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My Take
Wirtz is the rare prodigy whose game feels both calculated and joyful. At 176 cm he wins nothing by force; he wins by arriving half a second earlier into half a metre of space, a kind of perception you cannot coach. What interests me most is the trajectory: Cologne's academy, Leverkusen's trust, and now the Premier League's relentless intensity at Liverpool. That league has humbled gifted German playmakers before. My instinct says his low ego and quick release will translate, and that we are watching the early chapters of a decade-defining attacking midfielder.
Overview
Florian Richard Wirtz (German pronunciation: [ˈfloːriːˌɑːn ˈvɪɾt͡s]; born 3 May 2003) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and the Germany national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best attacking midfielders in the world. Wirtz rose through the youth system at 1. FC Köln before moving to Bayer Leverkusen in 2020.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Florian Wirtz
- Name (Japanese)
- フロリアン・ヴィルツ
- Reading
- ふろりあん・ゔぃるつ
- Born
- May 3, 2003 (age 23)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Goat
- Origin
- Pulheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 176 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Germany →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.