Mandy Islacker
German footballer (born 1988)
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Mandy Islacker (born 8 August 1988) is a German footballer who plays as a striker for Schalke 04.
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Islacker in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mandy Islacker[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 August 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Essen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Schalke 04 | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| BV Altenessen | |||
| Essener SG 99/06 | |||
| –2004 | SG Essen-Schönebeck | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | FCR Duisburg | 14 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | SGS Essen | 8 | (4) |
| 2007–2010 | Bayern Munich | 31 | (17) |
| 2010–2013 | FCR Duisburg | 57 | (32) |
| 2013–2014 | BV Cloppenburg | 22 | (12) |
| 2014–2017 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 62 | (41) |
| 2017–2020 | Bayern Munich | 50 | (22) |
| 2020–2023 | 1. FC Köln | 54 | (27) |
| 2023 | FC Viktoria Köln | 12 | (58) |
| 2024–2025 | VfB Stuttgart | 22 | (28) |
| 2025– | Schalke 04 | 10 | (25) |
| International career | |||
| 2015–2018 | Germany | 25 | (5) |
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 November 2025 | |||
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 |  Russia | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 2. | 25 October 2015 | Sandhausen, Germany |  Turkey | 1–0 | 7–0 | |
| 3. | 22 July 2016 | Paderborn, Germany |  Ghana | 10–0 | 11–0 | Friendly |
| 4. | 25 October 2016 | Aalen, Germany |  Netherlands | 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]