Matthias Ginter grew up in Freiburg and came through SC Freiburg’s academy before moving to Borussia Dortmund in 2014 and Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2017.
He returned to Freiburg in 2022. Ginter is a reliable, intelligent centre-back. He was part of Germany’s squad that won the 2014 World Cup as a 20-year-old, and won the 2017 Confederations Cup and Olympic silver in 2016.
Career in numbers
Across 16 seasons of senior club football, beginning in 2011/12, Ginter has played 536 matches and scored 35 goals for 3 clubs. The 2025/26 season, with 5 goals from 52 matches for SC Freiburg, remains his highest tally. So far in 2026/27 he has 2 goals in 7 appearances for SC Freiburg. The full season-by-season record is in the Stats section of this profile.