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 Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund), Victor Boniface, Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt), Tim Kleindienst (1. FC Heidenheim 1846), Andrej Kramarić (TSG Hoffenheim) and Benjamin Šeško (RB Leipzig), has the ninth-most attempts on goal within the league. With 11 assists, Florian Wirtz currently has the second-most in the league together with Leroy Sané (FC Bayern München), Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) and Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig). With 67 shots taken so far, the player with the shirt number 10 has had the third-most attempts on goal of any Bayer 04 Leverkusen player. 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 occupies fifth place in the league statistics together with Alejandro Grimaldo. In 26 of the previous 32 games of the season, Florian Wirtz was in the starting line-up. Of these 32 games, he won 26 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for six games.

Florian Wirtz is credited as being especially assertive on the pitch. Hence, he has already won 325 tackling duels and in doing so has fought his way to the seventh rank in the league. The total number of sprints by he amounts to 875. With this amount, he joins Eren Dinkçi (1. FC Heidenheim 1846) as a frontrunner on the Bundesliga leaderboard (Rang 4). Few players have covered a greater distance in the current season than Florian Wirtz. He is currently the 10th-best runner with 321 km run on the pitch.

Last game

Florian Wirtz played his last game on the 34th matchday of the 2023/24 season (18 May 2024). He was victorious over FC Augsburg while playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen with a score of 2-1. He was substituted in and played as a midfielder for a total of 27 minutes in this game. Florian Wirtz shot at the opponent's goal a total of three times. In terms of total touches, he had 25 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 13 tackle challenges in the last match. He covered a distance of 3.9 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 11 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Florian Wirtz has played 109 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 61. 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. He took the German championship title in 2023/24 while playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

International appointments

Up to now, the 21-year-old has played 16 international matches for Germany. He scored a total of one goal in these games.