Timo Werner

Timo Werner
with the national team (2018)
Personnel
birthday	March 6, 1996
place of birth	Stuttgart ,  Germany
size	180 cm
position	Storm / wing
Juniors
Years	station
0000-2002	TSV Steinhaldenfeld
2002-2013	VfB Stuttgart
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2013-2016	VfB Stuttgart	95 (13)
2014	VfB Stuttgart II	1 0(1)
2016-2020	RB Leipzig	127 (78)
2020–	Chelsea FC	0 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2010-2011	Germany U15	4 0(3)
2011–2012	Germany U16	5 0(2)
2012-2013	Germany U17	18 (16)
2013-2015	Germany U19	14 (10)
2015-2016	Germany U21	7 0(3)
2017–	Germany	29 (11)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of season 2019/20 2 As of November 16, 2019

Timo Werner (born March 6, 1996 in Stuttgart ) is a German football player . The striker has been under contract with Chelsea since July 2020 and plays for the German senior team .

Origin and education

Timo Werner was born in the Bad Cannstatt district of Stuttgart and grew up in the neighboring Münster district . His father is the former professional soccer player Günther Schuh , who played for the Stuttgarter Kickers . He bears the surname of his mother Sabine.

Parallel to his football career put Werner in spring 2014 on Wirtemberg High School in Stuttgart, an elite school of sport , the High School from.

Career

VfB Stuttgart

Werner moved as an F-youth from the Cannstatter club TSV Steinhaldenfeld to VfB Stuttgart and played continuously for the Cannstatter in the youth. In the 2012/13 season he already played for the VfB A-Youth in the A-Junior Bundesliga , although he would have been eligible to play for the B-Youth during this season. At the end of the season he was the top scorer in the A-Junioren-Bundesliga season south / southwest with 24 goals. In the following season he completed the season preparation with the Swabian first team.

Timo Werner at VfB Stuttgart, 2013

On August 1, 2013, Werner made his competitive debut for the Bundesliga team of VfB Stuttgart in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League against Botew Plovdiv in the starting line-up. At 17 years, 4 months and 25 days, he became the youngest compulsory debut in the Bundesliga team of VfB. Three days after his professional debut, he played his first national cup match for the Swabian first team in the first round of the 2013/14 DFB Cup against BFC Dynamo .

As the best young German player in the U17 age group, Werner received the Fritz Walter Gold Medal from the DFB . He made his debut on August 17, 2013, the second match day of the 2013/14 Bundesliga season , with VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga game against Bayer 04 Leverkusen . At 17 years and 164 days, Werner is the youngest Bundesliga debutant for VfB Stuttgart; he replaced Gerhard Poschner . On September 1, 2013, the 4th matchday of the same season, he was in the starting line-up of a Bundesliga game for the first time against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim . He contributed two templates to the Stuttgart 6-2 home win. On the 6th matchday he scored his first goal in the home game against Eintracht Frankfurt , which made him the youngest Bundesliga shooter in the club history of VfB Stuttgart. He is also the youngest double scorer in the Bundesliga to date: In the game against SC Freiburg on matchday 12, he scored the goals to 2-0 and 3-1 for VfB.

On March 6, 2014, his 18th birthday, Werner signed a professional contract with VfB Stuttgart that was dated until the end of June 2018.

RB Leipzig

Werner in the shirt of RB Leipzig, 2019

In the summer of 2016, Werner moved from VfB Stuttgart, who had previously been relegated from the Bundesliga, to RB Leipzig , where he received a four-year contract. Werner attracted attention after he was involved in a controversial penalty decision at the Bundesliga match against FC Schalke 04 on December 4, 2016 . In numerous media reports, he was accused of being a swallow and thus of unfair gambling behavior. He also admitted the swallow, but also pointed to his impairment by an immediately previous foul, his admission of a non-contact by the Schalke goalkeeper to the opponents on the field and the failure to ask the referee Bastian Dankert .

