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 ongoing season, the player with the shirt number 8 has scored five goals and takes fifth place within his squad. He shares this rank with Thomas Müller. With seven assists, the 29-year-old presently has the third-most in his team along with Thomas Müller. In 25 of the previous 30 games of the season, Leon Goretzka was in the starting line-up. Of these 30 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 Leon Goretzka 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 34th matchday of the 2023/24 season (18 May 2024). Playing for FC Bayern München, he lost to TSG Hoffenheim 2-4. He played as a midfielder throughout this entire game. Furthermore, he had 11 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win six. Leon Goretzka was additionally able to make 45 successful passes. He covered a distance of 11.2 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 21 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Leon Goretzka has played 270 matches throughout 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 154 matches with his present squad. Here, he 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 270 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. He won the Supercup in 2018 and 2021 with FC Bayern München.