Bastian Schweinsteiger

Bastian Schweinsteiger is the kind of player who makes you appreciate what a true midfield general looks like — not just technically gifted, but genuinely commanding in a way that lifted everyone around him. Watching him anchor Bayern Munich through their Champions League-winning 2013 season was something else, and then doing it all again at the 2014 World Cup, playing through injury and exhaustion to help Germany lift the trophy in Rio, cemented him as one of the great German footballers of his generation. That 2013 German Footballer of the Year award felt obvious by the time it came. He wasn't flashy for the sake of it — he just read the game faster than almost anyone else, and that quiet intelligence is what I'll always remember most about him.

Name (English)

Bastian Schweinsteiger

Name (Japanese)

バスティアン・シュヴァインシュタイガー

Reading

ばすてぃあん・しゅゔぁいんしゅたいがー

Born

August 1, 1984 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rat

Origin

Kolbermoor, Germany

Height

183 cm

Occupation

association football player

Awards & achievements

• 2013 German Footballer of the Year
• Silbernes Lorbeerblatt
• Bavarian Order of Merit

• Official sitehttps://www.bastian-schweinsteiger.de
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/bastianschweinsteiger/
• Xhttps://x.com/BSchweinsteiger
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastian%20Schweinsteiger
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44298

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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