_(cropped).jpg) Wirtz with Bayer Leverkusen in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Florian Richard Wirtz[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 May 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pulheim, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | SV Grün-Weiß Brauweiler | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2020 | 1. FC Köln | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 118 | (29) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Germany U15 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Germany U16 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Germany U17 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Germany U21 | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Germany | 27 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:55, 1 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:05, 14 October 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Florian Richard Wirtz (born 3 May 2003) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the Germany national team.[3] He is regarded as one of the best young players in the world.[4][5]
- ^ "Florian Richard Wirtz | Player profile". Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Florian Wirtz". Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ Florian Wirtz at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Florian Wirtz: Who is Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Germany's latest wonderkid?". Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "The 25 best young players in world football right now ranked in order". 30 June 2022.
