Person

Leon Goretzka

b. 1995

German association football player

Born
6 Feb 1995 · Bochum

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 36 years
  1. 6 Feb 1995BornBorn in Bochum
  2. 2010 – 2011TeamGermany national under-16 football team
  3. 2011 – 2012TeamGermany national under-17 association football team
  4. 2012 – 2013TeamGermany national under-19 football team
  5. 2012 – 2013TeamVfL Bochum
  6. 2013 – 2015TeamGermany national under-21 football team
  7. 2013 – 2018TeamSchalke 04
  8. 2014TeamGermany men's national association football team
  9. 2015TeamFC Schalke 04 II
  10. 2018Took part2018 FIFA World Cup
  11. 2018 – 2026TeamFC Bayern Munich
  12. 2026Took part2026 FIFA World Cup
  13. 2026TeamAston Villa F.C.

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1995 – today).

  1. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  2. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  3. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  4. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  5. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  6. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  7. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  8. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  9. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  10. 20112011 Norway attacks
  11. 2011Libyan civil war
  12. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  13. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  14. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  15. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  16. 2015Paris Agreement
  17. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  18. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  19. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  20. 2023Gaza war
  21. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  22. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Leon Christoph Goretzka (German pronunciation: [leˈoːn ɡoˈʁɛtska]; born 6 February 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Germany national team.

Starting off his career with VfL Bochum in 2012, Goretzka went on play more than 100 Bundesliga games for Schalke 04 before signing with Bayern Munich in 2018. A full international since 2014, he has won more than 70 caps for the Germany national team, and represented his country at the FIFA World Cup in 2018, 2022 and 2026, and the UEFA European Championship in 2020. He was also a part of the Germany side that won the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the Germany Olympic team who earned silver medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Text from the Wikipedia article Leon Goretzka, CC BY-SA 4.0

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