Leon Goretzka
Awards & Honours
22
Awards Won
3
Honours
4
Rankings
5
Covers
1
Records
Goretzka's trophy cabinet is stacked with team silverware: six Bundesliga titles, two DFB-Pokals, and the 2020 Champions League crown with Bayern Munich. Internationally, he helped Germany win the 2017 Confederations Cup and an Olympic silver medal in 2016. Individually, he earned the prestigious Fritz Walter Gold Medal in 2012 and was voted Schalke's Player of the Season in 2014-15. His consistent Bundesliga performances earned him multiple Team of the Season nods from kicker magazine. Beyond football, his social engagement won him the German Football Ambassador Award in 2021.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Fritz Walter Medal Under-18 Gold
Germany's highest youth football honor for best young player in the Under-18 age group.
German Football Ambassador Award
Recognized for his humanitarian work and anti-racism advocacy through the Leon Goretzka Foundation.
Olympic Silver Medalist
Part of the Germany U23 squad that finished second at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics.
Rankings & Lists
Bundesliga Top 10 Midfielders
UEFA Champions League Top 20 Midfielders
Best Midfielders in the World
Bundesliga Top 100 Players (2010s)
Magazine Covers
kicker Magazine
2014-2024
Multiple covers during Schalke and Bayern Munich periods
Sport Bild
February 2019
The New Ballack? Goretzka's Rise
11 Freunde
August 2018
Leon Goretzka: The Thinking Man's Midfielder
DFB Journal
June 2017
Confederations Cup Hero
Bayern Munich Magazine
2018-2024
Multiple covers
Records & Feats
Fastest goal by a substitute in Bundesliga history
Scored 16 seconds after coming on against VfB Stuttgart on September 1, 2018.