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 this season, the player with the shirt number 10 has already scored nine goals and, along with Hugo Ekitiké (Eintracht Frankfurt) and Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München), has the sixth-most attempts on goal within the league. With eight assists, the 21-year-old has the second-most in the league. With 51 shots taken in total, he has guaranteed himself, along with Hugo Ekitiké (Eintracht Frankfurt), the third place ranking in the league. Up to now, Florian Wirtz has hit the post two times. With this, he has had the fourth-most in the league along with Victor Boniface, Franck Honorat (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig), Rasmus Kristensen (Eintracht Frankfurt), Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt), Ermedin Demirović (VfB Stuttgart), Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg), Nadiem Amiri (1. FSV Mainz 05), Carlo Boukhalfa (FC St. Pauli) and Mohamed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg). In 15 of the previous 18 games of the season, he was in the starting line-up. Of these 18 games, he won 12 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for three games.

Florian Wirtz has shot four penalty kicks this season and with this secures himself the second position in the league-wide statistics. Conclusions about a player's assertiveness can be made based on the number of duels won. Currently, he leads the league ranking list for victorious duels with 246 individual actions. He is one of the strongest runners in the Bundesliga. His total number of sprints this season is 544 (rank 2).

Last game

Florian Wirtz played his last game on the 18th matchday of the 2024/25 season (18 January 2025). He was victorious over Borussia M'gladbach while playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen with a score of 3-1. He was in the starting line-up in this game and played as a midfielder for 81 minutes. There, he scored two goals and provided one assist. Florian Wirtz shot at the opponent's goal a total of two times. In terms of total touches, he had 65 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 28 tackle challenges in the last match – the highest number in his club during this game. Of these, he was able to win 14 – and therefore was more successful than any other player in this game. He covered a distance of 10.4 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, Florian Wirtz had a total of 37 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Florian Wirtz has played 127 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 73. 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 34 balls in the net. He took the German championship title in 2023/24 while playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. With a total of 34 goals in his Bundesliga career so far, he presently takes 29th 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. He won the Supercup in 2024 with Bayer 04 Leverkusen.