Bastian Schweinsteiger

**Bastian Schweinsteiger** ( , ; born 1 August 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

### Club

Schweinsteiger signed with Bayern Munich as a youth team player on 1 July 1998 and soon was successful with the youth teams and the second team. He made his debut in the first team as substitute in an UEFA Championsleague match versus  RC Lens in November 2002. onla a short time later he signed a professional contract for the first team.  He shot his first Bayern goal against VfL Wolfsburg in September 2003.

At the beginning of the 2005/06 season he was sent back to the second team but soon came back. Over the next three seasons, up until the end of 2007–08, Schweinsteiger made 135 appearances in all competitions for Bayern Munich (UEFA Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup), scoring 10 goals. In December 2010, he prolonged his contract with Bayern until 2016. However, in July 2015 Schweinsteiger made a move to Manchester United.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|rowspan="2"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Bayern Munich II|2001–02|Regionalliga Süd|4|0|—|—|—|—|4|0|||||||
|2002–03|Regionalliga Süd|23|2|1|0|—|—|—|24|2||||||||
|2003–04|Regionalliga Süd|4|0|—|—|—|—|4|0|||||||||
|2004–05|Regionalliga Süd|3|0|1|0|—|—|—|4|0||||||||
|rowspan="14"|Bayern Munich|2002–03|Bundesliga|14|0|1|2|0|0|1|0|—|16|2||||
|2003–04|Bundesliga|26|4|3|0|1|0|3|0|—|33|4||||||
|2004–05|Bundesliga|26|3|5|0|0|0|7|1|—|38|4||||||
|2005–06|Bundesliga|30|3|4|0|1|0|7|0|—|42|3||||||
|2006–07|Bundesliga|27|4|3|0|2|0|8|2|—|40|6||||||
|2007–08|Bundesliga|30|1|4|0|2|1|12|0|—|48|2||||||
|2008–09|Bundesliga|31|5|4|2|—|9|2|—|44|9|||||||
|2009–10|Bundesliga|33|2|4|1|—|12|0|—|49|3|||||||
|2010–11|Bundesliga|32|4|5|2|—|7|2|1|0|45|8||||||
|2011–12|Bundesliga|22|3|3|1|—|11|1|—|36|5|||||||
|2012–13|Bundesliga|28|7|5|0|—|12|2|—|45|9|||||||
|2013–14|Bundesliga|23|4|4|1|—|8|3|1|0|36|8||||||
|2014–15|Bundesliga|20|5|2|0|—|6|0|0|0|28|5||||||
|rowspan="3"|Manchester United|2015–16|Premier League|18|1|2|0|1|0|10|0|—|31|1||||
|2016–17|Premier League|0|0|2|1|1|0|1|0|0|0|4|1|||||
|rowspan="4"|Chicago Fire|2017|MLS|24|3|1|0|—|—|1|0|26|3|||||
|2018|MLS|31|4|4|0|—|—|—|35|4||||||||
|2019|MLS|30|1|0|0|—|—|1|0|31|1|||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="13"|Germany|2004|10|0|
|2005|13|4|||
|2006|18|9|||
|2007|6|0|||
|2008|15|4|||
|2009|10|2|||
|2010|12|2|||
|2011|6|2|||
|2012|7|0|||
|2013|3|0|||
|2014|8|0|||
|2015|6|0|||
|2016|7|1|||

