Matthias Ginter

Matthias Lukas Ginter (born 19 January 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and the Germany national team.

Matthias Ginter

Ginter with Germany in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Matthias Lukas Ginter[1]
Date of birth	(1994-01-19) 19 January 1994 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth	Freiburg im Breisgau,[3] Germany
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Club information
Current team	SC Freiburg
Number	28
Youth career
1998–2005	SC March
2005–2012	SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	SC Freiburg	70	(2)
2014–2017	Borussia Dortmund	67	(3)
2017–2022	Borussia Mönchengladbach	154	(11)
2022–	SC Freiburg	57	(4)
National team‡
2011–2012	Germany U18	6	(0)
2012–2013	Germany U19	5	(1)
2013–2017	Germany U21	18	(1)
2016	Germany U23	5	(2)
2014–	Germany	51	(2)
Honours Men's football Representing  Germany FIFA World Cup Winner 2014 Brazil FIFA Confederations Cup Winner 2017 Russia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:30, 17 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:42, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 March 2024^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
SC Freiburg	2011–12	Bundesliga	13	1	0	0	—		—		13	1
	2012–13		23	1	3	0	—		—		26	1
	2013–14		34	0	3	2	5[a]	1	—		42	3
	Total		70	2	6	2	5	1	—		81	5
Borussia Dortmund	2014–15	Bundesliga	14	0	0	0	5[b]	0	1[c]	0	20	0
	2015–16		24	3	5	0	11[a]	1	—		40	4
	2016–17		29	0	5	0	8[b]	0	0	0	42	0
	Total		67	3	10	0	24	1	1	0	102	4
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2017–18	Bundesliga	34	5	3	0	—		—		37	5
	2018–19		27	2	2	0	—		—		29	2
	2019–20		31	1	1	0	4[a]	0	—		36	1
	2020–21		34	2	4	0	8[b]	0	—		46	2
	2021–22		28	1	3	0	—		—		31	1
	Total		154	11	13	0	12	0	—		179	11
SC Freiburg	2022–23	Bundesliga	34	4	5	1	8[a]	0	—		47	5
	2023–24		23	0	2	0	9[a]	0	—		34	0
	Total		57	4	7	1	17	0	—		81	5
Career total			348	20	36	3	58	2	1	0	443	25

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
3. Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

As of match played 12 June 2023^[5]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany
	2014	5	0
	2015	3	0
	2016	1	0
	2017	8	0
	2018	6	0
	2019	6	1
	2020	6	1
	2021	11	0
	2022	2	0
	2023	3	0
Total		51	2

As of match played 25 March 2023. Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ginter goal.^[5]

List of international goals scored by Matthias Ginter

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 November 2019	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany	Belarus	1–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2	10 October 2020	NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine	Ukraine	1–0	2–1	2020–21 UEFA Nations League A

Honours

Borussia Dortmund

• DFB-Pokal: 2016–17^[4]
• DFL-Supercup: 2014^[4]

Germany

• FIFA World Cup: 2014^[6]
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 2017^[7]

Germany Olympic

• Summer Olympic Games silver medal: 2016^[8]

Individual

• Fritz Walter Medal U18 Gold: 2012^[9]
• Fritz Walter Medal U19 Gold: 2013^[10]
• Germany national team Player of the Year: 2019^[11]
• kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2019–20,^[12] 2022–23^[13]
• Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards – Favorite Football Player (Germany, Austria, & Switzerland) nominee: 2020^[14]

References

1. "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
2. "Matthias Ginter: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
3. "Matthias Ginter: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
4. "M. Ginter". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
5. Matthias Ginter at National-Football-Teams.com
6. "Match report: Germany – Argentina". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019.
7. "Match report: Chile – Germany". FIFA. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019.
8. "Rio 2016 Football Results Book: Medallists". Olympic World Library. 20 August 2016. p. 7.
9. "SC Freiburg: Ginter ist U18-Nachwuchsspieler des Jahres 2012" (in German). Badische Zeitung. 30 July 2012.
10. "Fritz-Walter-Medaille: Ginter auf Götzes Spuren". German Football Association (in German). 14 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
11. "Ginter, best national German player of 2018". Deutsche Welle. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
12. "Sechsmal Bayern, einmal Gladbach: Die kicker-Elf der Saison (2019/20)". kicker (in German). 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
13. "Bayern, BVB, Freiburg und RB doppelt vertreten: Die kicker-Elf der Saison". kicker (in German). 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
14. "NickALive!: Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards 2020: Celebrate Together International Nominees, Winners and Airdates". NickALive!. 14 June 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.