Isabelle Linden

{{Short description|German footballer (born 1991)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Isabelle Linden

| image = Isabelle Linden 2013 1.jpg

| full_name = Isabelle Linden{{cite web |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FU17W/2008/pdf/FU17W_2008_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008 – List of Players: Germany |publisher=FIFA |page=8 |date=27 October 2008 |access-date=18 February 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022162106/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FU17W/2008/pdf/FU17W_2008_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=22 October 2019}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|1|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Köln, Germany

| currentclub = Ferencváros TC

| clubnumber = 10

| height = {{height|m=1.65|precision=0}}

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = –2006

| youthyears2 = 2006–2007

| youthclubs1 = VfR Fischenich

| youthclubs2 = SC Fortuna Köln

| years1 = 2007

| clubs1 = SC Fortuna Köln

| caps1 = 5

| goals1 = 3

| years2 = 2008–2009

| clubs2 = SGS Essen

| caps2 = 23

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2009–2015

| clubs3 = Bayer 04 Leverkusen

| caps3 = 66

| goals3 = 17

| years4 = 2015–2016

| clubs4 = 1. FFC Frankfurt

| caps4 = 13

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2016–2018

| clubs5 = Birmingham City

| caps5 = 5

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2018–2020

| clubs6 = 1. FC Köln

| caps6 = 32

| goals6 = 3

| years7 = 2021–

| clubs7 = Ferencváros TC

| nationalyears1 = 2005–2006

| nationalteam1 = Germany U15

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2007–2008

| nationalteam2 = Germany U17

| nationalcaps2 = 18

| nationalgoals2 = 2

| nationalyears3 = 2009–2010

| nationalteam3 = Germany U19

| nationalcaps3 = 3

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2012

| nationalteam4 = Germany U23

| nationalcaps4 = 1

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| nationalyears5 = 2013

| nationalteam5 = Germany

| nationalcaps5 = 1

| nationalgoals5 = 0

| pcupdate = 22:06, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 21 September 2013

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's football }}

{{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }}

{{Medal|Competition|UEFA Women's Championship}}

{{Medal|Gold|2013 Sweden|Team}}

}}

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 {{cite tweet|number=1264094728460677123|user=BellaLi23|title=Time to say goodbye ⚽️🥺.Im gonna retire from football after the season. 23 years with a football on my feet nearl… |date=23 May 2020}} before coming back from her retirement one year later.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fradi.hu/labdarugas/noi-csapat/hirek/europa-bajnok-labdarugot-igazolt-a-ferencvaros|title = Európa-bajnok labdarúgót igazolt a Ferencváros!}}

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.{{cite web|title=Das Team|url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=131|publisher=dfb.de|accessdate=11 July 2013|language=German}}

Honors

=International=

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.

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