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

With seven assists, he presently has the third-most in his team along with Thomas Müller. In 24 of the previous 29 games of the season, the player with the shirt number 8 was in the starting line-up. Of these 29 games, he won 19 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for five games.

His pass success rate amounts to 90.83 per cent. This result enables the 29-year-old to occupy ninth place in the league ranking for this category. His tackle success rate amounts to 51.73 per cent. With this, he occupies second place in the team-internal statistics.

Last game

Leon Goretzka played his last game on the 33rd matchday of the 2023/24 season (12 May 2024). He was victorious over VfL Wolfsburg while playing for FC Bayern München with a score of 2-0. He was in the starting line-up in this game and played as a midfielder for 74 minutes. In doing so, Leon Goretzka scored one goal. In terms of total touches, he had 86 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 13 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, Leon Goretzka was able to win five. He was additionally able to make 74 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 12 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Leon Goretzka has played 269 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 159. He has netted 45 goals during his appointments in the Bundesliga. Thus far, he has completed 153 matches with his current squad. Here, Leon Goretzka has scored a total of 31 goals. He 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 269 matches played throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga, he currently has played the 24th-most career matches. With a total of 45 goals in his Bundesliga career so far, Leon Goretzka 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. He 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. Leon Goretzka won the Supercup in 2018 and 2021 with FC Bayern München.