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 one goal and takes fifth place within his squad. He shares this rank with Alejandro Grimaldo, Jeremie Frimpong, Adam Hložek and Amine Adli. With nine shots taken so far, he 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 fifth-most in the league along with Noussair Mazraoui (FC Bayern München), Tom Krauß (1. FSV Mainz 05), Ludovic Ajorque (1. FSV Mainz 05), David Datro Fofana (1. FC Union Berlin), Aljoscha Kemlein (1. FC Union Berlin), Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig), Lovro Majer (VfL Wolfsburg), Tiago Tomás (VfL Wolfsburg), Adrian Beck (1. FC Heidenheim 1846), Vincenzo Grifo (Sport-Club Freiburg), Philipp Lienhart (Sport-Club Freiburg), Andrej Kramarić (TSG Hoffenheim), Florian Grillitsch (TSG Hoffenheim), Finn Becker (TSG Hoffenheim), Marvin Friedrich (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Phillip Tietz (FC Augsburg), Philipp Hofmann (VfL Bochum 1848), Maximilian Wittek (VfL Bochum 1848), Nicolas Höfler (Sport-Club Freiburg) and Tim Skarke (SV Darmstadt 98). With 18 passes to a shot, the player with the shirt number 10 currently has the third-most in the league. He was in the starting line-up in all previous five games of the season. Of these, he won four games with his club.

Florian Wirtz is one of the strongest runners in the Bundesliga. His total number of sprints this season is 158 (rank 4).

Last game

Florian Wirtz played his last game on the fifth matchday of the 2023/24 season (24 September 2023). He was victorious over 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 while playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen with a score of 4-1. He was in the starting line-up in this game and played as a midfielder for 71 minutes. He shot at the opponent's goal a total of three times. In terms of total touches, he had 64 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 15 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, Florian Wirtz was able to win nine. He covered a distance of 9.4 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 22 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Florian Wirtz has played 82 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 39. 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 15 balls in the net.

International appointments

Up to now, Florian Wirtz has played 10 international matches for Germany.