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 current season, Florian Wirtz has scored four goals for his team and is therefore the second-best scorer of his squad. With two assists, he presently has the second-most in his team along with Jeremie Frimpong and Exequiel Palacios. With 31 shots taken in total, the player with the shirt number 10 has guaranteed himself, along with Deniz Undav (VfB Stuttgart), the sixth place ranking in the league. Up to now, Florian Wirtz has hit the post one time. With this, he has had the seventh-most in the league along with Granit Xhaka, Robert Andrich, Piero Hincapié, Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Tomáš Čvančara (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Rocco Reitz (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Mats Pannewig (VfL Bochum 1848), Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig), Arthur Theate (Eintracht Frankfurt), Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt), Farès Chaïbi (Eintracht Frankfurt), Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund), Fiete Arp (Holstein Kiel), Benedikt Pichler (Holstein Kiel), Andrej Kramarić (TSG Hoffenheim), Fabian Rieder (VfB Stuttgart), Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg), Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen), Arne Maier (FC Augsburg) and Keven Schlotterbeck (FC Augsburg). With 29 passes to a shot, Florian Wirtz currently occupies second place in the league statistics together with Kevin Stöger (Borussia Mönchengladbach).

Florian Wirtz has shot two penalty kicks this season, occupying, together with Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt), Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund), 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 134 individual actions. His strength lies especially in his endurance. For this reason, he leads the ranking for the Bundesliga with 342 sprints.

Last game

The 21-year-old played his last game on the 10th matchday of the 2024/25 season (9 November 2024). Playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, he played against VfL Bochum 1848 and tied with 1-1. He played as a midfielder throughout this entire game. Here, he provided one assist. Florian Wirtz shot at the opponent's goal a total of two times. In terms of total touches, he had 87 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 25 tackle challenges in the last match – the highest number in his club during this game. Of these, Florian Wirtz was able to win 17 – and therefore was more successful than any other player in this game. He covered a distance of 11.3 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 32 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Florian Wirtz has played 119 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 65. 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 29 balls in the net. He took the German championship title in 2023/24 while playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

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.