Isabelle Linden
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]
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| Full name | Isabelle Linden[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Köln, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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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
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*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 | |||||||||||||||||
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Club career
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
She was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[4]
Honors
International
- UEFA Women's Championship: Winner (1) 2013
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship: Winner 2008
Personal life
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
- "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.
- @BellaLi23 (23 May 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.
- "Európa-bajnok labdarúgót igazolt a Ferencváros!".
- "Das Team" (in German). dfb.de. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
External links
- Profile at the German Football Federation (in German)
- Isabelle Linden at WorldFootball.net
- Isabelle Linden at Soccerway
- Isabelle Linden – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Profile at soccerdonna.de
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