is bound to achieve even greater feats in her career representing her club and country, and in so doing, will help increase the audience base and appeal of women’s football. 

The title-winning football star was born on April 14, 1994, in Wangen im Allgäu, Germany. She began playing football at a tender age, first as a hobby before she fashioned it into a career. She played for a number of youth teams such as TSV Ratzenried and TSV Tettnang until 2010 when she signed with Freiburg. She made 75 appearances in total for them, scoring 13 goals.

In 2014, Melanie Leupolz joined Bayern Munich, her current club. She has made 77 appearances with 6 goals for the team so far. She has won two Bundesliga trophies with the team in 2014 and 2015 seasons.  

Soccer Career 

At the international level, Melanie represented Germany at the under-17 World Cup in 2010, putting up two goals in the match against South Africa. She stood in for her nation once more in the U-17 European Championship in 2011, serving as captain of the squad. However, her hopes of winning the competition were dashed when she failed to convert the final penalty in the semi-final shootout in the game against France. 

Melanie Leupolz made her first senior team appearance for Germany on June 19, 2013, in a game against Canada, which ended in a 1-0 victory for her team. The next day, she was named as part of the team that would be representing the country at the 2013 UEFA Women’s Euro. The campaign turned out to be successful as Germany won the tournament.

Melanie also contributed to the country’s 2012 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup campaign, where the German team finished second. Her other notable international appearances include the 2014 Algarve Cup which she won along with the rest of her team; and the 2016 Summer Olympic Games where she and her squad thrilled the entire nation by winning the gold medal. 

Thus far, her professional career has seen her play for TSV Ratzenried and TSV Tettnang at the youth level club side. At the senior level, she played for Freiburg from 2010 to 2014 and has been with Bayern Munich since the latter year.

Melanie Leupolz’s Net Worth 

Melanie’s major source of income is from her career as a footballer and her earnings are growing by the day with every goal she scores and every trophy she helps win. As sponsorship deals are increasing in women’s football, she might also land more generous endorsement contract which will boost her overall financial standing. At the moment, Melanie’s estimated net worth is yet to be disclosed 

Her Family 

Unsurprisingly, Melanie Leupolz is a bit of a secretive person who prefers not to spew details about her private life to the public or the media during interviews. As a result, her parent’s identities are unknown at this time, as well as the names of her siblings if she has any. She is also yet to reveal the occupation of her parents, or other revealing information such as what kind of upbringing she had, where she went to school, and her family background. 

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Other Facts About Melanie Leupolz

1. She wears the No. 8 jersey for at her club, Bayern Munich. 

2. Melanie has signed sponsorship deals with Adidas and Allianz. 

3. The midfielder has a sports marketing certification which she obtained from the Bavarian Academy of Marketing, and she is also studying business administration. 

4. Melanie Leupolz is currently in a romantic relationship with ex-soccer player Sami Khedira.