Florian

Wirtz

Florian Wirtz history

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

Current season 2024/25

In the current season, the player with the shirt number 10 has scored five goals and takes second place within his squad. He shares this rank with Patrik Schick. With 36 shots taken in total, he has guaranteed himself, along with Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Mönchengladbach), the seventh place ranking in the league. Up to now, the 21-year-old has hit the post one time. With this, he has had the eighth-most in the league along with Granit Xhaka, Robert Andrich, Piero Hincapié, Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Tomáš Čvančara (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Rocco Reitz (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Mats Pannewig (VfL Bochum 1848), Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig), Arthur Theate (Eintracht Frankfurt), Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt), Farès Chaïbi (Eintracht Frankfurt), Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund), Fiete Arp (Holstein Kiel), Benedikt Pichler (Holstein Kiel), Andrej Kramarić (TSG Hoffenheim), Jeff Chabot (VfB Stuttgart), Fabian Rieder (VfB Stuttgart), Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg), Lucas Höler (SC Freiburg) and Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen). With 32 passes to a shot, Florian Wirtz presently has the third-most in the league. In 11 of the previous 13 games of the season, he was in the starting line-up. Of these 13 games, he won 7 with his club. Additionally, Florian Wirtz was substituted in for two games.

Florian Wirtz has shot two penalty kicks this season, occupying, together with Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt), Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund), Fiete Arp (Holstein Kiel), Ermedin Demirović (VfB Stuttgart) and Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg), second place in the league ranking. Conclusions about a player's assertiveness can be made based on the number of duels won. Currently, Florian Wirtz leads the league ranking list for victorious duels with 177 individual actions. His strength lies especially in his endurance. For this reason, he leads the ranking for the Bundesliga with 405 sprints.

Last game

Florian Wirtz played his last game on the 13th matchday of the 2024/25 season (7 December 2024). He was victorious over FC St. Pauli while playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen with a score of 2-1. He was in the starting line-up in this game and played as a midfielder for 79 minutes. In doing so, Florian Wirtz scored one goal. He shot at the opponent's goal a total of two times, which is the highest amount of any player in the club. In terms of total touches, he had 67 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 24 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win 11. He covered a distance of 10 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 29 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Florian Wirtz has played 122 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 68. 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 30 balls in the net. He took the German championship title in 2023/24 while playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. With a total of 30 goals in his Bundesliga career so far, he presently takes 30th place on the active scoring chart.

International appointments

So far, Florian Wirtz has played 29 international matches for Germany. He scored a total of six goals in these games. He won the DFB-Pokal in 2023/24 with Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Florian Wirtz won the Supercup in 2024 with Bayer 04 Leverkusen.