Bastian Schweinsteiger

Bastian Schweinsteiger (born 1 August 1984, in Kolbermoor, Germany) is a German football player. He plays as midfielder for Chicago Fire and the Germany national team. He has a brother, Tobias, who is also a footballer and is playing for Unterhaching on loan in the third German league. As of 11 July 2015, Schweinsteiger was transferred under a disclosed fee to Manchester United after Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge announced the transfer in a press conference. Schweinsteiger has been in a relationship with Ana Ivanovic since September 2014. The couple married on 12 July 2016 in Venice.

Bastian Schweinsteiger

Schweinsteiger with Chicago Fire in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Bastian Schweinsteiger[1]
Date of birth	(1984-08-01) 1 August 1984 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth	Kolbermoor, West Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1990–1992	FV Oberaudorf
1992–1998	TSV 1860 Rosenheim
1998–2002	Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2005	Bayern Munich II	34	(2)
2002–2015	Bayern Munich	342	(45)
2015–2017	Manchester United	18	(1)
2017–2019	Chicago Fire	85	(8)
Total		479	(56)
International career
2000	Germany U16	1	(0)
2001–2002	Germany U18	11	(2)
2002–2003	Germany U19	7	(2)
2004	Germany U21	7	(2)
2004–2016	Germany	121	(24)
Medal record Representing  Germany Men's football FIFA World Cup 2006 Germany Team 2010 South Africa Team Winner 2014 Brazil Team UEFA European Championship Runner-up 2008 Austria–Switzerland Team 2012 Poland–Ukraine Team FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 Germany Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Club

Schweinsteiger signed with Bayern Munich as a youth team player on 1 July 1998 and soon was successful with the youth teams and the second team. He made his debut in the first team as substitute in an UEFA Championsleague match versus RC Lens in November 2002. onla a short time later he signed a professional contract for the first team. He shot his first Bayern goal against VfL Wolfsburg in September 2003.

At the beginning of the 2005/06 season he was sent back to the second team but soon came back. Over the next three seasons, up until the end of 2007–08, Schweinsteiger made 135 appearances in all competitions for Bayern Munich (UEFA Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup), scoring 10 goals. In December 2010, he prolonged his contract with Bayern until 2016. However, in July 2015 Schweinsteiger made a move to Manchester United.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other[a]		Total		Ref.
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bayern Munich II	2001–02	Regionalliga Süd	4	0	—		—		—		—		4	0	[3]
	2002–03	Regionalliga Süd	23	2	1	0	—		—		—		24	2	[3]
	2003–04	Regionalliga Süd	4	0	—		—		—		—		4	0	[3]
	2004–05	Regionalliga Süd	3	0	1	0	—		—		—		4	0	[4]
	Total		34	2	2	0	—		—		—		36	2	—
Bayern Munich	2002–03	Bundesliga	14	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	—		16	2	[5]
	2003–04	Bundesliga	26	4	3	0	1	0	3	0	—		33	4	[6]
	2004–05	Bundesliga	26	3	5	0	0	0	7	1	—		38	4	[4]
	2005–06	Bundesliga	30	3	4	0	1	0	7	0	—		42	3	[7]
	2006–07	Bundesliga	27	4	3	0	2	0	8	2	—		40	6	[8]
	2007–08	Bundesliga	30	1	4	0	2	1	12	0	—		48	2	[9]
	2008–09	Bundesliga	31	5	4	2	—		9	2	—		44	9	[10]
	2009–10	Bundesliga	33	2	4	1	—		12	0	—		49	3	[11]
	2010–11	Bundesliga	32	4	5	2	—		7	2	1	0	45	8	[12]
	2011–12	Bundesliga	22	3	3	1	—		11	1	—		36	5	[13]
	2012–13	Bundesliga	28	7	5	0	—		12	2	—		45	9	[14]
	2013–14	Bundesliga	23	4	4	1	—		8	3	1	0	36	8	[15]
	2014–15	Bundesliga	20	5	2	0	—		6	0	0	0	28	5	[16]
	Total		342	45	47	9	6	1	103	13	2	0	500	68	—
Manchester United	2015–16	Premier League	18	1	2	0	1	0	10	0	—		31	1	[3]
	2016–17	Premier League	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	[3]
	Total		18	1	4	1	2	0	11	0	—		35	2	—
Chicago Fire	2017	MLS	24	3	1	0	—		—		1	0	26	3	[17]
	2018	MLS	31	4	4	0	—		—		—		35	4	[18]
	2019	MLS	30	1	0	0	—		—		1	0	31	1	[19]
	Total		85	8	5	0	—		—		2	0	92	8	—
Career total			479	56	58	10	8	1	114	13	4	0	663	80	—

