Manuel Wintzheimer

Manuel Wintzheimer
Personal information
Full name Manuel Paul Wintzheimer[1]
Date of birth (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999
Place of birth Arnstein, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Centre-forward
Team information
Current team
1. FC Schweinfurt
Number 25
Youth career
1. FC Arnstein
–2010 1. FC Schweinfurt
2010–2013 Greuther Fürth
2013–2018 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Bayern Munich II 5 (4)
2018–2022 Hamburger SV 67 (8)
2018–2019 Hamburger SV II 16 (5)
2019–2020 → VfL Bochum (loan) 20 (3)
2022–2025 1. FC Nürnberg 11 (1)
2023 → Eintracht Braunschweig (loan) 14 (3)
2023–2024 → Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 30 (1)
2024–2025 → Rot-Weiss Essen (loan) 16 (2)
2025– 1. FC Schweinfurt 31 (3)
International career‡
2013–2014 Germany U15 4 (0)
2015–2016 Germany U17 4 (2)
2016–2017 Germany U18 6 (1)
2017–2018 Germany U19 8 (5)
2018–2019 Germany U20 7 (0)
2020 Germany U21 2 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:08, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Manuel Paul Wintzheimer (born 10 January 1999) is a German footballer who plays as a centre-forward for club 1. FC Schweinfurt.[2]

Club career

Youth career

Wintzheimer began his youth career at hometown club 1. FC Arnstein, before moving on to the youth academy of 1. FC Schweinfurt.[3] In 2010, he then moved to Greuther Fürth, before moving in 2013 to the youth academy of Bayern Munich.

Wintzheimer began in Bayern's under-17 team for the 2015–16 season, scoring 23 goals in 18 matches, before moving up to the under-19 team for the 2016–17 season. In 2017, Wintzheimer won the 2016–17 A-Junioren Bundesliga Süd/Südwest with the under-19 team, scoring 14 times during the season.[2] The team went on to advance to the final of the A-Junioren Bundesliga championship round, before losing to Borussia Dortmund 8–7 on penalties.[4]

Bayern Munich

Wintzheimer began his senior career with Bayern Munich II in the 2017–18 season, making his debut in the Regionalliga Bayern on 14 July 2017, opening the scoring in a 5–0 Bavarian derby home win against FC Ingolstadt II.[5]

Hamburger SV

On 1 May 2018, it was confirmed that Wintzheimer would join 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV for the 2018–19 season.[6] He made his professional debut for Hamburg in the 2. Bundesliga on 23 December 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 68th minute for Hwang Hee-chan in the 1–3 away loss against Holstein Kiel.[7]

On 2 September 2019, Wintzheimer joined VfL Bochum on loan until the end of 2019–20 season.[8]

1. FC Nürnberg

On 17 May 2022, it was confirmed that Wintzheimer would join 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg for the 2022–23 season on a free transfer.[9] On 7 January 2023, Wintzheimer was loaned by Eintracht Braunschweig.[10] On 5 July 2023, he moved on a new loan to Arminia Bielefeld.[11] On 1 August 2024, Wintzheimer was loaned to Rot-Weiss Essen.[12]

International career

Youth

Wintzheimer has progressed through the German youth national teams, making his debut for the under-19 team on 31 August 2017 in an away friendly match against Switzerland, with the match finishing as a 0–0 draw.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 December 2021[2]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayern Munich II2017–18Regionalliga Bayern54—54
Total540054
Hamburger SV2018–192. Bundesliga730073
2019–20101020
2020–2132310333
2021–2214120161
Total54740587
Hamburger SV II2018–19Regionalliga Nord165—165
Total16500165
VfL Bochum2019–202. Bundesliga20310213
Total20310213
Career totals95195010019

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Manuel Paul Wintzheimer". Fussball.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Manuel Wintzheimer at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Manuel Wintzheimer – der 'arbeitende Torjäger'" [Manuel Wintzheimer – the "working goalscorer"]. fcbayern.com (in German). FC Bayern München AG. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Borussia Dortmund – Bayern München 8:7 (Youth Championship 2017, Final)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Bayern München II – FC Ingolstadt 04 II 5:0 (Regionalliga Bayern 2017/2018, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "HSV verpflichtet Stürmer Wintzheimer" [HSV commits striker Wintzheimer]. www.hsv.de (in German). HSV. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Doppelpack Kinsombi – Kiel fügt HSV erste Auswärts-Pleite zu" [Brace Kinsombi – Kiel adds first away loss for HSV]. Kicker (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "VfL leiht Manuel Wintzheimer aus" (in German). VfL Bochum. 2 September 2019. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  9. ↑ ""Extrem einfach gemacht": Nürnberg verpflichtet Wintzheimer".
  10. ↑ "Manuel Wintzheimer trägt blau-gelb!" (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "DSC LEIHT MANUEL WINTZHEIMER AUS" (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. 5 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Manuel Wintzheimer wechselt an die Hafenstraße" [Manuel Wintzheimer moves to Hafenstrasse] (in German). Rot-Weiss Essen. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "Switzerland – Germany 0:0 (U19 Friendlies 2017, August)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  14. ↑ "FRITZ-WALTER-MEDAILLE IN GOLD AN HAVERTZ, KATTERBACH UND PAWOLLEK" (in German). German Football Association. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.