Leon

Goretzka

Leon Goretzka history

Leon Goretzka was born on 6 February 1995 in Bochum and plays for FC Bayern München. He played for Werner SV Bochum from 1999-2001, for VfL Bochum 1848 from 2001-2013, for FC Schalke 04 from 2013-2018 and has played for FC Bayern München since 2018.

Current season 2023/24

In the current season, the 29-year-old has scored five goals and takes fifth place within his squad. He shares this rank with Thomas Müller. With seven assists, Leon Goretzka presently has the third-most in his team along with Thomas Müller.

His pass success rate amounts to 91.21 per cent. This result enables Leon Goretzka to occupy ninth place in the league ranking for this category. His tackle success rate amounts to 51.66 per cent. With this, he occupies second place in the team-internal statistics.

Last game

Leon Goretzka played his last game on the 30th matchday of the 2023/24 season (20 April 2024). Playing for FC Bayern München, he won against 1. FC Union Berlin 5-1. He was in the starting line-up in this game and played as a midfielder for 71 minutes. There, he scored one goal and provided one assist. In terms of total touches, he had 85 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 16 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win nine. He was additionally able to make 64 successful passes. He covered a distance of 8.9 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, Leon Goretzka had a total of 13 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

The player with the shirt number 8 has played 266 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 157. He has netted 44 goals during his appointments in the Bundesliga. Thus far, he has completed 150 matches with his present squad. Here, he has scored a total of 30 goals. Leon Goretzka took the German championship title in 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 while playing for FC Bayern München. With a total of 266 matches played throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga, he currently has played the 24th-most career matches. With a total of 44 goals in his Bundesliga career so far, he presently takes 20th place on the active scoring chart.

International appointments

So far, Leon Goretzka has played 57 international matches for Germany. He scored a total of 14 goals in these games. He claimed the Confederations Cup with Germany in 2017. Leon Goretzka won the Champions League while playing for FC Bayern München in 2019/20. He won the DFB-Pokal in 2018/19 and 2019/20 with FC Bayern München. He won the Supercup in 2018 and 2021 with FC Bayern München.