 Wagner withBayern Munich in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sandro Wagner[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1987-11-29)29 November 1987 (age 37)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Munich,[3] West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[4] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | FC Augsburg (head coach) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1995 | Hertha Munich | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2006 | Bayern Munich | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Bayern Munich II | 44 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Bayern Munich | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | MSV Duisburg | 36 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Werder Bremen II | 18 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Werder Bremen | 30 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | →1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Hertha BSC II | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Hertha BSC | 71 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Darmstadt 98 | 32 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 42 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Bayern Munich | 21 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Tianjin TEDA | 26 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 338 | (83) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Germany U21 | 8 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Germany | 8 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | SpVgg Unterhaching | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | FC Augsburg | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sandro Wagner (German pronunciation:[ˈzandʁoˈvaːɡnɐ];[5] born 29 November 1987) is a German professionalfootball manager and former player who played as astriker. He is the manager ofBundesliga sideFC Augsburg.
He began his career atBayern Munich, but made only eight appearances in his first spell at the club. He subsequently representedMSV Duisburg of the2. Bundesliga andWerder Bremen,Hertha BSC,Darmstadt 98 and1899 Hoffenheim of theBundesliga before returning to Bayern in 2018. After a year there, he joined Chinese clubTianjin TEDA before retiring in 2020.
Wagner was part of the German side that won the2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. He earned eight caps and scored five goals for thesenior national team,[6] winning the2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Wagner was the head coach ofSpVgg Unterhaching from 2021 to 2023, leaving the club after a successful promotion to the3. Liga. He subsequently joined theGerman U20 national team as an assistant manager and later also the senior team. In 2025, he became the manager of Augsburg.
Wagner scored his first goal forBayern Munich in a 2–0 victory overVfB Stuttgart in the2007 DFL-Ligapokal, a six team pre-season tournament composing of the top fourBundesliga teams, the winners of theGerman Cup and the first-place team from the2. Bundesliga. Wagner started the match in place of the illMiroslav Klose. Heassisted the first goal of the match forFranck Ribéry and scored himself in the 66th minute. He also made appearances for thereserve team during the2005–06,[7]2006–07,[8] and2007–08 seasons.[9]
On 10 June 2008, Wagner moved toMSV Duisburg before signing forWerder Bremen on 31 January 2010.[10] During the2008–09 season, Wagner scored nine goals in 32 matches.[11] During the2009–10 season, Wagner scored five goals in seven matches.[12]
On 19 January 2012, Wagner wasloaned toKaiserslautern.[13]
He then played forHertha BSC andHertha BSC II from 2012 to 2015.[12] He scored six goals in 32 matches for Hertha and one goal in one match for the reserve team during the2012–13 season.[14] He scored two goals in 25 matches for Hertha in the2013–14 season.[15] He also played a match for the reserve team without scoring a goal.[15] In hisfinal season with Hertha, he played 16 matches for the first team and one match for the reserve team without scoring a goal for either team.[16]
On 8 August 2015, Wagner signed forDarmstadt 98.[17] During the2015–16 season, Wagner scored 15 goals in 34 matches played.[18]
On 30 June 2016, Wagner joined fellowBundesliga club1899 Hoffenheim by signing a contract until June 2019.[19][20] He was presented the same day, and took squad number 14, stating: “Hoffenheim are a great club and their ambition impressed me straight away.”[19]
He made his competitive debut with the team on 28 August 2016 in the openingBundesliga matchday against newcomers ofRB Leipzig which ended in a 2–2 home draw.[21] He opened his scoring account in the second matchday againstMainz 05, netting his team's first goal as Hoffenheim came from three goals down to earn a 4–4 away draw.[22]