- _Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Schweinsteiger goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|8 June 2005|Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany|14||1–1|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|2|align="center"|2–1|||||||||||||
|align="center"|3|18 June 2005|Rhein-Energie Stadion, Cologne, Germany|16||2–0|3–0|2005 FIFA Confederations Cup||||||||
|align="center"|4|29 June 2005|Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany|18||2–1|4–3|2005 FIFA Confederations Cup||||||||
|align="center"|5|22 March 2006|Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany|25||1–0|4–1|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|6|30 May 2006|BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany|27||2–2|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|7|2 June 2006|Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany|28||2–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|8|8 July 2006|Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany|35||1–0|3–1|2006 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|align="center"|9|align="center"|3–0|||||||||||||
|align="center"|10|6 September 2006|Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino|38||2–0|13–0|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying||||||||
|align="center"|11|align="center"|7–0|||||||||||||
|align="center"|12|7 October 2006|Ostseestadion, Rostock, Germany|39||1–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|13|11 October 2006|Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia|40||3–0|4–1|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying||||||||
|align="center"|14|19 June 2008|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland|54||1–0|3–2|UEFA Euro 2008||||||||
|align="center"|15|25 June 2008|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland|55||1–1|3–2|UEFA Euro 2008||||||||
|align="center"|16|20 August 2008|Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany|57||1–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|17|6 September 2008|Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein|58||4–0|6–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|18|28 March 2009|Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany|64||3–0|4–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|19|12 August 2009|Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan|68||1–0|2–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|20|3 June 2010|Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany|74||2–1|3–1|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|21|align="center"|3–1|||||||||||||
|align="center"|22|10 August 2011|Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Germany|88||1–0|3–2|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|23|7 October 2011|Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul, Turkey|90||3–1|3–1|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying||||||||
|align="center"|24|12 June 2016|Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France|116||2–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2016||||||||

## Honours

**Bayern Munich Juniors**
- Under 17 Bundesliga: 2001
- Under 19 Bundesliga: 2002

**Bayern Munich II**
- Regionalliga Süd: 2003–04

**Bayern Munich**
- Bundesliga: 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
- DFB-Pokal: 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14
- DFL-Ligapokal: 2007
- DFL-Supercup: 2010
- UEFA Champions League: 2012–13

**Manchester United**
- FA Cup: 2015–16

**Germany**
- FIFA World Cup: 2014; third place: 2006, 2010
- UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2008
- FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2005

**Individual**
- Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2006, 2010, 2014
- FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2010
- FIFA World Cup Most assists: 2010 (3, shared with Thomas Müller, Mesut Özil, Kaká, and Dirk Kuyt)
- Germany national team Player of the Year: 2010
- ESM Team of the Year: 2012–13
- Footballer of the Year in Germany: 2013
- UEFA Best Player in Europe Award: 2013 (7th place)
- FIFA FIFPro World XI 3rd team: 2013
- FIFA FIFPro World XI 4th team: 2014
- Bambi Award: 2016
- MLS All-Star: 2017, 2019
- FC Bayern Munich Hall of Fame: 2018
**Orders**
- Bavarian Order of Merit: 2018

## Infobox (football biography)

- **image**: CINvCHI 2017-06-28 - Bastian Schweinsteiger (27329406048) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Schweinsteiger with Chicago Fire Soccer Club, Chicago Fire in 2017
- **full name**: Bastian Schweinsteiger
- **birth place**: Kolbermoor, West Germany
- **height**: 1.83 m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1990–1992
- **youthclubs1**: FV Oberaudorf
- **youthyears2**: 1992–1998
- **youthclubs2**: TSV 1860 Rosenheim
- **youthyears3**: 1998–2002
- **youthclubs3**: Bayern Munich Junior Team, Bayern Munich
- **years1**: 2001–2005
- **clubs1**: FC Bayern Munich II, Bayern Munich II
- **caps1**: 34
- **goals1**: 2
- **years2**: 2002–2015
- **clubs2**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
- **caps2**: 342
- **goals2**: 45
- **years3**: 2015–2017
- **clubs3**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **caps3**: 18
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2017–2019
- **clubs4**: Chicago Fire Soccer Club, Chicago Fire
- **caps4**: 85
- **goals4**: 8
- **totalcaps**: 479
- **totalgoals**: 56
- **nationalyears1**: 2000
- **nationalteam1**: Germany national youth football team, Germany U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2001–2002
- **nationalteam2**: Germany national youth football team, Germany U18
- **nationalcaps2**: 11
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **nationalyears3**: 2002–2003
- **nationalteam3**: Germany national youth football team, Germany U19
- **nationalcaps3**: 7
- **nationalgoals3**: 2
- **nationalyears4**: 2004
- **nationalteam4**: Germany national under-21 football team, Germany U21
- **nationalcaps4**: 7
- **nationalgoals4**: 2
- **nationalyears5**: 2004–2016
- **nationalteam5**: Germany national football team, Germany
- **nationalcaps5**: 121
- **nationalgoals5**: 24