Matthias Ginter
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthias Ginter | ||
| Date of birth | 19 January 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | March, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[1] | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SC Freiburg | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2005 | SV March | ||
| 2005–2012 | SC Freiburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012– | SC Freiburg | 26 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Germany U-18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2012– | Germany U-19 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 September 2012 | |||
Matthias Ginter (born 19 January 1994) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg.
Career
Club
Ginter began his career with SV March, before he moved to the youth squad of SC Freiburg for the 2005–06 season. With the A-youth squad, he won the Junior DFB-Pokal.
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.[2] 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.[3] Two days later, on 23 January, Ginter signed a contract to join the first team of SC Freiburg.[4]
International
Ginter currently represents Germany at U-18 level.
Honours
SC Freiburg
- Junior DFB-Pokal: 2011
Individual
- U18 Gold Fritz Walter Medal: 2012[5]
References
- ^ "Matthias Ginter". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ "Freiburg tops fellow struggler Augsburg". foxsports.com. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ "Matchday 18: Facts and figures". bundesliga.de. Retrieved 24 January 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "Profi-Verträge für vier Fußballschüler" (in German). scfreiburg.com. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ "SC Freiburg: Ginter ist U18-Nachwuchsspieler des Jahres 2012" (in German). Badische Zeitung. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
External links
- Matthias Ginter at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Video of Ginter's first goal