On 31 March 2017, he had his finger dislocated after a clash withHertha captainVedad Ibišević, nevertheless he went on to play until the end of the match, also assistingAndrej Kramarić for the third goal in an eventual 1–3 away win.[23] Wagner finished his first Hoffenheim season by netting eleven league goals in 31 appearances,[24] 30 of them as starter, adding two cup appearances and one goal,[24] being important forJulian Nagelsmann's side that finished the league undefeated at home, securing a spot inChampions League play-off round fornext season.[25]
On 9 July 2017, Wagner agreed a contract extension, adding one more year to his current contract.[26] During the2017–18 season, before transferring to Bayern, Wagner scored six goals in 17 matches.[12]
On 21 December 2017, it was announced that Wagner would transfer to Bayern Munich on 1 January 2018.[27] He signed a contract until 2020.[27]
Wagner's first match since his return was when he came on as a substitute againstBayer Leverkusen on 12 January 2018.[28] He opened his scoring account on 27 January by netting the last goal of a 5–2 home win over his former side 1899 Hoffenheim.[29] He played his first match as starter the next week in the 2–0 away win againstMainz.[30] Wagner scored his second ever UEFA Champions League goal, the first in Bayern colours, on 14 March in the second leg ofround of 16 versusBeşiktaş as Bayern won 3–1 atVodafone Park and progressed 8–1 on aggregate.[31]
Wagner started the2018–19 season by coming in as a substitute in a 5–0 win in the2018 DFL-Supercup.[32] During the 2018–19 season with Bayern, he scored one goal in 12 appearances in all competitions.[12]
Although his contract with Bayern was supposed to expire in 2020, he asked for it to be terminated due to his growing frustrations with his playing time on the pitch. On 30 January 2019, Wagner transferred toChinese Super League clubTianjin TEDA for €5 million.[33] Bayern sporting director,Hasan Salihamidzic, said that he "has a very attractive offer from China and we have met his request" and he thanked Wagner for "spending time with FC Bayern" and wished him "all the best and much success for his future in China".[34] In hisfirst season, he scored 12 goals in 26 matches played.[35] On 24 July 2020, Wagner terminated his contract with Tianjin TEDA.[36]
Wagner announced his retirement on 2 August 2020.[37] Overall he scored more than 60 goals in the two top divisions of German pro football.[38]
Wagner earned eight caps for Germany at under-21 level, scoring four goals, including two in the final of the2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Sweden where Germany beatEngland 4–0.[39]
In June 2017, Wagner received his first call-up to thesenior national team for afriendly againstDenmark and a FIFA World Cup qualifying match againstSan Marino.[40] He made his competitive debut on 6 June in the 1–1 away draw against Denmark, playing for more than 60 minutes.[41] Four days later, he scored a hat-trick as Germany thrashed San Marino 7–0.[42] His performance was praised by national team managerJoachim Löw.[43]
Wagner was also part of the2017 FIFA Confederations Cup squad that won the tournament.[44] His first and only appearance came on 19 June in the openingGroup B match againstAustralia, missing several good chances to score as Germany won 3–2.[45] After that, he was benched in favour ofTimo Werner andLars Stindl as Germany defeatedChile 1–0 in thefinal.[46] Wagner finished 2017 by scoring againstNorthern Ireland[47] andAzerbaijan.[48]
On 16 May 2018, after being left out from Germany's World Cup squad, Wagner announced his retirement from international football.[49]
In March 2021, Wagner was first announced as new head coach of the youth (Under-19) team ofSpVgg Unterhaching.[50] However, on 25 June 2021, he was presented as head coach of the first team[51] starting on 1 July 2021.[52] Unterhaching started the2021–22 Regionalliga season with a 0–0 draw againstTSV Aubstadt.[53] Unterhaching was knocked out of theBavarian Cup in the second round byTSV Buchbach.[53] Unterhaching finished the 2021–22Regionalliga Bayern in fourth place.[54] Unterhaching started the2022–23 Regionalliga season on 14 July 2022 against Buchbach which Unterhaching won 3–1.[55] Unterhaching were knocked out of the Bavarian Cup in the first round byTuS Feuchtwangen.[55] On 6 May 2023, Unterhaching won the Regionalliga Bayern championship.[56] Wagner announced his departure, before gaining promotion to the3. Liga.[57]
