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Full name | Nelson Felix Patrick Weiper | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 17 March 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Mainz, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Mainz 05 | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 44 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2013–2022 | Mainz 05 | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2025 | Mainz 05 II | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Mainz 05 | 38 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Germany U17 | 15 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Germany U18 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Germany U21 | 11 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:16, 29 June 2025 (UTC) |
Nelson Felix Patrick Weiper (born 17 March 2005) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Mainz 05.
Weiper is a product of the youth academy of Mainz 05, having joined as an U8. Working his way up all their youth categories, he signed a professional contract with the club on 18 March 2022. [2] [ better source needed ] He made his senior debut in the Bundesliga as a late substitute for Mainz in a 2–1 loss to Freiburg on 1 October 2022. [3] He won the 2022 U17 Fritz Walter Medal, an award for the most outstanding German youth prospect in their age group. [4] He played a huge part in helping the Mainz 05 U19 side win the U19 Bundesliga in the 2022–23 season.
On 24 February 2023, Weiper netted his first senior Bundesliga goal in a 4–0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach. [5]
Weiper is a youth international for Germany, having played for the Germany U17s and U18s. He was prolific with the U17s, scoring 13 goals in 15 games. [6]
Weiper was born in Germany to a German father and an Albanian mother from the city of Kuçovë. [7] His brother, Henrik, is also a footballer and youth international for Albania and Kosovo. [8]
Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Mainz 05 II | 2022–23 | Regionalliga Südwest | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2023–24 | Regionalliga Südwest | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
2024–25 | Regionalliga Südwest | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||||
Total | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||||
Mainz 05 | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||
2023–24 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
2024–25 | Bundesliga | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 3 | |||
2025–26 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 38 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 41 | 5 | |||
Career total | 44 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 6 |
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