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Ginter with Germany in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-01-19) 19 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Height 1.91 m
Playing position Centre-back
Club information
Current club 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)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:30, 17 March 2024 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:42, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

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.

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 under-19 team he won the Under-19 DFB-Pokal in 2011 and 2012.

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. 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.

Borussia Dortmund

On 17 July 2014 Ginter signed for Borussia Dortmund on a five-year deal. 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.

Borussia Mönchengladbach

On 4 July 2017, Ginter signed with Dortmund rivals Mönchengladbach on a four-year deal. The move was worth around €17 million.

Return to SC Freiburg

On 4 May 2022, Freiburg (the club where Ginter began his career) announced Ginter's signing from Mönchengladbach on a free transfer ahead of the 2022–23 season.

International career

Youth

Ginter represented the under-21 team at the 2015 European Championship in the Czech Republic, starting all four matches. In their second group match at the Eden Arena in Prague against Denmark, following two Kevin Volland goals, Ginter rounded off the scoring by heading in Amin Younes' cross in the 53rd minute, leading to a 3–0 victory.

Senior

2019-06-11 Fußball, Männer, Länderspiel, Deutschland-Estland StP 2205 LR10 by Stepro
Ginter (right) playing for Germany in 2019

On 5 March 2014, Ginter debuted for the German senior squad 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. He became the 900th player to be capped by the German national team. In June 2014, he was named as the youngest player in Germany's 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, 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.

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. He would not play, making him the only outfield player in German football history who participated in two World Cup campaigns without playing a single minute. Ginter scored his first goal for Germany on 16 November 2019 in a match against Belarus.

On 19 May 2021, he was selected to the squad for the UEFA Euro 2020.

In November 2022, he was named in the final squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. On 1 December, he made his World Cup debut in his third tournament, coming on as a substitute to Niklas Süle in the 90+3 minute, in a 4–2 win over Costa Rica in the last group stage match.

Personal life

In May 2018, Ginter married his wife Christina. In 2020 their son was born on Ginter's own birthday, 19 January.

In October 2021, the team where Ginter started his career, SC March, renamed their stadium "Matthias-Ginter-Sportpark".

Career statistics

Club

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 1 42 3
Total 70 2 6 2 5 1 81 5
Borussia Dortmund 2014–15 Bundesliga 14 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 20 0
2015–16 24 3 5 0 11 1 40 4
2016–17 29 0 5 0 8 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 0 36 1
2020–21 34 2 4 0 8 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 0 47 5
2023–24 23 0 2 0 9 0 34 0
Total 57 4 7 1 17 0 81 5
Career total 348 20 36 3 58 2 1 0 443 25

International

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.
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

Germany

Germany Olympic

Individual

See also

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