Timo Werner

german association football player

Timo Werner ( german pronunciation : [ ˈtiːmoː ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ ] ; [ 4 ] [ 5 ] born 6 March 1996 ) is a german professional football player who plays as a advancing for Premier League club Chelsea and the Germany national team. Werner began his elder baseball club career in 2013 play for VfB Stuttgart, becoming the clubhouse ‘s youngest debutant and youngest always goalscorer. He signed with RB Leipzig in 2016, aged 20, in a then cabaret record transfer worth €10 million, where he set the record as the youngest player to reach 150 and 200 appearances in the Bundesliga. Werner besides finished as the league ‘s second base highest goalscorer in the 2019–20 season. After becoming Leipzig ‘s all-time top goalscorer, Werner departed to Chelsea in 2020 for €50 million, lifting the UEFA Champions League in his beginning temper at the baseball club.

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A german international, Werner was a fecund goalscorer at youth external level for Germany, scoring 34 goals in 48 appearances across the assorted senesce group levels. Werner made his aged debut in 2017 and helped Germany win the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, winning the Golden Boot as the tournament ‘s highest goalscorer. He besides represented Germany at the 2018 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2020 .

early life [edit ]

Werner was born in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg [ 6 ] to Günther Schuh, a football player, and Sabine Werner. [ 7 ]

Club career [edit ]

VfB Stuttgart [edit ]

Werner played for TSV Steinhaldenfeld before joining VfB Stuttgart ‘s academy in 2002. [ 8 ] During the 2012–13 season, he was promoted to the U-19 team despite only being 16-years erstwhile at the time. He scored 24 goals that season and was rewarded for his form when he won the Gold U-17 Fritz Walter Medal in 2013. [ 7 ] Werner made his senior debut later that year in a 2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase match against PFC Botev Plovdiv. [ 7 ] [ 9 ] Upon doing so, he became the youngest player to ever play in an official match for Stuttgart at the old age of 17 years, four months and 25 days, breaking the record previously held by Gerhard Poschner. [ 7 ] [ 10 ] In the stick to weeks he besides became Stuttgart ‘s youngest always player in the Bundesliga and in the DFB-Pokal, and youngest ever goalscorer after netting his first goal for the golf club against Eintracht Frankfurt. [ 10 ] He broke another read on 10 November when he scored a brace in a 3–1 acquire over SC Freiburg, thereby becoming the youngest player in Bundesliga history to score two goals in one game. [ 11 ] On his 18th birthday Werner signed a master shrink until June 2018 with VfB Stuttgart. He went on to score 13 goals in 95 league appearances, during which time he became the youngest actor to make 50 Bundesliga appearances in the competition ‘s history. [ 7 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The record was later broken by Kai Havertz in 2018. [ 14 ] Stuttgart were relegated in May 2016 which prompted him to join newly promoted club RB Leipzig the following month. [ 15 ] [ 16 ]

RB Leipzig [edit ]

On 11 June 2016, Werner agreed to a four-year abridge with RB Leipzig for a reported transplant fee of €10 million, the largest in the clubhouse ‘s history. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] On 26 September 2016, he became the youngest player to play in 100 Bundesliga matches when he appeared in a regular against 1. FC Köln at the age of 20 years and 203 days. [ 18 ] In doing so, he bettered the record previously held by julian Draxler by 22 days, although he was again surpassed by Havertz in 2019. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Werner ended the 2016–17 Bundesliga season with 21 goals, making him the leading german goalscorer in the division, and helped RB Leipzig qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the inaugural time in the club ‘s history. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] In March 2018, in a match against his former baseball club, Stuttgart, Werner became the youngest player to reach the milestone of 150 Bundesliga appearances, eclipsing the phonograph record previously held by Charly Körbel. [ 23 ] Later that calendar month he helped Leipzig frustration Bayern Munich for the first clock ever when he scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory. [ 24 ] He ultimately went on to score 13 goals and record seven assists for the season. [ 25 ] On 7 October 2018, Werner scored two goals in a 6–0 league gain over 1. FC Nürnberg, the beginning of which was his fiftieth Bundesliga goal. The result was besides RB Leipzig ‘s biggest ever win in the competition. [ 26 ] The following calendar month, he scored a doubly in a 3–0 league win over Hertha BSC and in doing so recorded the tenth competitive brace of his career. [ 27 ] He reached the milestone of 10 league goals for the season on 16 December after scoring doubly in a 4–1 acquire over Mainz 05. His doubly against Mainz was his one-fifth brace of the campaign, meaning that by that stage of season every time he scored in a match he went on to score a brace. [ 28 ] On 27 January 2019, he made his hundredth appearance for RB Leipzig when he started in a 4–0 league gain over Fortuna Düsseldorf. [ 29 ] He became the first player to score 50 Bundesliga goals for the baseball club on 4 May when he scored once and assisted another in a 3–3 draw with Mainz. [ 30 ] Werner scored his first Bundesliga hat-trick in a 3–1 away victory against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 30 August 2019. [ 31 ] He made his hundredth league appearance for the club on 5 October, during a 1–1 pull back with Bayer Leverkusen. [ 32 ] At the start of the following calendar month, he scored another hat-trick and recorded three assists to guide Leipzig to an 8–0 gain over Mainz, their biggest-ever winnings in the Bundesliga. [ 33 ] On 23 November, he became the youngest always actor to reach the milestone of 200 Bundesliga appearances. [ 34 ] In his final peer as a Leipzig actor on 27 June 2020, Werner scored both of his slope ‘s goals in a 2–1 succeed away to Augsburg. [ 35 ] Hence, he finished his tenure at Leipzig with 95 goals, to become the club ‘s record goalscorer, overtaking Daniel Frahn. [ 35 ]