In the 2016/17 season , Werner scored 21 goals and 7 assists in 31 games for Bundesliga newcomer RB Leipzig, placing him fourth in the top scorer list and the most successful German goalscorer. RB Leipzig finished the season with 67 points in second place, which meant direct Champions League qualification for the 2017/18 season . In the DFB-Pokal 2016/17 Leipzig was eliminated in the first round against Dynamo Dresden (7: 6 n.E. ). The season 2017/18 ended RB Leipzig in 6th place. Werner scored 13 goals and 8 assists, in the European competitions he scored 7 goals in 11 games. A highlight of the season was the 2-1 win against Bayern Munich, where Werner scored the winning goal. In the 2018/19 Bundesliga season , Leipzig qualified third in the table, with 66 points for the Champions League. Werner himself contributed 16 goals and 9 assists. Leipzig managed to qualify for the Europa League but was eliminated in the following group stage. In the DFB Cup , however, things went better, Leipzig made it into the final, but lost 3-0 to Bayern Munich in Berlin.

In early 2019, RB Leipzig offered Werner a contract extension, which he initially rejected because he wanted to force a move to Bayern Munich . The then head coach and sports director Ralf Rangnick advised Werner to stay. Werner's contract was only valid until summer 2020, which means that CEO Oliver Mintzlaff ruled out staying without a contract extension and thus a transfer free of charge in summer 2020. Around five months later, he made another offer to the player and his advisor. At the end of August 2019, Werner finally extended his contract in Leipzig, which contains an exit clause, until June 30, 2023.

In the 2019/20 season , Werner will play again in the Champions League with Leipzig under the new head coach Julian Nagelsmann and reached the round of 16 for the first time with the club, in which they again defeated Tottenham Hotspur . After his best first half of the season in the Bundesliga (18 goals, six assists), the striker won their first autumn championship with RB . In the end he finished third again with Leipzig and was the best German goalscorer (28 goals) and scorer (36 points) behind Poland's Robert Lewandowski . In addition, the Swabian overtook Daniel Frahn , who had scored 93 goals by then, with the two goals in his last competitive game for RB , and became the club's new record goal scorer.

Chelsea FC

For the 2020/21 season Werner moved to the Premier League for Chelsea .

National team

Werner (left) in a duel against Cameroon's Arnaud Djoum at the Confed Cup 2017

On November 9, 2010 Werner made his debut for the German U-15 national team against Poland and achieved a "flawless" hat trick . He scored a goal on his debut for Germany's U-16 national team on September 19, 2011 against Scotland. He played his first game for the German U-17 national team against Austria on April 14, 2012 and was then nominated for the U-17 European Championship 2012 . He was runner-up in this tournament with Germany and was in action over the full game distance in the final against the Netherlands . On May 30, 2013, Werner made his debut for the German U-19 national team against Denmark two months after his 17th birthday and was successful with one goal.

At the U-19 European Championship in 2015 , he scored the goal in the final group game against Russia to make it 2-2. In his first game for the German U-21 national team , Werner scored the equalizer against Denmark on September 3, 2015.

On March 17, 2017, national coach Joachim Löw nominated Timo Werner for the first time for the German national team for the international matches against England on March 22, 2017 and against Azerbaijan on March 26, 2017. He is thus the first German national team player from RB Leipzig. On March 22, 2017, he made his starting line-up debut in a 1-0 win at the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund against England.

Werner was in the national team for the Confederations Cup in the summer of 2017. On June 25, 2017, he scored his first two international goals in the third group match against Cameroon. He won the top scorer's golden shoe in this competition . He also won the final with the German national team on July 2, 2017 against Chile 1-0. He was involved as a preparer for Lars Stindl's winning goal .

