Isabelle Linden

Isabelle Linden
Personal information
Full name Isabelle Linden[1]
Date of birth (1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Köln, Germany
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Ferencváros TC
Number 10
Youth career
 –2006 VfR Fischenich
2006–2007 SC Fortuna Köln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 SC Fortuna Köln 5 (3)
2008–2009 SGS Essen 23 (2)
2009–2015 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 66 (17)
2015–2016 1. FFC Frankfurt 13 (2)
2016–2018 Birmingham City 5 (1)
2018–2020 1. FC Köln 32 (3)
2021– Ferencváros TC
International career
2005–2006 Germany U15 3 (0)
2007–2008 Germany U17 18 (2)
2009–2010 Germany U19 3 (0)
2012 Germany U23 1 (0)
2013 Germany 1 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Germany
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sweden Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:06, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 September 2013

Isabelle Linden (born 15 January 1991) is a German footballer. She plays as a midfielder for the Hungarian club Ferencváros TC. Former player of the German national team, she retired from professional football in 2020 [2] before coming back from her retirement one year later.[3]

Club career[edit]

Isabelle Linden began her junior career at VfR Fischenich and SC Fortuna Köln before joining the senior team of SC Fortuna Köln. She played for SGS Essen before joining Fußball-Bundesliga side Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 2009. She moved to 1. FFC Frankfurt ahead of the 2015–16 season.

International career[edit]

She was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[4]

Honors[edit]

International[edit]

Personal life[edit]

Linden is one of the ambassadors for WePlayStrong, a women's football movement initiated by UEFA alongside Lisa Evans, Shanice van de Sanden and Eunice Beckmann. She is also openly gay.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 27 October 2008. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ @BellaLi23 (May 23, 2020). "Time to say goodbye ⚽️🥺.Im gonna retire from football after the season. 23 years with a football on my feet nearl…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Európa-bajnok labdarúgót igazolt a Ferencváros!".
  4. ^ "Das Team" (in German). dfb.de. Retrieved 11 July 2013.

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