1. Includes DFL-Supercup, FA Community Shield, MLS Cup Playoffs and Leagues Cup.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[20]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany	2004	10	0
	2005	13	4
	2006	18	9
	2007	6	0
	2008	15	4
	2009	10	2
	2010	12	2
	2011	6	2
	2012	7	0
	2013	3	0
	2014	8	0
	2015	6	0
	2016	7	1
Total		121	24

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Schweinsteiger goal.

List of international goals scored by Bastian Schweinsteiger^[21]

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 June 2005	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany	14	Russia	1–1	2–2	Friendly
2					2–1
3	18 June 2005	Rhein-Energie Stadion, Cologne, Germany	16	Tunisia	2–0	3–0	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
4	29 June 2005	Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany	18	Mexico	2–1	4–3	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
5	22 March 2006	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany	25	United States	1–0	4–1	Friendly
6	30 May 2006	BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany	27	Japan	2–2	2–2	Friendly
7	2 June 2006	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany	28	Colombia	2–0	3–0	Friendly
8	8 July 2006	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany	35	Portugal	1–0	3–1	2006 FIFA World Cup
9					3–0
10	6 September 2006	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino	38	San Marino	2–0	13–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
11					7–0
12	7 October 2006	Ostseestadion, Rostock, Germany	39	Georgia	1–0	2–0	Friendly
13	11 October 2006	Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia	40	Slovakia	3–0	4–1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
14	19 June 2008	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	54	Portugal	1–0	3–2	UEFA Euro 2008
15	25 June 2008	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	55	Turkey	1–1	3–2	UEFA Euro 2008
16	20 August 2008	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany	57	Belgium	1–0	2–0	Friendly
17	6 September 2008	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	58	Liechtenstein	4–0	6–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
18	28 March 2009	Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany	64	Liechtenstein	3–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
19	12 August 2009	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan	68	Azerbaijan	1–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
20	3 June 2010	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany	74	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–1	3–1	Friendly
21					3–1
22	10 August 2011	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Germany	88	Brazil	1–0	3–2	Friendly
23	7 October 2011	Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul, Turkey	90	Turkey	3–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
24	12 June 2016	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France	116	Ukraine	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2016

Honours

Bayern Munich Juniors^[22][23]

• Under 17 Bundesliga: 2001
• Under 19 Bundesliga: 2002

Bayern Munich II

• Regionalliga Süd: 2003–04

Bayern Munich^[24]

• Bundesliga: 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
• DFB-Pokal: 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14
• DFL-Ligapokal: 2007
• DFL-Supercup: 2010
• UEFA Champions League: 2012–13

Manchester United^[25][24][26]

• FA Cup: 2015–16

Germany^[24]

• FIFA World Cup: 2014; third place: 2006, 2010
• UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2008
• FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2005

Individual

• Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2006, 2010, 2014^[27]
• FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2010^[28]
• FIFA World Cup Most assists: 2010 (3, shared with Thomas Müller, Mesut Özil, Kaká, and Dirk Kuyt)
• Germany national team Player of the Year: 2010^[29]
• ESM Team of the Year: 2012–13^[30]
• Footballer of the Year in Germany: 2013^[31][32]
• UEFA Best Player in Europe Award: 2013 (7th place)^[33]
• FIFA FIFPro World XI 3rd team: 2013^[34]
• FIFA FIFPro World XI 4th team: 2014^[35]
• Bambi Award: 2016^[36]
• MLS All-Star: 2017,^[37] 2019^[38]
• FC Bayern Munich Hall of Fame: 2018^[39]

Orders

• Bavarian Order of Merit: 2018^[40]