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 31)[2]
Place of birth	Freiburg im Breisgau,[3] Germany
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team 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)
International career‡
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)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Germany FIFA World Cup Winner 2014 Brazil FIFA Confederations Cup Winner 2017 Russia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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]