Football World Cup 2018

Werner was in the starting line-up on June 17, 2018 in the 1-0 defeat against Mexico at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow . In the 2-1 win in the second preliminary round against Sweden five days later in Sochi , where he was again part of the starting eleven, he prepared the equalizer for Marco Reus. He was also set against South Korea , but could not prevent the 2-0 defeat and thus the elimination in the group stage.

successes

Werner after winning the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2017

National team

• FIFA Confederations Cup : 2017
• U-17 Vice European Champion : 2012

Personal awards

• FIFA Confederations Cup : Golden Shoe 2017
• Best goalscorer in the A-Youth-Bundesliga : 2013 (as B-Youth)
• Fritz Walter Medal in Gold: 2013 (U-17)
• Fritz Walter Medal in Silver: 2015 (U-19)
• Member of VDV 11 : 2019/20

Records

• Youngest competitive debut at VfB Stuttgart at the age of 17 years and 148 days.
• Youngest DFB Cup player of VfB Stuttgart at the age of 17 years and 151 days.
• Youngest Bundesliga player at VfB Stuttgart at the age of 17 years and 164 days.
• Youngest Bundesliga shooter at VfB Stuttgart at the age of 17 years and 200 days.
• Youngest double scorer in the Bundesliga at the age of 17 years and 249 days.
• Youngest player with 100 Bundesliga appearances at the age of 20 years and 203 days.

Web links

Commons : Timo Werner  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Timo Werner in the database of weltfussball.de
• Timo Werner on uefa.com
• Werner on the website of RB Leipzig
• Timo Werner in the database of the German Football Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Timo Werner . In: Internationales Sportarchiv 51/2016 from December 20, 2016, supplemented by news from MA-Journal up to week 27/2017 (accessed via Munzinger Online ).
2. ↑ VfB talent Timo Werner The snotty porter. In: Der Tagesspiegel , November 12, 2013
3. ↑ Timo Werner From the everyday life of the VfB top talent , In: Schwarzwälder Bote
4. ↑ Timo Werner climbs to the top. VfB Stuttgart, August 1, 2013, accessed on August 1, 2013 . 
5. ↑ Timo Werner receives the Fritz Walter Medal in gold. In: Spiegel Online . August 14, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2013 . 
6. ↑ Timo Werner signs bi, 2018. VfB Stuttgart, March 6, 2014, accessed on March 6, 2014 . 
7. ↑ Werner moves to Leipzig for ten million euros. In: kicker.de . June 11, 2016, accessed June 13, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Timo Werner admits the swallow - discussion about penalties. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung . December 4, 2016, accessed December 5, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Werner: "If you want to stay in Germany, there is only one association". Retrieved January 22, 2020 . 
10. ↑ RB Leipzig wants to “start again” with Werner - hardly any money for access. Retrieved January 22, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Chelsea transfer news: Timo Werner transfer agreed. In: chelseafc.com. June 18, 2020, accessed July 7, 2020 . 
12. ↑ U 15 juniors clearly win their first game against Poland. DFB, November 9, 2010, accessed on August 1, 2013 . 
13. ↑ U 16: Second win in the second game against Scotland. DFB, September 19, 2011, accessed on August 1, 2013 . 
14. ↑ U17 juniors game report Germany - Austria 2: 1 (1: 0). DFB, April 14, 2012, archived from the original on December 7, 2013 ; Retrieved August 1, 2013 . 
15. ↑ U 17 juniors miss fourth European title. DFB, May 16, 2012, accessed on August 1, 2013 . 
16. ↑ U 19 juniors screw up the dress rehearsal against Denmark. DFB, May 30, 2013, accessed on August 1, 2013 . 
17. ↑ Strong U 21 turns game against Denmark. DFB, September 3, 2015, accessed on September 3, 2015 . 
18. ↑ morgenpost.de: Timo Werner becomes RB Leipzig's first national player (March 17, 2017) , accessed on October 11, 2019
19. ↑ Starting XI: Werner debut at Poldi's farewell. DFB, accessed on March 22, 2017 . 
20. ↑ read / bst: Confed Cup: Löw nominated Plattenhardt and Wagner. In: kicker.de . Retrieved July 7, 2020 . 
21. ↑ Last minute madness: Toni Kroos redeems the defending champion . In: DFB - German Football Association e. V. ( dfb.de [accessed June 24, 2018]).
22. ↑ Sport1.de: Timo Werner is the youngest player with 100 Bundesliga games . In: Sport1.de . ( sport1.de [accessed on September 5, 2017]).