Bastian Schweinsteiger facts for kids

Bastian Schweinsteiger
Personal information
Full name	Bastian Schweinsteiger
Date of birth	1 August 1984 (age 36)
Place of birth	Kolbermoor, Bavaria, West Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Chicago Fire
Number	31
Youth career
-1992; 1992-1998; 1998-2002	FV Oberaudorf; TSV 1860 Rosenheim; Bayern München
Senior career*
National team
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.; † Appearances (Goals).;

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.

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.

International

Schweinsteiger made his international debut in 2004 in a friendly against Hungary. Since that time he played regularly in the German football national team. He was member of the Euro 2004 and 2008 - and World Cup 2006, 2010 and 2014 squads.

International goals

**Bastian Schweinsteiger: International Goals**
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 June 2005	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany	Russia	1 – 1	2–2	Friendly
2.	8 June 2005	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany	Russia	2 – 1	2–2	Friendly
3.	18 June 2005	Rhein-Energie Stadion, Cologne, Germany	Tunisia	2 – 0	3–0	FIFA Confederations Cup 2005
4.	29 June 2005	Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany	Mexico	2 – 1	4–3	FIFA Confederations Cup 2005
5.	22 March 2006	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany	United States	1 – 0	4–1	Friendly
6.	30 May 2006	BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany	Japan	2 – 2	2–2	Friendly
7.	2 June 2006	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany	Colombia	2 – 0	3–0	Friendly
8.	8 July 2006	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany	Portugal	1 – 0	3–1	FIFA World Cup 2006
9.	8 July 2006	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany	Portugal	3 – 0	3–1	FIFA World Cup 2006
10.	6 September 2006	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	0 – 2	0–13	UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying
11.	6 September 2006	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	0 – 7	0–13	UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying
12.	7 October 2006	Ostseestadion, Rostock, Germany	Georgia	1 – 0	2–0	Friendly
13.	11 October 2006	Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia	Slovakia	0 – 3	1–4	UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying
14.	19 June 2008	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Portugal	1 – 0	3–2	UEFA Euro 2008
15.	25 June 2008	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Turkey	1 – 1	3–2	UEFA Euro 2008
16.	20 August 2008	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany	Belgium	1 – 0	2–0	Friendly
17.	6 September 2008	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	0 – 4	0–6	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying
18.	28 March 2009	Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany	Liechtenstein	3 – 0	4–0	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying
19.	12 August 2009	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	0 – 1	0–2	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying
20.	3 June 2010	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2 – 1	3–1	Friendly
21.	3 June 2010	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3 – 1	3–1	Friendly
22.	10 August 2011	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Germany	Brazil	1 – 0	3–2	Friendly
23.	7 October 2011	Turk Telekom Arena, Turkey	Turkey	3–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Club career statistics

As of 10 May 2014 (2014 -05-10)^[update]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total		Ref.
Club	League	Season	App.	Gl.	App.	Gl.	App.	Gl.	App.	Gl.	App.	Gl.	App.	Gl.
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		DFB-Ligapokal		Europe		Other		Total
Bayern Munich II	Regionalliga Süd	2001–02	4	0	—		—		—		—		4	0
Bayern Munich II	Regionalliga Süd	2002–03	23	2	—		—		—				23	2
Bayern Munich	Bundesliga	2002–03	14	0	2	2	0	0	1	0			17	2
Bayern Munich	Bundesliga	2003–04	26	4	3	0	1	0	3	0			33	4
Bayern Munich II	Regionalliga Süd	2003–04	3	0	—		—		—				3	0
Bayern Munich II	Regionalliga Süd	2004–05	3	0	—		—		—				3	0
Bayern Munich II total			33	2	0	0	—		—		—		33	2	—
Bayern Munich	Bundesliga	2004–05	26	3	6	0	0	0	7	1	—		39	4
		2005–06	30	3	4	0	1	0	7	0			42	3
		2006–07	27	4	3	0	2	0	8	2			40	6
		2007–08	30	1	4	0	2	1	12	0			48	2
		2008–09	31	5	4	2	—		9	2			44	9
		2009–10	33	2	4	1			12	1			49	4
		2010–11	32	4	5	2			7	2	1	0	45	8
		2011–12	22	3	3	1			11	1	—		36	5
		2012–13	28	7	5	0			12	2	0	0	45	9
		2013–14	23	4	4	1			8	3	1	0	36	8
Bayern Munich total			322	40	47	9	6	1	96	13	2	0	473	63	—
Career totals			355	42	47	9	6	1	96	13	2	0	506	65	—

1.Statistics includes DFL-Supercup.

International career statistics

As of 8 July 2014.

Germany national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2004	10	0
2005	14	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	7	0
Total	107	23

Honours

Club: Manchester United F.C

Bayern Munich Junior Team

Under 17 Bundesliga (1): 2001
Under 19 Bundesliga (1): 2002

Bayern Munich II

Regionalliga Süd (1): 2004

Bayern Munich

Bundesliga (5): 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13
DFB-Pokal (5): 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10
DFB-Ligapokal (2): 2004, 2007
DFB-Supercup (1): 2010
UEFA Champions League (1): 2012–13
FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2013
UEFA Super Cup (1): 2013

International

Germany

FIFA Confederations Cup Third Place: 2005
FIFA World Cup Third Place: 2006 & 2010
UEFA European Football Championship Runner-up: 2008

Individual

FIFA World Cup All Star Team: 2010
Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (2): 2006, 2010

Images for kids

Schweinsteiger playing for Bayern Munich in 2007
Schweinsteiger during training in January 2013
Schweinsteiger in 2014
Schweinsteiger playing for Manchester United in 2015
Schweinsteiger prepares to take a corner kick for Chicago in 2017.
Schweinsteiger taking a shot for Germany in 2009
Schweinsteiger in action for Germany at Euro 2012
Schweinsteiger celebrates with the World Cup trophy after winning the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final.