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, Leon Goretzka has scored five goals and takes fifth place within his squad. He shares this rank with Thomas Müller. In 23 of the previous 27 games of the season, he was in the starting line-up. Of these 27 games, he won 18 with his club. Additionally, Leon Goretzka was substituted in for four games.

His pass success rate amounts to 90.83 per cent. This result enables the player with the shirt number 8 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

The 29-year-old played his last game on the 31st matchday of the 2023/24 season (27 April 2024). He was victorious over Eintracht Frankfurt while playing for FC Bayern München with a score of 2-1. He played as a midfielder throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, Leon Goretzka had 109 individual ball possessions, which is the highest amount of any player in the game. Furthermore, he had 13 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win seven. He was additionally able to make 76 successful passes. He covered a distance of 11 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, Leon Goretzka had a total of 16 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Leon Goretzka has played 267 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 158. He has netted 44 goals during his appointments in the Bundesliga. Thus far, Leon Goretzka has completed 151 matches with his current squad. Here, he has scored a total of 30 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 267 matches played throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga, Leon Goretzka 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

Up to now, 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. Leon Goretzka 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.