Matthias Ginter
Ginter with Germany in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Matthias Lukas Ginter[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 19 January 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2005 | SV March | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2012 | SC Freiburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | SC Freiburg | 70 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Borussia Dortmund | 67 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2017– | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 36 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Germany U18 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Germany U19 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2017 | Germany U21 | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Germany Olympic | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2014– | Germany | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:19, 6 September 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:17, 13 October 2018 (UTC) |
Matthias Lukas Ginter (born 19 January 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Borussia Mönchengladbach and the German national team.
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 A-youth squad, he won the Junior DFB-Pokal.
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.[2] 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.[3] Two days later, on 23 January, Ginter signed a contract to join the first team of SC Freiburg.
Borussia Dortmund
On 17 July 2014 Ginter signed for Borussia Dortmund on a five-year deal.[4] 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.[5]
Borussia Mönchengladbach
On 4 July 2017, Ginter signed with Dortmund rivals Mönchengladbach on a four-year deal. The move was worth around 17 million euros.[6]
International career
Ginter is a German senior international having also represented his nation at U18, U19 and U21 levels.
Youth
He represented the under-21 team at the 2015 European Championship in the Czech Republic, starting all 4 matches. In their second group match at the Eden Arena in Prague against Denmark, following a Kevin Volland brace, Ginter rounded off the scoring by heading in Amin Younes' cross in the 53rd minute, leading to a 3–0 victory.[7]
Senior
On 5 March 2014, he earned his first cap for the senior national team of his country 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.[8] He became the 900th player to be capped by the German national team.[9]
In June, he was named as the youngest player in Germany's 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup[10] which went on to win the tournament, although he did not enter the field of play at any point.
He was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the silver medal.[11]
Along with fellow World Cup-winner Shkodran Mustafi and Julian Draxler, Ginter won the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
On 4 June 2018, Ginter was selected in Germany's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[12]
He is the only fielder in German football history who participated in two world cups without active playing.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 6 September 2018[13]
Club | Season | League | Cup | International | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Freiburg | 2011–12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
2012–13 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
2013–14 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 3 | |
Total | 70 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 81 | 5 | |
Borussia Dortmund | 2014–15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
2015–16 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 40 | 4 | |
2016–17 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
Total | 67 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 101 | 4 | |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2017–18 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | 37 | 5 | |
2018–19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 36 | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | 40 | 5 | ||
Career Total | 173 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 208 | 13 |
International
- As of 14 October 2018[13]
National team | Year | App. | Goals |
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Germany | |||
2014 | 5 | 0 | |
2015 | 3 | 0 | |
2016 | 1 | 0 | |
2017 | 8 | 0 | |
2018 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 21 | 0 |
Personal life
In May 2018 Ginter married his wife Christina.[14]
Honours
Club
Borussia Dortmund[13]
International
Germany[13]
- FIFA World Cup: 2014
- Summer Olympic Games: Silver Medal, 2016
- FIFA Confederations Cup: 2017
Individual
- Fritz Walter Medal: U19 Gold Medal 2013[15]
- Fritz Walter Medal: U18 Gold Medal 2012[16]
References
- 1 2 3 "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: List of players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 2 July 2017. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ↑ "Freiburg tops fellow struggler Augsburg". foxsports.com. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ↑ "Matchday 18: Facts and figures". bundesliga.de. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ↑ "Borussia Dortmund signs Matthias Ginter". Goal.com. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ↑ Shergold, Adam (13 August 2014). "Borussia Dortmund 2–0 Bayern Munich: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is super hero as Jurgen Klopp's men lift German Super Cup". Daily Mail. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ↑ "Matthias Ginter: Borussia Monchengladbach sign Dortmund defender". BBC. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ↑ Kell, Tom (20 June 2015). "Volland double helps Germany defeat Denmark". UEFA.
- ↑ "International friendly: Mario Gotze's first-half strike helps Germany edge out Chile 1–0". Sky Sports News. 5 March 2014.
- ↑ "Matthias Gingler der 900.Nationalspieler" (in German). fussballnationalmannschaft.net. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ↑ "Germany World Cup 2014 squad". The Telegraph. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ↑ "Neymar's golden penalty sees Brazil to victory". fifa.com. 20 August 2016.
- ↑ "Germany announce final World Cup squad, with Manuel Neuer, without Leroy Sané". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 "M. Ginter". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ↑ "Christina Ginter ist die schönste Spielerfrau". stern.de (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ↑ "Fritz-Walter-Medaille: Ginter auf Götzes Spuren" (in German). German Football Association. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ↑ "SC Freiburg: Ginter ist U18-Nachwuchsspieler des Jahres 2012" (in German). Badische Zeitung. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
External links
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- Matthias Ginter at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Matthias Ginter at Soccerway
- Matthias Ginter at National-Football-Teams.com
- Matthias Ginter – UEFA competition record
- kicker profile (in German)