Florian

Wirtz

Florian Wirtz history

Florian Wirtz was born on 3 May 2003 in Pulheim and plays for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Current season 2024/25

In the ongoing season, the 21-year-old has already scored six goals and, along with Victor Boniface, Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig), Benjamin Šeško (RB Leipzig), Jens Stage (SV Werder Bremen), Jonas Wind (VfL Wolfsburg) and Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund), has the eighth-most attempts on goal within the league. With 40 shots taken in total, he has guaranteed himself, along with Marvin Ducksch (SV Werder Bremen), the seventh place ranking in the league. Up to now, the player with the shirt number 10 has hit the post one time. With this, he has had the ninth-most in the league along with Granit Xhaka, Robert Andrich, Piero Hincapié, Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Tomáš Čvančara (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Rocco Reitz (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Mats Pannewig (VfL Bochum 1848), Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig), Arthur Theate (Eintracht Frankfurt), Farès Chaïbi (Eintracht Frankfurt), Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund), Fiete Arp (Holstein Kiel), Benedikt Pichler (Holstein Kiel), Andrej Kramarić (TSG Hoffenheim), Jeff Chabot (VfB Stuttgart), Fabian Rieder (VfB Stuttgart), Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg), Lucas Höler (SC Freiburg) and Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen). With 32 passes to a shot, Florian Wirtz presently occupies third place in the league statistics together with Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg). In 12 of the previous 14 games of the season, Florian Wirtz was in the starting line-up. Of these 14 games, he won 8 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for two games.

Florian Wirtz has shot two penalty kicks this season, occupying, together with Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt), Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund), Fiete Arp (Holstein Kiel), Ermedin Demirović (VfB Stuttgart) and Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg), second place in the league ranking. Conclusions about a player's assertiveness can be made based on the number of duels won. Currently, Florian Wirtz leads the league ranking list for victorious duels with 190 individual actions. He is one of the strongest runners in the Bundesliga. His total number of sprints this season is 423 (rank 4).

Last game

Florian Wirtz played his last game on the 14th matchday of the 2024/25 season (14 December 2024). Playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, he won against FC Augsburg 2-0. He played as a midfielder throughout this entire game. In doing so, Florian Wirtz scored one goal. He shot at the opponent's goal a total of four times, which is the highest amount of any player in the game. In terms of total touches, he had 77 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, Florian Wirtz had 22 tackle challenges in the last match – the highest number in his club during this game. Of these, he was able to win 13 – no other player in his club was as successful. He covered a distance of 11.2 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 18 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Florian Wirtz has played 123 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 69. 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 31 balls in the net. He took the German championship title in 2023/24 while playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. With a total of 31 goals in his Bundesliga career so far, he presently takes 30th place on the active scoring chart.

International appointments

So far, Florian Wirtz has played 29 international matches for Germany. He scored a total of six goals in these games. He won the DFB-Pokal in 2023/24 with Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Florian Wirtz won the Supercup in 2024 with Bayer 04 Leverkusen.