Matthias Ginter

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Matthias Ginter
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Ginter with Germany in 2019
Personal information
Full name Matthias Lukas Ginter [1]
Date of birth (1994-01-19) 19 January 1994 (age 31) [2]
Place of birth Freiburg im Breisgau, [3] Germany
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [3]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 SC Freiburg
Number 28
Youth career
1998–2005 SC March
2005–2012 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2014 SC Freiburg 70 (2)
2014–2017 Borussia Dortmund 67 (3)
2017–2022 Borussia Mönchengladbach 154 (11)
2022– SC Freiburg 74 (5)
International career‡
2011–2012 Germany U18 6 (0)
2012–2013 Germany U19 5 (1)
2013–2017 Germany U21 18 (1)
2016 Germany U23 5 (2)
2014– Germany 51 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
FIFA World Cup
Winner 2014 Brazil
FIFA Confederations Cup
Winner 2017 Russia
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:25, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:42, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Matthias Lukas Ginter (born 19 January 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and the Germany national team. [4]

Contents

Club career

Early career

Ginter began his career with SV March before he moved to the youth squad of SC Freiburg for the 2005–06 season. With the under-19 team he won the Under-19 DFB-Pokal in 2011 and 2012. [5] [6]

In January 2012, Ginter trained with Freiburg's first team due, in part, to a loss of several players from the roster during the winter transfer window. On 21 January 2012, Ginter made his professional debut when he was substituted in for Anton Putsila in the 70th minute against fellow relegation battlers FC Augsburg. In the 88th minute of the game, he scored the winning goal from a free-kick by Michael Lumb for his team in the 1–0 victory. [7] The goal, which came two days after Ginter's 18th birthday, made him SCF's youngest Bundesliga goalscorer in the club's history. The record was previously held by Dennis Aogo. [8]

Borussia Dortmund

On 17 July 2014 Ginter signed for Borussia Dortmund on a five-year deal. [9] He made his debut on 13 August, playing the full match as they won the DFL-Supercup 2–0 against Bayern Munich at the Westfalenstadion. [10]

Borussia Mönchengladbach

On 4 July 2017, Ginter signed with Dortmund rivals Mönchengladbach on a four-year deal. The move was worth around €17 million. [11]

Return to SC Freiburg

On 4 May 2022, Freiburg (the club where Ginter began his career) announced Ginter's signing from Mönchengladbach on a free transfer ahead of the 2022–23 season. [4]

International career

Youth

Ginter represented the under-21 team at the 2015 European Championship in the Czech Republic, starting all four matches. In their second group match at the Eden Arena in Prague against Denmark, following two Kevin Volland goals, Ginter rounded off the scoring by heading in Amin Younes' cross in the 53rd minute, leading to a 3–0 victory. [12]

Senior

Ginter (right) playing for Germany in 2019 2019-06-11 Fussball, Manner, Landerspiel, Deutschland-Estland StP 2205 LR10 by Stepro.jpg
Ginter (right) playing for Germany in 2019

On 5 March 2014, Ginter debuted for the German senior squad after coming on as a 90th-minute substitute for Mesut Özil in the 1–0 win over Chile in a friendly match at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. [13] He became the 900th player to be capped by the Germany national team. [14] In June 2014, he was named as the youngest player in Germany's 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, [15] which went on to win the tournament, although he did not enter the field of play at any point. [16]

He was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the silver medal. [17]

Along with fellow World Cup-winner Shkodran Mustafi and Julian Draxler, [18] Ginter won the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. [19]

On 4 June 2018, Ginter was selected in Germany's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [20] He would not play, making him the only outfield player in German football history who participated in two World Cup campaigns without playing a single minute. [16] Ginter scored his first goal for Germany on 16 November 2019 in a match against Belarus. [21]

On 19 May 2021, he was selected to the squad for the UEFA Euro 2020. [22]

In November 2022, he was named in the final squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. [23] On 1 December, he made his World Cup debut in his third tournament, coming on as a substitute to Niklas Süle in the 90+3 minute, in a 4–2 win over Costa Rica in the last group stage match. [24]

Personal life

In May 2018, Ginter married his wife Christina. [25] In 2020 their son was born on Ginter's own birthday, 19 January.

In October 2021, the team where Ginter started his career, SC March, renamed their stadium "Matthias-Ginter-Sportpark". [26]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 January 2025 [27]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague DFB-Pokal EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SC Freiburg 2011–12 Bundesliga 13100——131
2012–13 23130——261
2013–14 340325 [a] 1—423
Total7026251—815
Borussia Dortmund 2014–15 Bundesliga140005 [b] 01 [c] 0200
2015–16 2435011 [a] 1—404
2016–17 290508 [b] 000420
Total673100241101024
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2017–18 Bundesliga34530——375
2018–19 27220——292
2019–20 311104 [a] 0—361
2020–21 342408 [b] 0—462
2021–22 28130——311
Total15411130120—17911
SC Freiburg 2022–23 Bundesliga344518 [a] 0—475
2023–24 230209 [a] 0—340
2024–25 17121——192
Total74592170—1007
Career total365213845821046227
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

As of match played 12 June 2023 [28]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany
201450
201530
201610
201780
201860
201961
202061
2021110
202220
202330
Total512
As of match played 25 March 2023. Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ginter goal. [28]
List of international goals scored by Matthias Ginter
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 November 2019 Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, GermanyFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1–04–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
210 October 2020 NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv, UkraineFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1–02–1 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A

Honours

Borussia Dortmund

Germany

Germany Olympic

Individual

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