In June 2023, Wagner becameHannes Wolf's assistant coach at theGerman U20 national team.[58] On 10 September 2023, both Wagner and Wolf were named as assistant coaches at theGerman senior national team toRudi Völler, who served as interim manager for their friendly againstFrance.[59] He was later appointed as assistant along withBenjamin Glück [de] to newly appointed managerJulian Nagelsmann for the upcomingUEFA Euro 2024.[60]
On 28 May 2025, Wagner was named the new head coach ofBundesliga clubFC Augsburg, signing a contract until 2028.[61]
Wagner was known for aerial power and strength, and was distinguished as a hard-working player. He was also physically imposing and direct, and praised as a striker who could "wreak havoc" in defences.[62] Speaking in June 2017, Germany managerJoachim Löw stated that Wagner had "maturity and personality and one who stands by his own opinion".[43]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | Ref. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Bayern Munich II | 2005–06 | Regionalliga Süd | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | [7] | |||
| 2006–07 | Regionalliga Süd | 30 | 2 | — | — | — | 30 | 2 | [8] | ||||
| 2007–08 | Regionalliga Süd | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | [9][12] | ||||
| Total | 44 | 2 | — | — | — | 44 | 2 | ||||||
| Bayern Munich | 2007–08 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 3[b] | 1 | 8 | 1 | [9][12] |
| MSV Duisburg | 2008–09 | 2. Bundesliga | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 32 | 9 | [11] | ||
| 2009–10 | 2. Bundesliga | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 5 | [12] | |||
| Total | 36 | 12 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 39 | 14 | |||||
| Werder Bremen II | 2009–10 | 3. Liga | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | [12] | |||
| 2010–11 | 3. Liga | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | [12] | ||||
| 2011–12 | 3. Liga | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | [12] | ||||
| Total | 18 | 7 | — | — | — | 18 | 7 | ||||||
| Werder Bremen | 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | — | 28 | 5 | [12] | |
| 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | [12] | |||
| Total | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 36 | 5 | ||||
| Kaiserslautern | 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | [12] | ||
| Hertha BSC II | 2012–13 | Regionalliga Nordost | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | [14] | |||
| 2013–14 | Regionalliga Nordost | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | [12][15] | ||||
| 2014–15 | Regionalliga Nordost | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | [12][16] | ||||
| Total | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Hertha BSC | 2012–13 | 2. Bundesliga | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 6 | [12][14] | ||
| 2013–14 | Bundesliga | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 2 | [12][15] | |||
| 2014–15 | Bundesliga | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | [12][16] | |||
| Total | 71 | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 75 | 8 | |||||
| Darmstadt 98 | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 32 | 14 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 15 | [18] | ||
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 31 | 11 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 12 | [24] | ||
| 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5[c] | 2 | — | 17 | 6 | [12] | ||
| Total | 42 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 50 | 18 | ||||
| Bayern Munich | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3[c] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | [12] |
| 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 12 | 1 | [12] | |
| Total | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 10 | |||
| Tianjin TEDA | 2019 | Chinese Super League | 26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 12 | [35] | ||
| Career total | 338 | 83 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 374 | 93 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | |||
| 2017 | 7 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 5 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 June 2017 | Stadion Nürnberg,Nuremberg, Germany |  San Marino | 2–0 | 7–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 3–0 | |||||
| 3 | 7–0 | |||||
| 4 | 5 October 2017 | Windsor Park,Belfast, Northern Ireland |  Northern Ireland | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 8 October 2017 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion,Kaiserslautern, Germany |  Azerbaijan | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2023 | 80 | 48 | 15 | 17 | 060.00 | [52][53][55] |
| Augsburg | 1 July 2025 | present | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 030.77 | |
| Total | 93 | 52 | 16 | 25 | 055.91 | — | ||
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