page_title: Bastian Schweinsteiger
section_title: 2014 FIFA World Cup
hierarchical_section_title: Bastian Schweinsteiger / International career / 2014 FIFA World Cup
caption_attribution_description: English: Bastian Schweinsteiger celebrates
context_page_description: Bastian Schweinsteiger is a German former professional footballer who usually played as central midfielder. Earlier in his career, he primarily played as a wide midfielder. Also, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, due to his tactical awareness, positioning, passing, tackling ability and also due to his ability to read and control the flow of the game. German coach Joachim Löw has referred Schweinsteiger as one of the greatest players Germany has ever produced.
  He spent 17 seasons at Bayern Munich, playing in exactly 500 matches across all competitions and scoring 68 goals. His honours at the club include eight Bundesliga titles, seven DFB-Pokal titles, a UEFA Champions League title, a FIFA Club World Cup title and a UEFA Super Cup title. He joined Manchester United in 2015, playing sparingly for 18 months before moving to Chicago Fire. He announced his retirement from playing in October 2019.
  Schweinsteiger played for the German national team from 2004 to 2016. He is Germany's fourth most-capped player of all time, having earned 121 caps and scored 24 goals.
context_section_description: Schweinsteiger made five appearances as Germany qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. On 15 October 2013, he won his 100th cap for the national team in a 5–3 win over Sweden.
  After making a substitute appearance in the team's second match against Ghana, Schweinsteiger was selected to start in the third group game against the United States. He retained his place in the team for Germany's round of 16 match, a 2–1 win against Algeria. He was instrumental in the World Cup finals against Argentina and led the mid-field with sweeping passes for the German attack. Germany won the World Cup final 1–0 through Mario Götze's 113th-minute goal.
caption: Schweinsteiger celebrates with the World Cup trophy after winning the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final.
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