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| Full name | Matthias Lukas Ginter[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1994-01-19)19 January 1994 (age 31)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Freiburg im Breisgau,[3] Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | SC Freiburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2005 | SC March | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2012 | SC Freiburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | SC Freiburg | 70 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Borussia Dortmund | 67 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 154 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | SC Freiburg | 82 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Germany U18 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Germany U19 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | Germany U21 | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Germany U23 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Germany | 51 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:28, 15 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:42, 12 June 2023 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Matthias Lukas Ginter (born 19 January 1994) is a German professionalfootballer who plays as acentre-back forBundesliga clubSC Freiburg and theGermany national team.[4]
Ginter began his career with SV March before he moved to the youth squad ofSC Freiburg for the 2005–06 season. With the under-19 team he won the Under-19DFB-Pokal in 2011 and 2012.[5][6]
In January 2012, Ginter trained with Freiburg's first team due, in part, to a loss of several players from the roster during the winter transfer window. On 21 January 2012, Ginter made his professional debut when he was substituted in forAnton Putsila in the 70th minute against fellow relegation battlersFC Augsburg. In the 88th minute of the game, he scored the winning goal from a free-kick byMichael Lumb for his team in the 1–0 victory.[7] The goal, which came two days after Ginter's 18th birthday, made him SCF's youngest Bundesliga goalscorer in the club's history. The record was previously held byDennis Aogo.[8]
On 17 July 2014 Ginter signed forBorussia Dortmund on a five-year deal.[9] He made his debut on 13 August, playing the full match as they won theDFL-Supercup 2–0 againstBayern Munich at theWestfalenstadion.[10]
On 4 July 2017, Ginter signed with Dortmund rivals Mönchengladbach on a four-year deal. The move was worth around €17 million.[11]
On 4 May 2022, Freiburg (the club where Ginter began his career) announced Ginter's signing from Mönchengladbach on a free transfer ahead of the2022–23 season.[4]
Ginter represented theunder-21 team at the2015 European Championship in the Czech Republic, starting all four matches. In their second group match at theEden Arena inPrague againstDenmark, following twoKevin Volland goals, Ginter rounded off the scoring by heading inAmin Younes' cross in the 53rd minute, leading to a 3–0 victory.[12]
On 5 March 2014, Ginter debuted for the German senior squad after coming on as a 90th-minute substitute forMesut Özil in the 1–0 win overChile in afriendly match at theOlympiastadion in Berlin.[13] He became the 900th player to be capped by the Germany national team.[14] In June 2014, he was named as the youngest player in Germany's 23-man squad for the2014 FIFA World Cup,[15] which went on to win the tournament, although he did not enter the field of play at any point.[16]
He was part of the squad for the2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the silver medal.[17]
Along with fellow World Cup-winnerShkodran Mustafi andJulian Draxler,[18] Ginter won the2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.[19]
On 4 June 2018, Ginter was selected in Germany's final 23-man squad for the2018 FIFA World Cup.[20] He would not play, making him the only outfield player in German football history who participated in two World Cup campaigns without playing a single minute.[16] Ginter scored his first goal for Germany on 16 November 2019 in a match againstBelarus.[21]
On 19 May 2021, he was selected to the squad for theUEFA Euro 2020.[22]
In November 2022, he was named in the final squad for the2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[23] On 1 December, he made his World Cup debut in his third tournament, coming on as a substitute toNiklas Süle in the 90+3 minute, in a 4–2 win overCosta Rica in the last group stage match.[24]
In May 2018, Ginter married his wife Christina.[25] In 2020 their son was born on Ginter's own birthday, 19 January.
In October 2021, the team where Ginter started his career, SC March, renamed their stadium "Matthias-Ginter-Sportpark".[26]
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| SC Freiburg | 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| 2012–13 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5[a] | 1 | — | 42 | 3 | |||
| Total | 70 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 81 | 5 | |||
| Borussia Dortmund | 2014–15 | Bundesliga | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11[a] | 1 | — | 40 | 4 | |||
| 2016–17 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Total | 67 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 4 | ||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 34 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 5 | ||
| 2018–19 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 2 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 36 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | — | 46 | 2 | |||
| 2021–22 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 154 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 179 | 11 | |||
| SC Freiburg | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 34 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8[a] | 0 | — | 47 | 5 | |
| 2023–24 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9[a] | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 82 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 0 | — | 108 | 8 | |||
| Career total | 373 | 22 | 38 | 4 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 470 | 28 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | |||
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 16 November 2019 | Borussia-Park,Mönchengladbach, Germany |  Belarus | 1–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
| 2 | 10 October 2020 | NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium,Kyiv, Ukraine |  Ukraine | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A |
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