| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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– | Mainz 05 II | 3 | (0) |
| 2022– | Mainz 05 | 27 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Germany U17 | 15 | (13) |
| 2022–2023 | Germany U18 | 5 | (1) |
| 2023– | Germany U21 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:15, 28 June 2023 (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 22/23 season.
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. [5]
Weiper was born in Germany to a German father and an Albanian mother from the city of Kuçovë. [6] His brother, Henrik, is also a footballer and youth international for Albania and Kosovo. [7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Mainz 05 | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 | |||
| Total | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 4 | ||||
| Career total | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | ||
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