Chelsea [edit ]

On 18 June 2020, Werner agreed to sign for English Premier League club Chelsea, who activated his £47.5 million exhaust clause, on a five-year sign. He joined the club on 1 July. [ 36 ] He made his league debut with the club on 14 September, in a 3–1 away win against Brighton & Hove Albion. [ 37 ] On 29 September, Werner scored his first finish for Chelsea in a 1–1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur which they lost 4–5 on penalties in the one-fourth round of the EFL Cup. [ 38 ] On 17 October, Werner scored his beginning Premier League goals with a brace and assisted Kai Havertz for the third as Chelsea drew Southampton 3–3 at home. [ 39 ] On 28 October, he scored his first Champions League goal for Chelsea, a penalty against russian side Krasnodar. [ 40 ] On 15 February 2021, Werner scored in a 2–0 acquire over Newcastle United in the Premier League and ended his 14-game goal drought in the league. [ 41 ] On 5 May, he scored the first gear goal in a 2–0 gain over real Madrid, to help his team bible a place in the Champions League final against fellow Premier League slope Manchester City. [ 42 ] On 29 May, he won his first-ever Champions League after Chelsea defeated Manchester City in the final in Porto. [ 43 ] Werner started the 2021–22 season in the 2021 UEFA Super Cup match against Villareal on 11 August 2021, and following a 1–1 pull back after supernumerary time, Chelsea won the punishment shoot-out 6–5. [ 44 ] He scored his first goal of the temper during a Carabao Cup clash against Aston Villa. The match ended 1–1 after regular clock and Chelsea finally won 4–3 on penalties. [ 45 ] His foremost Premier League goal of the season came on 2 October in a 3–1 gain against Southampton. [ 46 ]

International career [edit ]

Werner with Germany in 2019 Werner represented Germany at youth tied, playing for the U15, U16, U17, U19 and U21 teams, scoring 34 goals in 48 matches overall. In 2010, he scored a hat-trick on his first appearance for Germany U15 in a match against Poland. Two years late, he was a contribution of the Germany team that finished runner-up in the 2012 UEFA european Under-17 Championship. [ 13 ]

style of dally [edit ]

Nicknamed “ Turbo Timo ”, Werner is known for his acceleration and pace. [ 58 ] A lead, hard-working, and energetic forward, he initially played as a winger in his young, before being switched to a striker or centre-forward character. An intelligent musician, he has been praised in the media for his decision and willingness to drop deep to retrieve the ball or link-up with midfielders. While he is not known for his animalism, aeriform game, or hold–up play, he is a fecund goalscorer, possessing excellent motion off the ball, a well as a potent and accurate shot with his right foot from both inside and outside the penalty area ; he normally prefers to cut inside from the impart flank and shoot on goal with his stronger foot, although he is besides adequate to of cutting inside from the proper and striking with his left. [ 59 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of 28 November 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 11 October 2021[69]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Germany

2017
10
7

2018
13
2

2019
6
2

2020
6
4

2021
12
6

Total
47
21

As of match played 11 October 2021

Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Werner goal[69]

Honours [edit ]

RB Leipzig
Chelsea
Germany
Individual

References [edit ]

Profile at the German Football Association website
Timo Werner – UEFA competition record (archive)