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, Florian Wirtz has already scored 11 goals and, along with Marvin Ducksch (SV Werder Bremen), Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund), Victor Boniface, Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt) and Tim Kleindienst (1. FC Heidenheim 1846), has the eighth-most attempts on goal within the league. With 11 assists, the 20-year-old currently has the second-most in the league together with Leroy Sané (FC Bayern München) and Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund). Until this point, no one has hit the woodwork as often as he. He leads the league ranking for this category with five hits. With 72 passes to a shot, he presently has the fourth-most in the league. In 26 of the previous 30 games of the season, he was in the starting line-up. Of these 30 games, the player with the shirt number 10 won 25 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for four games.

Florian Wirtz has had 2,216 individual ball possessions this season. With this, he occupies ninth place in the Bundesliga statistics for this category. He is credited as being especially assertive on the pitch. Hence, he has already won 324 tackling duels and in doing so has fought his way to the seventh rank in the league. Florian Wirtz is one of the strongest runners in the Bundesliga. His total number of sprints this season is 865 (rank 4). Few players have covered a greater distance in the current season than him. He is currently the ninth-best runner with 318 km run on the pitch.

Last game

Florian Wirtz played his last game on the 30th matchday of the 2023/24 season (21 April 2024). Playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, he played against Borussia Dortmund and tied with 1-1. He was substituted in and played as a midfielder for a total of 20 minutes in this game. Here, he provided one assist. In terms of total touches, he had 20 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, Florian Wirtz had 11 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win five. He covered a distance of 3.4 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 15 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Florian Wirtz has played 107 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 60. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Here, Florian Wirtz has put a total of 25 balls in the net.

International appointments

Up to now, Florian Wirtz has played 16 international matches for Germany. He scored a total of one goal in these games.