Mandy Islacker (born 8 August 1988) is a German footballer who plays as a striker for Schalke 04.
Club career
Islacker began her senior career at FCR Duisburg in 2004,[2] where her team finished as Bundesliga runner-up twice in the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons. In 2006, she joined SGS Essen, then moved to Bayern Munich, achieving another runner-up finish in the 2008–09 season. She returned to FCR Duisburg in 2010 and later transferred to BV Cloppenburg in 2013.[3]
In 2014, Islacker signed with 1. FFC Frankfurt,[4] winning the 2014–15 Champions League and finishing as the top scorer in the Bundesliga for two consecutive seasons, 2015–16, 2016–17.
In July 2017, she returned to Bayern Munich,[5] and secured three consecutive runner-up finishes in the 2017–18, 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons.
In 2020, she joined 1. FC Köln,[6] then moved to FC Viktoria Köln in 2023.[7] In January 2024, she signed with VfB Stuttgart.[8] At the conclusion of the 2024–25 season, with promotion to the 2. Bundesliga secured, Islacker announced she would be leaving the club to return to her native North Rhine-Westphalia for professional reasons.[9]
In July 2025, she moved to Schalke 04.[10]
International career
Islacker was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.[11]
Personal life
She is the daughter of Frank Islacker and the granddaughter of Franz Islacker.[12]
Career statistics
Scores and results list Germany’s goal tally first:
| Islacker – goals for Germany | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 22 October 2015 | Wiesbaden, Germany | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 qualifying | |
| 2. | 25 October 2015 | Sandhausen, Germany | 1–0 | 7–0 | ||
| 3. | 22 July 2016 | Paderborn, Germany | 10–0 | 11–0 | Friendly | |
| 4. | 25 October 2016 | Aalen, Germany | 1–0 | 4–2 | ||
| 5. | 2–0 | |||||
Source:[13]
Honours
- Club
FCR Duisburg
- Bundesliga runner-up: 2004–05, 2005–06
Bayern Munich
- Bundesliga runner-up: 2008–09, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
1. FFC Frankfurt
- UEFA Women’s Champions League: 2014–15[14]
- Bundesliga top scorer: 2015–16, 2016–17
VfB Stuttgart
- International
Germany
- Summer Olympic Games gold medal: 2016
- Individual
- Bundesliga top scorer: 2015–16, 2016–17
- Regionalliga Süd top scorer: 2024–25[15]
References
- ^ “Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016, Women – List of Players: Germany” (PDF). FIFA. 25 July 2016. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ “Die Islacker-Story: Nach «Penny» stürmt jetzt Mandy” (in German). fussball24.de. 30 December 2004. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ “Mandy Islacker wechselt zum BV Cloppenburg” (in German). framba.de. 16 July 2013. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ “Mandy Islacker verstärkt den FFC” (in German). 1. FFC Frankfurt. 30 June 2014.
- ^ “FCB-Frauen verpflichten Mandy Islacker” (in German). fcbayern.com. 11 July 2017.
- ^ “Mandy Islacker wechselt zum 1. FC Köln” (in German). German Football Association. 15 May 2020.
- ^ Liu, Manuel (22 June 2023). “Viktoria Köln schnappt sich Ex-FC-Kapitänin Mandy Islacker” (in German). Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger.
- ^ “Olympiasiegerin Islacker wechselt zum VfB Stuttgart” (in German). Kicker. 3 January 2024.
- ^ “Vielen Dank für euren Einsatz!” (in German). VfB Stuttgart. 18 May 2025.
- ^ ““Ganz ohne Fußball geht es einfach nicht”: Islacker wird für Schalke spielen”. Kicker.de (in German). 3 July 2025.
- ^ “Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style”. fifa.com. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
- ^ “1. FFC Frankfurt verpflichtet Mandy Islacker” (in German). womensoccer.de. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ “Players Info Islacker Goals”. DFB. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ UEFA.com (14 May 2015). “Islacker strikes to give Frankfurt the crown”. UEFA. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ “Mandy Islacker ist Torschützenkönigin der Regionalliga Süd” (in German). VfB Stuttgart. 18 May 2025.
External links
- Mandy Islacker at WorldFootball.net