Florian Richard Wirtz (born 3 May 2003) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Germany national team.

[14] Wirtz scored his fifth career Bundesliga goal in a 5–2 win against VfB Stuttgart on 6 February, becoming the first player in league history to reach this benchmark before turning eighteen years old.

[21] On 14 April 2024, Wirtz scored his first career hat-trick, leading his team to a historic 5–0 title-clinching win over Werder Bremen, which gave Bayer their first German championship.

He made his UEFA Champions League debut on the first matchday in a 4–0 away victory over Feyenoord Rotterdam, in which he scored a first-half brace and was named Man of the Match.

[23] He debuted on 2 September in a World Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein, coming on as a substitute for Joshua Kimmich in the 82nd minute, ending in a 2–0 away victory for the Germans.

[24] In May 2022, coach Hansi Flick expressed his willingness to name Wirtz in the final squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, yet he missed the tournament due to his ACL injury.

[28] On 14 June, he netted the opener of the tournament in a 5–1 victory over Scotland, becoming the youngest German player to score in the European Championship, aged 21 years and 42 days, breaking the previous record of Kai Havertz.

On matchday five of the competition, Wirtz would net his first ever free-kick of his professional career and score his first ever brace for the German national team in a 7–0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina.

He would eventually top the group stage with his country and face Italy in the quarter-final, of which he missed the first-leg match due to a yellow card suspension.