Patrick Ziegler (born 9 February 1990) is a German-Australian footballer who plays as a centre-back, most recently for the Western Sydney Wanderers.

During his time at Paderborn he gave away a record breaking quick penalty against Hamburg, fouling Marcell Jansen just 8 seconds after kick-off.

Ziegler moved to Australia to play for the Western Sydney Wanderers starting in the 2018/19 A-League season on a three-year contract.

During this time at the Wanderers the club have gone through multiple managers, Markus Babbel, Jean-Paul de Marigny and then Carl Robinson.

making him eligible to represent Germany, as well as Australia once he applies, and his application is approved, for citizenship by descent the Australian government.