Florian

Wirtz

Florian Wirtz history

Florian Wirtz was born on 3 May 2003 in Pulheim and plays for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Current season 2023/24

In the ongoing season, the 20-year-old has scored three goals and takes fifth place within his squad. He shares this rank with Jonathan Tah. With five assists, Florian Wirtz currently has the third-most in the league together with Harry Kane (FC Bayern München), Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund), Jonas Hofmann, Jeremie Frimpong, Victor Boniface, Vincenzo Grifo (Sport-Club Freiburg) and Chris Führich (VfB Stuttgart). With 23 shots taken so far, Florian Wirtz has had the third-most attempts on goal of any Bayer 04 Leverkusen player. Up to now, he has hit the post one time. With this, he has had the seventh-most in the league along with Leon Goretzka (FC Bayern München), Noussair Mazraoui (FC Bayern München), Justin Njinmah (SV Werder Bremen), Luca Waldschmidt (1. FC Köln), Jeff Chabot (1. FC Köln), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Tom Krauß (1. FSV Mainz 05), Ludovic Ajorque (1. FSV Mainz 05), Brajan Gruda (1. FSV Mainz 05), Kevin Behrens (1. FC Union Berlin), Aljoscha Kemlein (1. FC Union Berlin), Jeremie Frimpong, Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig), Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt), Fabian Nürnberger (SV Darmstadt 98), Jonas Wind (VfL Wolfsburg), Lovro Majer (VfL Wolfsburg), Tiago Tomás (VfL Wolfsburg), Patrick Wimmer (VfL Wolfsburg) and Benedikt Gimber (1. FC Heidenheim 1846). In 11 of the previous 12 games of the season, he was in the starting line-up. Of these 12 games, he won 11 with his club. Additionally, Florian Wirtz was substituted in for one game.

The player with the shirt number 10 is one of the strongest runners in the Bundesliga. His total number of sprints this season is 345 (rank 8).

Last game

Florian Wirtz played his last game on the 12th matchday of the 2023/24 season (25 November 2023). Playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, he won against SV Werder Bremen 3-0. He was in the starting line-up in this game and played as a midfielder for 81 minutes. In terms of total touches, Florian Wirtz had 58 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 16 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win six. Florian Wirtz covered a distance of 11.2 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he ran, like no other player in his club, a total of 32 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Florian Wirtz has played 89 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 46. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Here, he has put a total of 17 balls in the net.

International appointments

So far, Florian Wirtz has played 14 international matches for Germany.