Bastian Schweinsteiger

German association football player

Bastian Schweinsteiger (born 1 August 1984, in Kolbermoor, Germany) is a German football player. He plays as midfielder for Chicago Fire and the Germany national team. He has a brother, Tobias, who is also a footballer and is playing for Unterhaching on loan in the third German league. As of 11 July 2015, Schweinsteiger was transferred under a disclosed fee to Manchester United after Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge announced the transfer in a press conference. Schweinsteiger has been in a relationship with Ana Ivanovic since September 2014. The couple married on 12 July 2016 in Venice.

Bastian Schweinsteiger
Schweinsteiger with Chicago Fire in 2017
Personal information
Full nameBastian Schweinsteiger[1]
Date of birth (1984-08-01) 1 August 1984 (age 39)[1]
Place of birthKolbermoor, West Germany
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)Midfielder
Youth career
1990–1992FV Oberaudorf
1992–1998TSV 1860 Rosenheim
1998–2002Bayern Munich
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2005Bayern Munich II34(2)
2002–2015Bayern Munich342(45)
2015–2017Manchester United18(1)
2017–2019Chicago Fire85(8)
Total479(56)
National team
2000Germany U161(0)
2001–2002Germany U1811(2)
2002–2003Germany U197(2)
2004Germany U217(2)
2004–2016Germany121(24)
Honours
Representing  Germany
Men's football
FIFA World Cup
Third place2006 GermanyTeam
Third place2010 South AfricaTeam
Winner2014 BrazilTeam
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up2008 Austria–SwitzerlandTeam
Third place2012 Poland–UkraineTeam
FIFA Confederations Cup
Third place2005 GermanyTeam
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career change

Club change

Schweinsteiger signed with Bayern Munich as a youth team player on 1 July 1998 and soon was successful with the youth teams and the second team. He made his debut in the first team as substitute in an UEFA Championsleague match versus RC Lens in November 2002. onla a short time later he signed a professional contract for the first team. He shot his first Bayern goal against VfL Wolfsburg in September 2003.

At the beginning of the 2005/06 season he was sent back to the second team but soon came back. Over the next three seasons, up until the end of 2007–08, Schweinsteiger made 135 appearances in all competitions for Bayern Munich (UEFA Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup), scoring 10 goals. In December 2010, he prolonged his contract with Bayern until 2016. However, in July 2015 Schweinsteiger made a move to Manchester United.

Career statistics change

Club change

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOther[a]TotalRef.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayern Munich II2001–02Regionalliga Süd4040[3]
2002–03Regionalliga Süd23210242[3]
2003–04Regionalliga Süd4040[3]
2004–05Regionalliga Süd301040[4]
Total34220362
Bayern Munich2002–03Bundesliga140120010162[5]
2003–04Bundesliga264301030334[6]
2004–05Bundesliga263500071384[4]
2005–06Bundesliga303401070423[7]
2006–07Bundesliga274302082406[8]
2007–08Bundesliga3014021120482[9]
2008–09Bundesliga3154292449[10]
2009–10Bundesliga33241120493[11]
2010–11Bundesliga324527210458[12]
2011–12Bundesliga22331111365[13]
2012–13Bundesliga28750122459[14]
2013–14Bundesliga234418310368[15]
2014–15Bundesliga205206000285[16]
Total3424547961103132050068
Manchester United2015–16Premier League1812010100311[3]
2016–17Premier League002110100041[3]
Total1814120110352
Chicago Fire2017MLS2431010263[17]
2018MLS31440354[18]
2019MLS3010010311[19]
Total8585020928
Career total47956581081114134066380

International change

Appearances and goals by national team and year[20]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany2004100
2005134
2006189
200760
2008154
2009102
2010122
201162
201270
201330
201480
201560
201671
Total12124
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Schweinsteiger goal.
List of international goals scored by Bastian Schweinsteiger[21]
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
18 June 2005Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany14  Russia1–12–2Friendly
22–1
318 June 2005Rhein-Energie Stadion, Cologne, Germany16  Tunisia2–03–02005 FIFA Confederations Cup
429 June 2005Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany18  Mexico2–14–32005 FIFA Confederations Cup
522 March 2006Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany25  United States1–04–1Friendly
630 May 2006BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany27  Japan2–22–2Friendly
72 June 2006Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany28  Colombia2–03–0Friendly
88 July 2006Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany35  Portugal1–03–12006 FIFA World Cup
93–0
106 September 2006Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino38  San Marino2–013–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
117–0
127 October 2006Ostseestadion, Rostock, Germany39  Georgia1–02–0Friendly
1311 October 2006Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia40  Slovakia3–04–1UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
1419 June 2008St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland54  Portugal1–03–2UEFA Euro 2008
1525 June 2008St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland55  Turkey1–13–2UEFA Euro 2008
1620 August 2008Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany57  Belgium1–02–0Friendly
176 September 2008Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein58  Liechtenstein4–06–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
1828 March 2009Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany64  Liechtenstein3–04–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
1912 August 2009Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan68  Azerbaijan1–02–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
203 June 2010Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany74  Bosnia and Herzegovina2–13–1Friendly
213–1
2210 August 2011Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Germany88  Brazil1–03–2Friendly
237 October 2011Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul, Turkey90  Turkey3–13–1UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
2412 June 2016Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France116  Ukraine2–02–0UEFA Euro 2016

Honours change

Bayern Munich Juniors[22][23]

Bayern Munich II

Bayern Munich[24]

Manchester United[25][24][26]

Germany[24]

Individual

Orders

References change

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