Manuel Paul Wintzheimer (born 10 January 1999) is a German

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a centre-forward for club

1. FC Nürnberg 1. Fußball-Club Nürnberg Verein für Leibesübungen e. V., often called 1. FC Nürnberg (, en, 1. Football Club Nuremberg) or simply Nürnberg, is a German association football club in Nuremberg, Bavaria, who currently compete in the 2. Bund ...

Club career

Youth career

Wintzheimer began his youth career at hometown club 1. FC Arnstein, before moving on to the youth academy of 1. FC Schweinfurt. In 2010, he then moved to Greuther Fürth, before moving in 2013 to the youth academy of

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

. Wintzheimer began in Bayern's under-17 team for the 2015–16 season, scoring 23 goals in 18 matches, before moving up to the under-19 team for the 2016–17 season. In 2017, Wintzheimer won the 2016–17 A-Junioren Bundesliga Süd/Südwest with the under-19 team, scoring 14 times during the season. The team went on to advance to the final of the A-Junioren Bundesliga championship round, before losing to

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional footb ...

8–7 on penalties.

Bayern Munich

Wintzheimer began his senior career with Bayern Munich II in the 2017–18 season, making his debut in the Regionalliga Bayern on 14 July 2017, opening the scoring in a 5–0 Bavarian derby home win against FC Ingolstadt II.

Hamburger SV

On 1 May 2018, it was confirmed that Wintzheimer would join

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club Hamburger SV for the 2018–19 season. He made his professional debut for Hamburg in the 2. Bundesliga on 23 December 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 68th minute for

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in the 1–3 away loss against

Holstein Kiel Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., simply as KSV Holstein or Kieler SV Holstein, commonly known as Holstein Kiel (), is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s thro ...

. On 2 September 2019, Wintzheimer joined

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

on loan until the end of 2019–20 season.

1.FC Nürnberg

On 17 May 2022, it was confirmed that Wintzheimer would join

club

for the 2022–23 season on a free transfer. On 7 January 2023, Wintzheimer was loaned by

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...

. On 5 July 2023, he moved on a new loan to

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

International career

Youth

Wintzheimer has progressed through the German youth national teams, making his debut for the under-19 team on 31 August 2017 in an away friendly match against

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, with the match finishing as a 0–0 draw.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Individual

* Fritz Walter Medal U19 bronze:

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* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wintzheimer, Manuel 1999 births Living people People from Main-Spessart Footballers from Lower Franconia German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football forwards FC Bayern Munich II players FC Bayern Munich footballers Hamburger SV II players Hamburger SV players VfL Bochum players 1. FC Nürnberg players Eintracht Braunschweig players Arminia Bielefeld players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players