Bastian Schweinsteiger

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 name Bastian Schweinsteiger[1]
Date of birth (1984-08-01) 1 August 1984[1]
Place of birth Kolbermoor, West Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1990–1992 FV Oberaudorf
1992–1998 TSV 1860 Rosenheim
1998–2002 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Bayern Munich II 34 (2)
2002–2015 Bayern Munich 342 (45)
2015–2017 Manchester United 18 (1)
2017–2019 Chicago Fire 85 (8)
Total 479 (56)
National team
2000 Germany U16 1 (0)
2001–2002 Germany U18 11 (2)
2002–2003 Germany U19 7 (2)
2004 Germany U21 7 (2)
2004–2016 Germany 121 (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

Club

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

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other[lower-alpha 1] Total Ref.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayern Munich II 2001–02 Regionalliga Süd 4040[3]
2002–03 Regionalliga Süd 23210242[3]
2003–04 Regionalliga Süd 4040[3]
2004–05 Regionalliga Süd 301040[4]
Total34220362
Bayern Munich 2002–03 Bundesliga 140120010162[5]
2003–04 Bundesliga 264301030334[6]
2004–05 Bundesliga 263500071384[4]
2005–06 Bundesliga 303401070423[7]
2006–07 Bundesliga 274302082406[8]
2007–08 Bundesliga 3014021120482[9]
2008–09 Bundesliga 3154292449[10]
2009–10 Bundesliga 33241120493[11]
2010–11 Bundesliga 324527210458[12]
2011–12 Bundesliga 22331111365[13]
2012–13 Bundesliga 28750122459[14]
2013–14 Bundesliga 234418310368[15]
2014–15 Bundesliga 205206000285[16]
Total 3424547961103132050068
Manchester United 2015–16 Premier League 1812010100311[3]
2016–17 Premier League 002110100041[3]
Total 1814120110352
Chicago Fire 2017 MLS 2431010263 [17]
2018 MLS 31440354[18]
2019 MLS 3010010311[19]
Total 8585020928
Career total 47956581081114134066380
  1. Includes DFL-Supercup, FA Community Shield, MLS Cup Playoffs and Leagues Cup.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[20]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany 2004100
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. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 June 2005Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany14 Russia1–12–2Friendly
2 2–1
3 18 June 2005Rhein-Energie Stadion, Cologne, Germany16 Tunisia2–03–02005 FIFA Confederations Cup
4 29 June 2005Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany18 Mexico2–14–32005 FIFA Confederations Cup
5 22 March 2006Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany25 United States1–04–1Friendly
6 30 May 2006BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany27 Japan2–22–2Friendly
7 2 June 2006Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany28 Colombia2–03–0Friendly
8 8 July 2006Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany35 Portugal1–03–12006 FIFA World Cup
9 3–0
10 6 September 2006Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino38 San Marino2–013–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
11 7–0
12 7 October 2006Ostseestadion, Rostock, Germany39 Georgia1–02–0Friendly
13 11 October 2006Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia40 Slovakia3–04–1UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
14 19 June 2008St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland54 Portugal1–03–2UEFA Euro 2008
15 25 June 2008St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland55 Turkey1–13–2UEFA Euro 2008
16 20 August 2008Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany57 Belgium1–02–0Friendly
17 6 September 2008Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein58 Liechtenstein4–06–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
18 28 March 2009Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany64 Liechtenstein3–04–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
19 12 August 2009Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan68 Azerbaijan1–02–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
20 3 June 2010Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany74 Bosnia and Herzegovina2–13–1Friendly
21 3–1
22 10 August 2011Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Germany88 Brazil1–03–2Friendly
23 7 October 2011Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul, Turkey90 Turkey3–13–1UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
24 12 June 2016Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France116 Ukraine2–02–0UEFA Euro 2016

Honours

Bayern Munich Juniors[22][23]

  • Under 17 Bundesliga: 2001
  • Under 19 Bundesliga: 2002

Bayern Munich II

  • Regionalliga Süd: 2003–04

Bayern Munich[24]

Manchester United[25][24][26]

Germany[24]

Individual

Orders

  • Bavarian Order of Merit: 2018[40]

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