Johannes Wurtz (born 19 June 1992) is a German professional

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who plays as an

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or forward for

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club Honka.

Career

Wurtz came through

1. FC Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken (german: 1. Fußball-Club Saarbrücken e. V.) is a football club based in Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club plays in the 3. Liga, which is the third tier of football in Germany. The club began its existence as the football de ...

's youth setup, and made his first-team debut in July 2011, when he replaced Ufuk Özbek in a

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match against

Erzgebirge Aue Fußball Club Erzgebirge Aue e.V., commonly known as simply FC Erzgebirge Aue or Erzgebirge Aue (), is a German football club based in Aue-Bad Schlema, Saxony. The former East German side was a founding member of the 3. Liga in 2008–09, ...

. He joined

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club

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are best known for the ...

in July 2012. A year later he joined

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side

SC Paderborn Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest successes since the turn of the mille ...

, on loan. On 14 April 2014, SC Paderborn announced that Wurtz would transfer to Greuther Fürth for next season and that he would be left out of the squad for Paderborn's match against Greuther Fürth, who competed with Paderborn for promotion to the

, six days later. Although he was taken back in the squad afterwards he only played five minutes at one substitution in the remaining three matches of the season. At the end of the season Paderborn was promoted and Fürth stayed in the 2. Bundesliga. At Greuther Fürth Wurtz signed a three-year contract expiring June 2017. Werder Bremen, which still held the transfer rights, received a transfer free of reportedly €250,000 and secured a repurchase option. In August 2018, Wurtz joined 2. Bundesliga side

Darmstadt 98 Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was briefly known as ''Rasen-Sp ...

from league rivals

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seasons in the Bundeslig ...

on a three-year contract. He moved to SV Wehen Wiesbaden on a one-year contract in August 2020.

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* 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Neunkirchen, Saarland German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Germany men's youth international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players 1. FC Saarbrücken players SV Werder Bremen II players SV Werder Bremen players SC Paderborn 07 players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players VfL Bochum players SV Darmstadt 98 players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players FC Honka players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland {{Germany-footy-forward-1990s-stub