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Florian Wirtz
Florian Richard Wirtz is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and the Germany national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best attacking midfielders in the world.
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sports · German footballer (born 2003) · association football player · also Florian Wirtz, Florian Richard Wirtz, Wirtz
Born 3 May 2003 · Q94699949
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2026· 5 entries
Public attention spiked: 12,239 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.8× the usual 1,800, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: International
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Public attention spiked: 5,422 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3× the usual 1,800, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: upd nationalcaps
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Public attention spiked: 11,135 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.2× the usual 1,800, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: upd nationalcaps
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Public attention spiked: 16,043 Wikipedia readers in one day, 8.9× the usual 1,800, with 1 article edits.
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2025· 8 entries
Won award: Bundesliga Team of the Season (2024–25).
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Won award: German Footballer of the Year (2025).
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Won award: Bundesliga Player of the Month (January 2025).
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Won award: Bundesliga Goal of the Month (January 2025).
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Won award: VDV Bundesliga Player of the Season (2024–25).
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Won award: VDV Bundesliga Team of the Season (2024–25).
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Played for Liverpool F.C. (2025) — 26 appearances, 4 goals.
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Joined Liverpool in 2025.
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2024· 17 entries
Won the German Bundesliga with Leverkusen (2023-2024).
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Won the German Bundesliga Player of the Season with Bayer Leverkusen (2023-2024).
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Won the German DFB-Pokal with Bayer Leverkusen (2023-2024).
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Won the German DFL-Supercup with Bayer Leverkusen (2024).
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Won award: VDV Bundesliga Player of the Season (2023–24).
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Won: DFB-Pokal with Bayer Leverkusen (2023–24).
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Won: DFL-Supercup with Bayer Leverkusen (2024).
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Runner-up: UEFA Europa League with Bayer Leverkusen (2023–24).
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Won award: UEFA Europa League Young Player of the Season (2023–24).
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Won award: UEFA Europa League Team of the Season (2023–24).
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Won award: Bundesliga Player of the Season (2023–24).
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Won award: Bundesliga Team of the Season (2023–24).
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Won award: Bundesliga Player of the Month (February 2024).
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Won award: Bundesliga Player of the Month (December 2024).
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Won: Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen (2023–24).
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Won award: VDV Bundesliga Team of the Season (2023–24).
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Won award: ESM Team of the Year (2023–24).
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2023· 3 entries
Won award: Bundesliga Player of the Month (December 2023).
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Won award: Bundesliga Player of the Month (October 2023).
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Won award: UEFA Europa League Young Player of the Season (2022–23).
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2022· 5 entries
Won award: VDV Bundesliga Newcomer of the Season (2021–22).
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Won award: Bundesliga Team of the Season (2021–22).
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Won award: Fritz Walter Medal U19 Gold (2022).
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Won award: VDV Bundesliga Team of the Season (2021–22).
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As well as a potential British record transfer, should the add-ons be activated
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2021· 3 entries
Won: UEFA European Under-21 Championship with Germany U21 (2021).
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Won award: Bundesliga Player of the Month (September 2021).
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Played for Germany men's national association football team (2021) — 37 appearances, 8 goals.
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2020· 4 entries
Won award: Fritz Walter Medal U17 Gold (2020).
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Played for Bayer 04 Leverkusen (2020–2025) — 140 appearances, 35 goals.
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Played for Germany national under-21 football team (2020–2021) — 6 appearances, 2 goals.
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Joined Bayer Leverkusen in 2020.
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2019· 1 entry
Played for Germany national under-17 association football team (2019–2020) — 4 appearances, 0 goals.
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2018· 2 entries
Played for Germany national under-16 football team (2018–2019) — 5 appearances, 0 goals.
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Played for Germany national under-15 football team (2018–2018) — 1 appearances, 0 goals.
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2010· 2 entries
Where he remained until he was signed by Bayer Leverkusen in January 2020
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Joined FC Koln in 2010.
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2003· 1 entry
Born 2003-05-03.
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